I have an unlocked modem. In fact, I have the one that was supplied by Kelly's (I struggle to type r say that name given the **** job they did) and one I purchased from ebay and unlocked.

How would I go about checking these stats? I can't really run another cable from the modem permanently but I can just plug in a laptop to check.

telnet 192.168.1.1

Welcome Visiting Huawei Home Gateway
Copyright by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Login:admin
Password:
ATP>sh


BusyBox v1.9.1 (2014-01-21 16:44:38 CST) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

# xdslcmd info --show
xdslcmd: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Retrain Reason: 0
Last initialization procedure status: 0
Max: Upstream rate = 15030 Kbps, Downstream rate = 55936 Kbps
Bearer: 0, Upstream rate = 14832 Kbps, Downstream rate = 57095 Kbps

Link Power State: L0
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL2 Profile: Profile 17a
TPS-TC: PTM Mode(0x0)
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 5.8 6.3
Attn(dB): 19.5 0.0
Pwr(dBm): 13.5 7.4
VDSL2 framing
Bearer 0
MSGc: 18 25
B: 239 237
M: 1 1
T: 64 64
R: 0 16
S: 0.1338 0.5104
L: 14352 3981
D: 1 1
I: 240 127
N: 240 254
Counters
Bearer 0
OHF: 1279503602 1811709
OHFErr: 254859 657
RS: 0 1346716
RSCorr: 0 74796
RSUnCorr: 0 0

Bearer 0
HEC: 299629 0
OCD: 9580 0
LCD: 9580 0
Total Cells: 1067436751 0
Data Cells: 321835342 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 15229 395
SES: 629 1
UAS: 24 24
AS: 2749478

Bearer 0
INP: 0.00 0.00
INPRein: 0.00 0.00
delay: 0 0
PER: 2.14 8.19
OR: 89.35 30.24
AgR: 57184.62 14862.85

Bitswap: 2089842/2089842 23592/23632

#
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# xdslcmd info --pbParams
xdslcmd: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Retrain Reason: 0
Last initialization procedure status: 0
Max: Upstream rate = 15056 Kbps, Downstream rate = 56128 Kbps
Bearer: 0, Upstream rate = 14832 Kbps, Downstream rate = 57095 Kbps

Discovery Phase (Initial) Band Plan
US: (7,32) (871,1205) (1972,2782)
DS: (33,859) (1216,1961) (2793,3970)
Medley Phase (Final) Band Plan
US: (7,32) (871,1205) (1972,2780)
DS: (33,859) (1216,1961) (2793,3970)
VDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
Attainable Net Data Rate: 15056 kbps 56128 kbps
Actual Aggregate Tx Power: 7.4 dBm 13.5 dBm
=================================================================
VDSL Band Status U0 U1 U2
U3 U4 D1 D2 D3
Line Attenuation(dB): 5.2 29.1 44.0 N/A N/A 14.3 35.8 55.0
Signal Attenuation(dB): 5.2 28.2 42.8 N/A N/A 18.8 35.5 55.1
SNR Margin(dB): 6.3 6.3 6.3 N/A N/A 5.9 5.9 5.8
TX Power(dBm): 0.4 -13.6 6.4 N/A N/A 11.0 8.1 5.5
#

There is also xdslcmd info --stats which is the same as the "show" one but adds the time breakdowns you've probably seen in ADSL stats. Starting:-

Total time = 1 days 19 hours 54 min 15 sec
FEC: 0 74797
CRC: 254865 657
ES: 15231 395
SES: 629 1
UAS: 24 24
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Latest 15 minutes time = 9 min 15 sec
FEC: 0 1
CRC: 6 0
ES: 2 0
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec

Edited by RobertoS (Wed 14-Jan-15 18:22:50)

In reply to a post by beardedwonder:

How would I go about checking these stats? I can't really run another cable from the modem permanently but I can just plug in a laptop to check.

I guess your router and your modem are far apart? You could use a pair of these?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/RJ45-Network-Splitter-Econom...
They only work for 100megabit connections, (not gigabit), but can run two separate ethernet 100megabit connections down one cable.

As the best way is to get the router admin interface onto your network. Then you can run DSLstats or similar to get graphs and regular info about your connection from a PC.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

As the best way is to get the router admin interface onto your network. Then you can run DSLstats or similar to get graphs and regular info about your connection from a PC.

Unfortunately the modem and router are quite far apart, and I have been banned from running any cables visibly inside the house!

In my opinion there should be 0, with exception of when things like DSLAM maintenance is done. I would personally consider 1 a day excessive.

Not sure if BTw and plusnet will agree with that tho, DLM doesnt consider it unstable. So one a day wont drop you down to interleaving.

For a comparison my current sync uptime is 87 days and 10 hours on fast path.

Bear in mind I am talking about sync tho, PPP is different, as plusnet seem to kick people every now and then for rebalancing, plus people like me who are sensitive to congestion often will manually reconnect PPP to get a different gateway.

Edited by Chrysalis (Wed 14-Jan-15 21:06:33)

Any disconnection between midnight and 6:00am is most likely caused by BT Planned Engineering Works (PEW). These take place every weekday between these hours, and usually cause a PPP Session drop for anything from 30 minutes to a couple of hours.

Get a pair of Homeplugs to link HG LAN2 to a spare LAN port on your router. They don't need to be expensive really high-speed ones for this purpose. On FTTC 500Mbps are usually necessary for real data like streaming video, but the stats harvester's volume is small.

I have temporarily got the modem hooked up to a switch.

Here is a screen capture of the connection information:
http://jan.imghost.us/C98R.png

Also telnet:
xdslcmd: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Retrain Reason: 0
Max: Upstream rate = 17014 Kbps, Downstream rate = 80516 Kbps
Path: 0, Upstream rate = 16064 Kbps, Downstream rate = 64291 Kbps

Link Power State: L0
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL2 Profile: Profile 17a
TPS-TC: PTM Mode
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 7.8 6.5
Attn(dB): 0.0 0.0
Pwr(dBm): 13.5 7.4
VDSL2 framing
Path 0
B: 51 237
M: 1 1
T: 64 64
R: 12 16
S: 0.0257 0.4714
L: 19895 4311
D: 1259 1
I: 64 127
N: 64 254
Counters
Path 0
OHF: 3656654547 2225070
OHFErr: 22619 9887
RS: 4095507394 4275695
RSCorr: 161765947 441944
RSUnCorr: 1565018 0

Path 0
HEC: 377342 0
OCD: 7777 0
LCD: 7777 0
Total Cells: 111557142 0
Data Cells: 216116783 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 2731 9123
SES: 11 58
UAS: 21 21
AS: 6046270

Path 0
INP: 3.00 0.00
PER: 1.64 7.54
delay: 8.00 0.00
OR: 116.57 30.76

Bitswap: 1506772 228117

Infinity 2 fibre.

Only one disconnection in the last year+.

Good luck!

I'm no expert at interpreting FTTC stats, but this post is by someone who is. You should be able to apply that to your set.

The interleaving is certainly costing you quite a bit of sync speed. Plus 8ms addition to your latency.