Umm, no, i was on adsl for years and was regraded on Jan 3rd to fttc. (did you read the first post ?).

The old adsl zyxel was good as gold, would stay up for long periods (months/years). This xdsl one is rubbish so far.

What do you mean by "heavy banding" ?

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Using the information from https://support.aa.net.uk/VMG1312:_Bugs I have the VMG1312-B10A almost perfectly (FTTC and modem and router). The only issue is if there is a remote loss of the PPP session IPv6 fails and I have to do a full reboot of the router (as documented on the support page). Apart from that issue it's fine.

I've actually found I'm getting a more reliable connection than I was with the HG612 - I had an issue with my central heating - when the hot water thermostat turned the boiler off I frequently found the HG612 lost sync. That hasn't happened at all with the ZyXEL.

Ok - I'm not willing to put up with a router which requires a button off reboot regularly. I have the modem and a number of associated linux hosts on a UPS in a fairly inaccessible part of my loft and going to visit the modem to hit the button is a major inconvenience.

When the modem gets rebooted in need to reinstall my firewall (I think it's doing some preventative arp-y type thing) but the v6 tunnel appears to survive the modem reboot without needing a restart.

I got a bit confused in my memory of your opening post re your use if ADSL then FTTC. The fact yo are now on FTTC in fact makes the rest of mine more relevant .

Banding is what Openreach DLM uses instead of changing the sync-time noise margin in the way the BT Wholesale one does on ADSLx. See BT SIN 498 Section 2.2.1.

For some reason unknown, early'ish in 2016 60000kbps banding was applied to my line. In November/December I decided to change my kit for a few reasons, but a number of experiments caused that to be lowered to 55000 then 49000. The Draytek Vigor being directly involved in the drop to 49000kbps.

In the evening of December 17, as I said earlier, I got this Billion working. However unusually DLM lowered my banding again at 10am next morning to 45000kbps. Changes atre usually made overnight.

Satuerday>Sunday night it jumped it straight back up to 55000kbps, where it still is. Now a month on, and I'm hoping in another 4-5 weeks DLM will remove all banding. That's the sort of timescale it seems to work to when easing off. My Max Attainable is well over 66000kbps, where with the HG612s it was always below 60000. Which made the original 60000 banding very odd in the first place, as the sync was a solid actual 60000 as a result having never reached 58000 before.

Re your setup, I assume you realise it should be PTM not ATM, but you say you are unsure re PPPoA/PPPoE. It is PPPoE for VDSL2.

Edited by RobertoS (Sat 21-Jan-17 12:32:54)

Thanks for the background on Banding, I will have a read.

With regards to line speed, this Zyxel does a very good job. The cabinet is brand new and currently filling up. It's about 300metres away and it's syncing at:
US=19999000, DS=79999000

However I can't live with a modem/router that falls off the network and requires a visit to get it back.

I've just ordered a Draytek 2760 to go in its place which I hope is more reliable even if it does deliver slightly lower sync rates. I will report back.

I really don't fancy having to run pppoe on my linux host, I did that years ago with the adsl frog and a series of PCI based ADSL modems. It was more work than a box doing modem/routing for you.

I've lived with 3mbit adsl for 10+ years, having 80mbits at the moment is a world apart.

Mine and the AA replacement total rubbish with no IPv6.

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Mine and the AA replacement total rubbish with no IPv6.

......and in English....?

In reply to a post by gavsdavs:

......and in English....?

VMG1312-B10A, two of .

Edited by RobertoS (Sat 21-Jan-17 22:09:09)

In reply to a post by gavsdavs:

I disable everything on it like wifi/firewalling/upnp and use it as a fairly basic modem in routed mode.

In reply to a post by gavsdavs:

I've just ordered a Draytek 2760 to go in its place which I hope is more reliable even if it does deliver slightly lower sync rates. I will report back.

As you intend to use the 2760 in bridge modem mode you should have just gone for the Vigor 130 modem as they both use the same vdsl2 chipset (Lantiq) and saved yourself a few quid. Another option would have been the Netgear DM200 vdsl2 modem which also uses a Lantiq chipset.

Edited by deleted (Sun 22-Jan-17 04:58:51)

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In reply to a post by gavsdavs:

I disable everything on it like wifi/firewalling/upnp and use it as a fairly basic modem in routed mode.

In reply to a post by gavsdavs:

I've just ordered a Draytek 2760 to go in its place which I hope is more reliable even if it does deliver slightly lower sync rates. I will report back.

As you intend to use the 2760 in bridge modem mode you should have just gone for the Vigor 130 modem as they both use the same vdsl2 chipset (Lantiq) and saved yourself a few quid. Another option would have been the Netgear DM200 vdsl2 modem which also uses a Lantiq chipset.

No, I intend to use it in routed mode, I don't fancy having to run a ppp on the linux host as that would require a load of addressing changes. I recognise the 130 is purely a modem, which is why i picked a 2760.

God you lot have such a dramatic internet life.

I just plugged in my HH6 got IPv6 and good wifi and it's been up forever. I admit I have a 8800NL for TTB which also just works for 4 but can be a [censored] to set up for IPv6