Anyone tried new HG612 firmware?

As title, there is a new firmware out with a newer driver version for the BC chipset.

It's meant to perform a bit better.

http://huaweihg612hacking.wordpress.com/

I have tried it and got a lower sync

79999 to 79987 and no change in attainable rate.

the graph looks good for people on longer D-sides.

Edited by lockyatlrg (Thu 11-Apr-13 12:59:03)

Hmm, all a bit scary and I don't really want to be one of the first to try it! The difficulty is knowing what the modem would have resync-ed at had I just switched it off and on again - it my case it never connects at the same speed anyway.

I tried it for a few days.

My sync speed went from 26003 kbps / 5844 kbps to 26712 kbps / 5792 kbps.

Reverting to the original unlocked firmware as a test put sync speed back down to 26007 kbps / 5701 kbps.

I'll test it again in a few days to see if DS sync speed increases again.

It seems to move DS bitloading out of the slightly weaker 'Shared/Other' tones into specific DS tones.

Maybe it's of more use for users on longer connections like mine (around 1000m).

I tried it on a 2B and 3B modem (both same anyway)

It improved my upload about .5mbit (attainable rate)

People on lines syncing at 79999/20000 I wouldn't bother This will make no odds to you.

People on longer line, could be interesting.

Damn! Look at the HG622s he had. All sold .

I can't see any mention of it but I would use it if the attenuation bug is also fixed.

Yeah I would have had one of those.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Damn! Look at the HG622s he had. All sold .

Well they were all sold over 2 months ago so you didn't only just miss out!

In reply to a post by lockyatlrg:

I tried it on a 2B and 3B modem (both same anyway)

It improved my upload about .5mbit (attainable rate)

People on lines syncing at 79999/20000 I wouldn't bother This will make no odds to you.

People on longer line, could be interesting.

I'm on maximum upload speed anyway but download is below max, been synced at 68014 for the last month. I might give it a try next week.

In reply to a post by kasg:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Damn! Look at the HG622s he had. All sold .

Well they were all sold over 2 months ago so you didn't only just miss out!

I hope someone reports back on how they perform! (Preferably in a dedicated thread).