wireless doesn't matter.

Your router stats show us that your line is long and that you have a high SNR margin which further depresses your speed. It suggests previous instability

the numbers we need to see from the test socket are these :-
ADSL line speed (kbps): up 448 down 1120
Line attentuation (dB): up 31.5 down 63.5
SN margin (dB): up 15.0 down 15.5

Do not rewire this to use it on an extension

On wireless performance yes closer is better but for best adsl signal you want in runng off the master socket.

What speeds do you get when using ethernet to the router?

This is what I get when my laptop is plugged into the router via ethernet and the router directly into the test socket:
ADSL line speed (kbps): up 448 down 1120
Line attentuation (dB): up 31.5 down 63.5
SN margin (dB): up 15.0 down 15.5

As this seems quite good I will leave the router (and phone) plugged into the test socket like this:
Photo 1

And I've pinched the non-filtered faceplate from the top socket (as suggested by Phil) and hooked it up like this:
Photo 2

I'm not sure this is a permanent solution but not sure what else to do.

Thank you.

In reply to a post by tamwinsle:

I do have a BT ADSL v1.0 faceplate on the master socket so I haven't been using an ADSL filter on the master socket.
I recently bought a replacement NTE5 faceplate with A B terminals (on someone's recommendation) but am unsure how to wire this correctly.

I would imagine that sending the raw unfiltered ADSL signal to another area of the house over CAT5 from the A&B terminals on the back of the filtered faceplate to a dedicated ADSL socket may have been the basis of the recommendation. A filtered voice extension could still be connected to the terminals on the back of the filtered faceplate also. This would possibly allow the router to be located in a better location and the voice extension routing could remain the same.

Edited by 4M2 (Sat 17-Aug-13 21:10:30)

Those stats will be the same no matter whether you use ethernet or wireless because they are stats from the adsl line.

What speeds do speedtests show eg http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html post the results link at the end of the test

Do you have a dialling tone on top socket?

If so, what is this circuit identified as when you dial 1470 17070? Is it your phone #?

if not, maybe the house extensions are joined to this master and so there is no BB on them as the BB is on you other master's #.

In reply to a post by tamwinsle:

Normal speed range at 63.5dB attenuation is 300Kbps to 2033Kbps
Target Margin Estimate
9dB 1483
6dB 1645
3dB 1825

That's not much use to you as your attenuation is most likely much higher than 63.5dB as this figure is the max most routers show when actual attenuation is > 63.5dB.

What's not as bad as before? Those were only calculated estimates.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

What speeds do speedtests show eg http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html post the results link at the end of the test

Here's a linkto my results.

So slow compared to the connection speed the router has. Was this using wireless or Ethernet cable?

The 0.1 Mbps looks almost like a limit, if this machine is Windows XP have you optimised the RWIN in the past and its not set at a far too low value

Wander over to http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks which can test and advise on whether RWIN may be the issue

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

So slow compared to the connection speed the router has. Was this using wireless or Ethernet cable?

The 0.1 Mbps looks almost like a limit, if this machine is Windows XP have you optimised the RWIN in the past and its not set at a far too low value

Wander over to http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks which can test and advise on whether RWIN may be the issue

I had the machine plugged in via ethernet and it runs Windows 7. I couldn't run that other test on that machine as it's a work laptop so won't let me install Java!!

I've now fired up another laptop (this one runs Vista so again I can't run the RWIN test) and I ran the speed test again, this time wirelessly because for some reason it wouldn't work via ethernet and I still get very poor results

I do live quite remotely so I can imagine that I'm at the end of a very long line, but still ... grrr!

I do appreciate your advice.