I have been using a Fritzbox 7390 on BT Infinity for a few weeks now and I am generally happy with it but I do have a few queries.
Firstly it should be noted that we have been redecorating the room that the master socket/router equipment is located in and this has meant that we have needed to manually disconnect the router a few times during that period and we have also been playing around with the Fritzbox 7390 setting which have meant that it has rebooted a few times while we tried a few things.
Kindly note;
(1). The present sync speeds of the 7390 are slightly lower than they were with the BT router and modem combination.
(2) Right now the 7390 is set to Annex A.
(3). I have tried using the 192.168.1.254 IP address for the 7390 but it makes no difference.
When I first switched it on it did not connect automatically and I used the settings, (supplied by a poster named toekneem on this link: http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/FRITZ-Box-Fon... ), to get the 7390 to connect;
toekneem's setting are;
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Connecting to a DSL Line should be checked
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Account Information
Is account information required?
Yes
Enter the Internet account information you received from your Internet Service Provider.
User name : [email protected]
Password
Password was either not needed or I used the spacebar once, cannot remember .
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Connection Settings
The connection settings are already set to the values used most often. You can change these values if needed.
Change connection settings
Internet Connection
Maintain permanently (recommended for flat rates) should be checked
VLAN Settings
Please note that a VLAN ID is required only in special cases. The required ID was supplied by your Internet Service Provider.
Use VLAN
VLAN ID 101
DSL ATM SettingsDetect automatically
Set manually VPI 1
VCI 32
Encapsulation
PPPoE should be Checked
The PPPoE check mark does dissapear, must be a bug after you hit Apply.
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Right now it all seems to be working OK but the speeds are a little lower and I am not sure if I am on the correct 80/20 profile because the 7390 reports that the max throughput is only 60/19 as follows;
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DSL Information
Overview
DSL
Spectrum
Statistics
Line Settings
Feedback
Receive Direction Send Direction
Max. DSLAM throughput kbit/s 60000 19000
Min. DSLAM throughput kbit/s 30000 10000
Attainable throughput kbit/s 48656 18963
Current throughput kbit/s 48656 15456
Latency 8 ms 8 ms
Bitswap on on
Impulse Noise Protection 3.0 4.0
Signal-to-noise ratio dB 6 6
Line attenuation dB 17 -
Carrier record A43 A43
Profile 17a
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BT say that my line profile is still set at 80/20 but the BT speed checker http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ indicated that the line is capped at 45mbps and BT have sent the query to BT second line support who have been looking into it for about a week.
The questions are:
(a). Does the above 7390 data indicate a 60,000/19,000 profile?
(b). Has messing about with the line affected the profile?
(c). Will the profile automatically reset/increase itself in the next few weeks?
(d). If BT visit the house to carry out checks could the fact that I am using a 7390 instead of their equipment create a bill?
Regards,
Fido
BT Infinity