Thanks Radiomarko; yes I've found it an excellent modem and as you say cheap on ebay; I think mine was around £5 including postage. I guess there are a lot of them around. Surprising BT try to charge you around £80 for them. I guess those who are not computer literate actually pay that thinking it's a requirement to get the system working.

Mike.

In reply to a post by RepairExpert:

I couldn't understand why it would suddenly drop like a stone on odd occasions. Guess it's just life.

What is your PPP session lease length, and at what interval have you got the router set to renew it?

You need to renew half way through the lease, in case the renewal fails. That way you get a second chance. If the lease expires you will very probably get a change of IP address when you get the new one.

No reason it should affect the speed though.

Edited by RobertoS (Sun 22-Dec-13 17:33:14)

Hi RobertoS,

The only info on the stats I can see is the data below (ignore the connect time; I swapped some filters while experimenting and got a new IP address).

ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state: Connected
Connection time: 0 days, 00:09:52
Downstream: 8.398 Mbps
Upstream: 1016 Kbps

ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI: 0/38
Type: PPPoA
Modulation: G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type: Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up): 3.9 dB / 9.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up): 38.8 dB / 23.9 dB
Output power (Down/Up): 20.4 dBm / 12.4 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up): 0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up): 4 / 53
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up): 22 / 8
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 1791 / 44

Not sure where I would find the PPP session lease length unless you mean the connect time?

Mike.

Somewhere in the GUI of most routers.