Stable Rate

I was Max'd on Wednesday lalst week, and my router gives the following stats:

Downstream Rate: 7616 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 448 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 11 db (sometimes goes as low as 9 db)
Upstream Margin: 23 db

However, the Stable Rate page has shown 2000 ever since and shows no sign of change.

Should I be disconnecting and reconnecting regularly or not and will this make any difference? The first night I switched off and on a couple of times, but have since left it on 24/7 after being told that it should be left alone.

That seems perfectly "normal". The low MSR (Stable Rate) is because in the early stages of maxing you had a low sync (under 2500). If you now have a good connection and continue to sync at 7616, then your MSR will increase to 7000 or 7500 around the end of the week. Until then BT will restrict your "Connection Rate" (browsing & downloading will be "sluggish", comparable to a 2Mb connection).

What's your Line Attenuation (downstream)?

sb248

Edited by deleted (Sun 22-Oct-06 13:16:29)

Downsteam Attenuation is 31.

So do you think I should be disconnecting the router and reconnecting regularly or not? Plusnet say yes, most other forums I can find say no!

This happens until Plusnet receive a delta report from BT and then they will lift your speed to whatever BT reports.

If you've had no delta's after the first 10 days, then chase Plusnet, then can manually lift the cap if they have to.

Your connection figures are very good, and you should eventually end up with a solid DslMax connection.

You should leave your router on 24/7 but it's difficult to say if you'll gain anything by rebooting it. You may boost the CS (Connection Speed sync) to 8128 (the maximum), but it will be at the expense of your Noise Margin which will drop nearer the dreaded 6db limit. Some people manage to maintain good sync with a 6db NM .. I expect they're very close to their exchange and have a very good line. But if you find that a higher sync leads to disconnections (especially around 11.00pm), then you're back where you started.

Remember, what matters is your final "Connection Rate" allocated by BTw. You're never told this, but it's related to the MSR figure reported by PN. It's the "Connection Rate" that determines your actual download speeds, but then you have to factor in BT contention, and PN's extensive "management". In the end, the router sync (downstream) is not important - You just want a solid, reliable connection.

You might like to check out what BT thinks your "speed" should be at See how fast you can go ... enter your phone number at bottom right. You can also get an idea of how far you are from your exchange at the SamKnows Availability checker .. click the "Locality" button when your exchange "map" displays.

sb248

Edited by deleted (Sun 22-Oct-06 15:23:08)

BT checker says:

Our initial test on your phone line indicates that you should be able to have BT Broadband with a likely maximum speed of up to 8Mb (Megabits per second).

Good. And how far are you from your exchange?

sb248

I would guess about a mile max.

Estate is 3 year old new build so I guess it's likely BT ran new cabling into the estate.

Edited by keithmdw (Sun 22-Oct-06 20:12:07)

That sounds very good. So maybe you should "go for it" ... the best time to reboot is around 11.00am. If this is impractical, perhaps you could get someone to do it for you. There's no point rebooting in the evening. If you can get an 8128 sync, and your router can cope with the low NM values, you'll have a first-rate connection.

sb248

Thanks

No one is able to reboot the connection for me unfortunately, and I want to avoid turning remote admin on.

Guess I'll just have to live with what it gives me.

I have a couple of days off over the next week though so will make sure I drop the connection and reconnect around 11am.

I assume performing a disconnect in my router rather than just pulling the power is the best idea?