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Hi forum folk,
I'm hoping someone can provide me with basic ADSL assistance. I'm with Plusnet using the supplied TG582n router, and have the updated 10.2.2.B firmware. Unfortunately I live about 3.5KM from my exchange and have 'broadband' of about 1Mb. My stats are below:
DSL Type:ITU-T G.992.1
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:448 / 1,024
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]:7.11 / 113.58
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]:12.4 / 16.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:31.5 / 63.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:11.0 / 7.9
System Vendor ID (Local/Remote):TMMB / ----
Chipset Vendor ID (Local/Remote):BDCM / TSTC
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):0 / -
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):0 / -
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):0 / -
Loss of Link (Remote):-
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):2 / -
FEC Errors (Up/Down):0 / 23,660
CRC Errors (Up/Down):0 / 2
HEC Errors (Up/Down):- / 1
I am happy with the TG582n for now as research suggests its Broadcom chipset is good for long/noisy lines like mine. I may try a Billion 7800N in the near future to alter target SNR, but don't want to get ahead of myself. My line is generally stable. I borrowed an Asus N66U and it synced at a much lower rate (though wireless LAN connectivity was great and the GUI was smashing).
I believe my stats tell me that I have a very noisy line (possibly higher than the reported 63.5dB downstream which I read is the max reported value). I currently have the modem plugged directly into the test socket of my master socket.
My questions...
- Do my stats tell me anything other than I'm unlucky with my line?
- Is there something I should try for basic problem identification?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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A lot further than 3.5km, the attenuations suggest 6km or more.
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Nothing obvious in those stats ...
If you want to invest £5 or £10 look for a 2wire 2700HGV hub on ebay - make sure it is a 2700 and not a 2701, and if you are not on a BT service a minor tweak is needed. They too are excellent on most long lines and if the line is stable will sync with a 3dB SNR. They will then hold sync even as the SNR drops to zero and even when just negative.
I put one on a friends line, which was running at under 400kbps, sometime as low as 250kbps, and it moved the sync up to around 800 kbps.
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Hi both,
Thanks for the info. Samknows suggests I am only 3.5km away from my exchange, and that feels about right based on my knowledge.
Having a quick look on ebay and the web, it seems tricky to be sure that whether a 2wire 2700HGV is a 2700 or 2701 - most of them appear in reality to be the newer 2701. I will continue to investigate and hopefully find a 2700 and report back. I presume the plan would be to run it in bridge mode with a router once I have the best line speed possible.
Thanks again,
Dave
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Samknows suggests I am only 3.5km away from my exchange Sam only knows the straight line distance not the line length which is what matters.
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You definitely need teh 2700, the tweak to get it to run on a non-BT line works with 2700s but not sure about 2701.
There is actually a reasonable router in the 2700 - I used one for several years and now use a 2701 with an FTTC modem.
http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/ir1002700HGV.htm has a wealth of information and details on "unlocking".
Have a look at: http://tinyurl.com/q5l2bfq it shows how te noise margin varies during a day and dropped as low as 0.5dB
and from te diagnostics: http://tinyurl.com/pgvwghy showing it syced at 3.0dB and at that specific moment in time SNR was 0.5dB. Somewhere I have a screen shot showing -0.7dB.
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A point to make is how different router report noise margin.
For example a DG834gv3 router I had would sync with a 6db noise margin and often, in fact every night report a noise margin as low as 1db.
Using a speedtouch router on the same line. I would sync with a 6db noise margin, virtually the same sync but this router would never show a noise margin below 5db.
Different routers measuring things differently. I doubt it was a case of the 'noise' was just coincidentally better everytime I used the speedtouch.
So it may just be that this router does report things a little more 'wildly.' That said it definitely does max out a lines sync speed like you say.
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Whereas I had Speedtouch 585s that lost connection from a 6dB margin when it fell below 3dB, but Netgears with similar Broadcom chipsets sync'ed 500kbps higher and held sync easily, so I was able to tweak to 4dB and go even faster.
The Netgears also reported ~2.5dB lower attenuation.
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Edited by RobertoS (Sat 06-Sep-14 01:53:10)
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Thanks again for all the info. The content at http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/ir1002700HGV.htm suggests that many 2wires branded as 2700s are in fact later 2701 models, and all the ones on ebay at the moment appear to be 2701s.
I presume it is one of the early models I need?
Dave
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The only reason I said 2700 was that there are hardware differences between the 2700 and 2701 and I cannot be sure that the modem front end is still the same. All my long line experience was with the 2700.
So, try to get a 2700 - it will NOT have a WAN port.
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