In reply to a post by clyde123:

I'm wondering how dynamic are the BT home broadband IP addresses these days ?

Very - can they not white list a domain name and him use a DDNS service perhaps?

Strange that, because the WAN uptime on my HG612 resets when DLM drops the SNR.

My PPPOE session drops to my router too,

Sure there is a technical reason for it.

The ones earlier Gary333 may have SRA on their his connection. Last I heard about it from Openreach was in Nov 2018 about them starting large scale trials.

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 03-Apr-20 13:15:04)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The ones earlier may have SRA on their connection.

I always liked the idea of SRA, but I wonder how much ISP-supplied kit supports it.

In reply to a post by wolvesmad:

Strange that, because the WAN uptime on my HG612 resets when DLM drops the SNR.

My PPPOE session drops to my router too,

Sure there is a technical reason for it.

I thought it would reset too as lots of people on here say it happens. However, on mine it doesn't appear to unless it's just a dodgy reading from the Now TV Hub 2 (or whatever they call it).

I noticed that they lowered my SNR from 6 to 3, however it made no difference to speed as I am only on the 40mb package and was already at the (what I presume is the limit) of 39,789kbps. I started off at 32mb and it rose to the current c.40mb after 2-3 days.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The ones earlier may have SRA on their connection.

I always liked the idea of SRA, but I wonder how much ISP-supplied kit supports it.

I've edited my post. I thought there were a couple, but possibly only Gary333. His multiple speed increases due to target SNRM drops suggest SRA, unless he is confusing WAN uptime and Router uptime which I doubt.

I'm not that familiar with the router but it seems SRA status can be obtained via a command:

xdslcmd profile --show

In reply to a post by MCM:

In reply to a post by TheInstaller:

FTTC connection here will give a new IP after every dropout or reboot, so very dynamic.

That rather depends on how often you suffer a dropout or reboot. Here that's perhaps once a month, so dynamic yes but only changing around once a month.

With the BT connection here as i say a new IP will be given every time there is a drop, which here can be a few times a day occasionally or if i reboot the hub. I can't speak for anyone else's setup, however as i say the IP here is very dynamic and changes every time there is a loss of connection.

If the OP wants to be able to remote into their connection, a DDNS setup will solve the IP address changing problem. The BT hub already has in its settings pages a variety of well know services, so setup is no more than entering a username and password of said service.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

I'm not that familiar with the router but it seems SRA status can be obtained via a command:

xdslcmd profile --show

I don't know the router either, but the variants I have seen are that and xdslctl --show

Plus both with an "a" to start instead of "x".

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The ones earlier may have SRA on their connection.

I always liked the idea of SRA, but I wonder how much ISP-supplied kit supports it.

I've edited my post. I thought there were a couple, but possibly only Gary333. His multiple speed increases due to target SNRM drops suggest SRA, unless he is confusing WAN uptime and Router uptime which I doubt.

I’m not sure what SRA is however the cabinet is a relatively new BDUK one they went live around a year ago. My speeds are well over the maximum Openreach quote for “high” for the line.

If it makes a difference the speed increases took place on the 6db profile with 3 changes happening across 3 days. The change from 6db to 3d took place around day 5 but didn’t yield any extra speed - but this could be because I’m already at the maximum for the package.

The SNR has dropped to around 2.5db across last 20 days but there appears to be no resets. Like you say it might be the router only has its own up time and I just cannot see line time - but the LAN figures are lower as I’ve made changes to settings than the WAN.

Edited by gary333 (Fri 03-Apr-20 19:45:04)