so many peeps on the the btcare site thinking the ip profile is DLM line capping.

That's probably because when DLM intervenes it will set a capped profile with a maximum rate and a minimum rate, where the minimum rate is set at approximately half of the maximum rate.

In reply to a post by billford:

In reply to a post by StephenTodd:

Not true. As I said above, it takes effect immediately on pppoe connection. However, the pppoe reconnection does not necessarily happen immediately. Where it does not happen immediately, it could easily be deferred for weeks or even months.

You may be right, but as I've never had a re-sync without a corresponding loss of PPPoE I can't comment.

It's possible that's what happens to my connection then. I can eventually fix my connection just by rebooting the router. The only problem with that theory is that it's hard to understand what event happened on the 19th of June, August, October and November that could cause REIN. Also the connection speed and profile don't seem to have changed.

But with the 19th of February coming up I've now got intensive monitoring in place. It only monitors the modem once a minute so it might miss a short resync event but I assume such an event would at least leave its mark in the form of a speed change.

Edited by Andrue (Tue 12-Feb-13 15:22:44)

If you are using BaldEagle's monitoring it shows time connected as one of the monitored fields. See C:\HG612_Modem_stats\Ongoing_Stats\Ongoing_Stats_<time>\DSL_UP_TIME.png
I agree the speed change would be almost certain to show up as well.

Sounds very curious. Do you mean December when you say November (so it's every 2 months?)

In reply to a post by StephenTodd:

Sounds very curious. Do you mean December when you say November (so it's every 2 months?)

Oops, yes. Was running at half speed over Christmas. It's typically a 50% speed drop (from a steady 70Mb/s to a variable 30 to 40). Starts on the 19th and is finally cured by a router power cycle on the 24th or later.

Well I certainly generated a discussion, but am I the wiser?!

My profile changed after I disconnected the router via the web interface (I did not wait a minute because I did not realise and reconnected straight away).

So, could one of the above please say in one sentence what I should do. (Use disconnect & reboot the router once a day, or wait for the PPPoE?)

Just wait a month or two.

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Just wait a month or two.

Not a helpful reply.

I'd recommend that you try harder...

I beg your pardon? The poster requested a single sentence in reply.

Actually I think it is, the op's speed is still pretty good, it's far too easy to get hung up on why we are losing a few meg, when in reality for most of us it doesn't make any real difference.

So as long as it doesn't keep dropping I wouldn't worry about it, I've taken my own advice and stopped worrying about mine.