Resets on 2700 V6

[Tacitus]

In the diagnostics section of my 2700 (Firmware 6.1.1.48.1) there are two alternatives:

Reset Broadband:-   Re-establishes your broadband link (physical and logical)
Reset System:-     Reboots your system

What is the practical difference between them and, are there any advantages to one or the other?  Am I correct in thinking that one (Reset/Reboot) will leave the DSL line connected whilst making a new PPP connection whilst the other (Reset/Re-establish) will do both?

[pctech]

Hi Tac

Reset Broadband will break the PPP session, reset the modem and will then resync and reestablish PPP

Reset System reboots and reloads the firmware.

[Tacitus]

Reset Broadband will break the PPP session, reset the modem and will then resync and reestablish PPP

By 'reset the modem' do you mean it will re-establish the link at a different SNR or doesn't it make any difference?  Would one or the other make any difference if re-booting after a particular noise event?

PS sorry about the typo on the topic heading - feel free to amend it to read "Resets"   

[Simon]

PS sorry about the typo on the topic heading - feel free to amend it to read "Resets"   

Done. 

[pctech]

I gather from others here its advisable to do a resync when SNR is high, as SNR is regulated by the BRAS the router will have no influence over it.

Prob best to wait for a 2700 expert to come along as I'm a Netgear user and on my router you can break and reestablish PPP without reysncing as you have disconnect/reconnect buttons along with a reboot one that reboots the firmware and causes a reynch.

[kinmel]

Reset broadband - does a full reset of dsl line to give a new sync rate and an new PPP session - equivalent to taking out the RJ11 cable and re-inserting it.

Reset system -  the equivalent of powering down the router and doing a restart, which takes a lot longer.

[Tacitus]

Reset system -  the equivalent of powering down the router and doing a restart, which takes a lot longer.

Thanks Alan.  I've been doing resets following a series of major noise events and I began to wonder why it was taking so long to come up again.  That explains it.

Thanks to all for the info.