I'll be interested to see how the Billion 8800 goes when it arrives. Hopefully tomorrow.

I would appear to have a decent noise margin. So there might even be a chance to tweak the sync up a bit.

You're not the Robert S that answered one of the questions on Amazon about the Billion 8800NL are you by any chance?

No, but that's where I bought mine (8800NL R2) also arriving tomorrow LOL.

I didn't read the Q & As. Just the spec. There have been billions of recommendations of their kit on here.

Edited by RobertoS (Tue 13-Dec-16 22:34:21)

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If your router is busy routeing, as when streaming, it quite possibly ignores ping requests and just doesn't respond to them.

Routerstats isn't pinging the router to get the stats, it is logging in to the web interface and opening specific pages to get connection stats. As the OP also cannot open the web interface at the time it sounds like the web server on the router is hanging but is continuing to run all the other router operations which is why there is no actual downtime. I used to do a similar thing years ago on a Netgear DG834G and from time to time the web interface would refuse a request and so I wouldn't get a response.

Oops, I was of course thinking of the thinkbroadband BQM, and routers responding to ping on the net generally.

Stoopid me .

Installed the Billion 8800NL this evening and all now appears fine. Long may it last.

Considering that it sync'd during the evening, it's not bad at 11,192 kbps. Should be able to squeeze a bit more out of it if I re-sync during the day.

It also seems to use a bit more of the "available download rate" than the TP-Link.

And interestingly, the Billion doesn't seem to be effected like the TP-Link was when I put the Plasma TV on (IE. Noise Margin used to take a nose dive when it was on).

Noise margin seems a bit better and more stable as well (6db). So might even have a go at some point and see if I can squeeze even more out of it with a few tweaks.

Just need to check that the firmware is the latest and if not, whether it's worth updating it.

So far a happy man.

Thanks for the info. / help folks.

PS. Looks like it's already running the latest firmware (IE. 2.50a.d13).

Edited by MrBeeline (Wed 14-Dec-16 21:33:17)

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Installed the Billion 8800NL this evening and all now appears fine. Long may it last.

Mine is installed as well but currently running in Bridge mode. I have to wait until a network hub arrives before I can move it to its final resting place nearer the wall socket.

I have instructions on how to flip it back to DSL mode but I'm a little leary of upsetting DLM :-/

In reply to a post by MrBeeline:

I'll be interested to see how the Billion 8800 goes when it arrives. Hopefully tomorrow.

I would appear to have a decent noise margin. So there might even be a chance to tweak the sync up a bit.

You're not the Robert S that answered one of the questions on Amazon about the Billion 8800NL are you by any chance?

I believe that was me.

In reply to a post by MrBeeline:

Installed the Billion 8800NL this evening and all now appears fine. Long may it last.

Considering that it sync'd during the evening, it's not bad at 11,192 kbps. Should be able to squeeze a bit more out of it if I re-sync during the day.

It also seems to use a bit more of the "available download rate" than the TP-Link.

And interestingly, the Billion doesn't seem to be effected like the TP-Link was when I put the Plasma TV on (IE. Noise Margin used to take a nose dive when it was on).

Noise margin seems a bit better and more stable as well (6db). So might even have a go at some point and see if I can squeeze even more out of it with a few tweaks.

Just need to check that the firmware is the latest and if not, whether it's worth updating it.

So far a happy man.

Thanks for the info. / help folks.

PS. Looks like it's already running the latest firmware (IE. 2.50a.d13).

Glad to hear it. I have used a 8800NL for about a year and half now - again after reading the reviews on Amazon. I find it to be a most dependable piece of kit and a steal (at the time) at £66!