FTTC are my stats any good?

I know nothing about BT Infinity connections so was hoping someone could give me an insight in to my connection quality.

Also open to any advice on how I may be able to improve the WiFi speeds as the TD-W9970 is pretty poor.


Link to my TD-W9970 router stats

Edited by deleted (Tue 02-Jan-18 09:17:03)

Connection could be a little better. Downstream attenuation of 8.9dB would often give attainable speeds well up in the 90s but with an SNR of 6.5dB it points to possible high levels of noise on the line.

As you are syncing at ma, with a little headroom, there is nothing to be gained at present. Just monitor them.

Your broadband connection is fine - running at full 80/20 so any WiFi speed problems will be due to the WiFi part of your router.

I've used a few TP-Link access points in the past and they were adequate but since I replaced them with three BT Whole Home WiFi units all connected back to my router with Ethernet my WiFi has been transformed.

I turned off the router WiFi and just use the BT units. They support MESH WiFi as do a lot of other recently released WiFi kits such as Google Home and the difference between them and the old access points is huge.

The wireless on the W9970 is only 802.11n so best switched off and supplemented by adding a decent dual band Wi-Fi access point.

The wireless on the W9970 is only 802.11n so best switched off and supplemented by adding a decent dual band Wi-Fi access point.

Would the Netgear R7000P (Nighthawk AC2300) be suitable?

In reply to a post by MHC:

Connection could be a little better. Downstream attenuation of 8.9dB would often give attainable speeds well up in the 90s but with an SNR of 6.5dB it points to possible high levels of noise on the line.

As you are syncing at ma, with a little headroom, there is nothing to be gained at present. Just monitor them.

Funny you should say that because when I first got connected the max achievable was much higher pretty close to 100 in fact so what could have changed more people getting connected maybe?

In reply to a post by jlowe74:

Funny you should say that because when I first got connected the max achievable was much higher pretty close to 100 in fact so what could have changed more people getting connected maybe?

Quite likely - were you an early connection?

Since we are on this subject - wonder if anybody could shed some light on my Router stats,

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Broadband Information
DSL synchronization status:
Up
Connection status:
Showtime
Upstream line rate (kbit/s):
18999
Downstream line rate (kbit/s):
69520
Maximum upstream rate (kbit/s):
22466
Maximum downstream rate (kbit/s):
84484
Upstream noise safety coefficient (dB):
6.7
Downstream noise safety coefficient (dB):
6
Upstream interleave depth:
1
Downstream interleave depth:
1
Line standard:
VDSL2
Upstream line attenuation (dB):
0.1
Downstream line attenuation (dB):
8.2
Upstream output power (dBm):
4.7
Downstream output power (dBm):
13.9
Channel type:
Fast
DSL up-time:
2 days 4 hours 16 minutes 4 seconds

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In reply to a post by MHC:

In reply to a post by jlowe74:

Funny you should say that because when I first got connected the max achievable was much higher pretty close to 100 in fact so what could have changed more people getting connected maybe?

Quite likely - were you an early connection?

Nearly 5 years on FTTC. I started with a maximum attainable speed of 105Mbps. I am now down to 76Mbps due to cabinet take up.

Yes

Two options....

1. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP. Select Enable AP Mode
or
2. Use it in full router mode and turn the W9970 into a simple VDSL2 modem by turning on bridge mode

In reply to a post by MHC:

In reply to a post by jlowe74:

Funny you should say that because when I first got connected the max achievable was much higher pretty close to 100 in fact so what could have changed more people getting connected maybe?

Quite likely - were you an early connection?

Yes one of the first I believe

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Yes

Two options....

1. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP. Select Enable AP Mode
or
2. Use it in full router mode and turn the W9970 into a simple VDSL2 modem by turning on bridge mode

OK I will place an order for one, thanks for all the advice everyone it's appreciated.

Edited by deleted (Tue 02-Jan-18 22:24:15)

In reply to a post by jlowe74:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Yes

Two options....

1. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP. Select Enable AP Mode
or
2. Use it in full router mode and turn the W9970 into a simple VDSL2 modem by turning on bridge mode

OK I will place an order for one, thanks for all the advice everyone it's appreciated.

Personally I'd avoid the netgear and get some something a couple of Ubiquiti UAP-AC-Pro's

Might be a little more cash and effort, but far superior performance.

In reply to a post by connormill:

In reply to a post by jlowe74:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Yes

Two options....

1. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP. Select Enable AP Mode
or
2. Use it in full router mode and turn the W9970 into a simple VDSL2 modem by turning on bridge mode

OK I will place an order for one, thanks for all the advice everyone it's appreciated.

Personally I'd avoid the netgear and get some something a couple of Ubiquiti UAP-AC-Pro's

Might be a little more cash and effort, but far superior performance.

Nothing wrong with the Netgear R7000, its a solid router with decent wifi range priced reasonably. Yes I'm sure the OP could spend more for a superior device but I suspect all the OP wants is a router with good wifi at a sensible price - in which case the R7000 ticks all the boxes.