I've got one of those Zyxels with an AAISP-tailored firmware. I have considered flashing a bog-standard version into it, but the main reason I bought the Billion was to get over the infuriating IPv6 problem of the Zyxel .

AAISP are now putting out the B I think, which apparently is OK on IPv6. But is that also the slower chipset?

I shall probably stay as I am, given my speed and that 40/10 would be perfectly adequate! It was a reactive rant of annoyance. One of these irrational obsessions about getting the best possible out of the line just for the sake of it.

I'm seeing attainables frequently in the mid-76Mbps range and 30 minutes ago saw 77008, which is 1200kbps up from now.

I tried a couple of weeks ago to get just over the 76 point but it doesn't work like that. What seems to happen, (it has done twice), is that over time the both noise margins creep up and around day 24 I get a re-boot for no apparent reason and the actuals go up. Not necessarily overnight.

The downstream up-creep started recently, I'm on day 17. The upstream had reached 6.2dB several days ago and is on 6.3dB most of the time now. It's a weird effect. But I think I must be at near-best, as the other times the downstream up-creep has started earlier.

AAISP are now issueing the VMG-1312-B10D which has the cheaper slower chipset but works ok on IPV6. The VMG-1312-B10A has the more expensive chipset which consists of 3 chips and a filter and gains better sync from tests seen on Kitz users which I think is the same chipset as the Billion 8800 NL R1 whereas the R2 is a single chipset device with cheaper, lower sync chipset.

Thanks Tim. Yes, the D.

Like I said though, I think I'll stay as I am for now. Rather a lot of money has flowed out over the last four months!

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It could be down to the cheaper Broadcom chipset the R2 uses not playing well with ECI street kit but I'm waiting to see what Billion have to say.

It's exactly that. The R1 has the excellent (best on my line by far) BCM63168 chipset.
The R2 has Broadcoms budget chipset, the BCM63381.

It's basically what Billion's Tech Support came back to me with yesterday so time to source another R1 I thinks.

I might hang on to the R2 to see how it performs on my work line when I can get it installed in a few months time because hopefully that line will be on the new Huawei cab that's just awaiting commissioning.