Woah there ping!

Richdog · Aug 11, 2006, 15:50:33

Quote from: VaderDSL on Aug 11, 2006, 15:42:39
Cool, I'll call a house meeting this evening ... and see what the consensus is ... going down to a 2Mb IPstream, won't that still be over the same network as maxDSL? I though dropping down would be good if suffering from disconects, or low speeds etc.?

Put it this way, my pings with Virgin 1MB Ipstream were low as hell until the very moment I switched to MAX ADSL... now they er... suck.

Spoke to Miriam this morning and she said she may put me back down to 1MB IPstream to solve the problems i'm having at the moment... then possibly re-enable my MAX ADSL to re-train it as my profile is currently locked at 0.5MB.

Also fitting the ADSL faceplate etc tommorrow so will see what difference this makes to my line. *sigh*

VaderDSL · Aug 11, 2006, 16:01:54

Sorry to hear about all your problems

trust the UK to roll out a telecommunications package that hasn't been tested or have the infrastructure to cope

AvengerUK · Aug 11, 2006, 18:05:10

My MAX Profile is currently stuck, and has been for god knows how long. If IDnet could implement a 1Mb IPstream package for me, i would. Annoying thing is tho, without MAX, my highest speed according to BT is 512kb, and i dont think idnet can go against this?

Richdog · Aug 11, 2006, 18:30:10

Quote from: AvengerUK on Aug 11, 2006, 18:05:10
My MAX Profile is currently stuck, and has been for god knows how long. If IDnet could implement a 1Mb IPstream package for me, i would. Annoying thing is tho, without MAX, my highest speed according to BT is 512kb, and i dont think idnet can go against this?

What are your line stats buddy?

AvengerUK · Aug 11, 2006, 19:07:02

Connection Status          Connected
Us Rate (Kbps)         448
Ds Rate (Kbps)         1856
US Margin         18
DS Margin         6
Trained Modulation         GDMT
LOS Errors         0
DS Line Attenuation         62
US Line Attenuation         31
Peak Cell Rate         1056 cells per sec
CRC Rx Fast         1164
CRC Tx Fast         8
CRC Rx Interleaved         0
CRC Tx Interleaved         0
Path Mode         Fast Path

Richdog · Aug 11, 2006, 19:24:06

Hmm your stats are only marginally worse than mine and I had 1MB no problem...

AvengerUK · Aug 11, 2006, 19:44:37

Quote from: Richdog on Aug 11, 2006, 19:24:06
Hmm your stats are only marginally worse than mine and I had 1MB no problem...

Hmmm, i suppose i might aswell ask support about it

- I may still try a differnt router first tho, one which might help a long line

Jeff · Aug 11, 2006, 20:10:29

Your DS margin ... is that steady at 6 or does it drop, particularly at night?

Richdog · Aug 11, 2006, 20:24:45

Oddly enough (I know the Q wasn't directed at me) mine is a constant 6.6 all the time... and even more oddly enough my downstream attenuation has creeped from 61 to 59 in the last couple of weeks... is this normal?

Fitting all the ADSL faceplate stuff tommorrow... will be interesting to see what this does for me. Will cross my fingers and hope!

AvengerUK have you fitted an ADSL faceplate yet?

AvengerUK · Aug 11, 2006, 20:26:51

Quote from: Richdog on Aug 11, 2006, 20:24:45

AvengerUK have you fitted an ADSL faceplate yet?

Nope, may be also something ill do soon

My DS Margin seems to change every 5 or so mins (or more) i dont really see a change in what time of day it is, it just bob's up and down constantly

mrapoc · Aug 11, 2006, 20:29:07

ive been having high pings and connection problems more often over the last week (i have them occasionally but usually a router reboot fixes it) and im usually constant 8000kbps connection...just checked now and its at 6,176

$:-\$

Jeff · Aug 11, 2006, 20:31:05

This can only be good news Rich, 6.6 steady is good. Rule of thumb, every 6SNR=0.8Mbit, sync being determined by DS margin in the first place so I reckon if you had a router that has been proven to hold sync at even SNR 0 (such as a few Netgears) then you would only probably then have a far worse sync with only a 0.8Mbit sync rate improvement ... given your poor throughput atm, hardly seems worth it?

Richdog · Aug 11, 2006, 20:40:47

Quote from: Jeff on Aug 11, 2006, 20:31:05
This can only be good news Rich, 6.6 steady is good. Rule of thumb, every 6SNR=0.8Mbit, sync being determined by DS margin in the first place so I reckon if you had a router that has been proven to hold sync at even SNR 0 (such as a few Netgears) then you would only probably then have a far worse sync with only a 0.8Mbit sync rate improvement ... given your poor throughput atm, hardly seems worth it?

Jeff you'll have to excuse me here as i've had a couple of beers and half a bottle of wine... what are you saying is hardly worth it?

*hic*

EDIT - I just did a random check and the noise margin just dropped to 4.3... guess I was wrong!

EDIT EDIT - Now 3.8!

AvengerUK · Aug 11, 2006, 21:22:58

Anyone have any thoughts on the below? Its *perhaps* an alternative to the ZyXcel:

Im willing to spend alot of time & money simply to get a more stable connection

Richdog · Aug 11, 2006, 22:14:02

Quote from: AvengerUK

Im willing to spend alot of time & money simply to get a more stable connection

Get a Draytek then.

AvengerUK · Aug 11, 2006, 22:21:19

Perhaps not that much

Richdog · Aug 11, 2006, 22:35:52

Quote from: AvengerUK on Aug 11, 2006, 22:21:19
Perhaps not that much

DrayTek Vigor2700V VoIP ADSL2+ Router £130 http://www.transparentcommunications.com/acatalog/DrayTekVigor2700Series.html

Not that bad!

AvengerUK · Aug 11, 2006, 23:09:00

For a student...its bad lol - £80 is my max

Jeff · Aug 12, 2006, 02:14:25

Locked ... only because of my inability to keep up

But folk, start a new topic if y`all still having bother with the original subject which I believe was "pings"

Any newcomers ... plz start a new thread!