Is there an ongoing issue with 2Wire Router usage ? Im having an issue .

[Rik]

Both routers give me maximum speed for the profile, eg a tad under 2400k for the Netgear which achieved a 2500 profile, and a tad under 2800 for the 2700 which achieves a 3000 profile.

[Gary]

I did read that the 2700 does not always like surge protectors Rik, it may me very sensitive to power fluctuations, if you google it you will see some examples

[Rik]

Interesting. Was any conclusion reached on why, Gary?

Mine's just done its 12 day reboot... Regular as clockwork.

[Gary]

Interesting. Was any conclusion reached on why, Gary?

Mine's just done its 12 day reboot... Regular as clockwork.

Not really Rik but a few people plugged it straight into the mains and did not get the issue, I think it depends on which model/firmware etc bit of a mine field really, and quite a few as I mentioned with wireless issues, my V4 has better penetration (ooer) than the 2700 and i can use my wireless extender again now, but I lose a bit of speed but my thoughput is still great, as you say there is no best router as such, its down to what suits your line.

[Rik]

I think all routers should be on SOR, given the vagaries of the system. Let people try before they buy. It isn't going to happen, but it would be good if it could.

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anybody know what this 12 day reboot is ? I get a stale session with the DLink every 12 days and have to do a reboot and drop profile from 7150k to 6500k until it catches up.............is this the norm ?

James

[Gary]

I think all routers should be on SOR, given the vagaries of the system. Let people try before they buy. It isn't going to happen, but it would be good if it could.

Thats true I hear bad reports of the speedtouch 780 that O2/be hand out, droping connection seems to be the main issue and poor wireless, seems to be the custom firmware but I'm not clued up on speedtouch routers, most find the netgears more stable with ADSL2+ than the 780

[Gary]

anybody know what this 12 day reboot is ? I get a stale session with the DLink every 12 days and have to do a reboot and drop profile from 7150k to 6500k until it catches up.............is this the norm ?

James

I didnt suffer this with the 2700 i happily exceeded 18 days

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whats the relevance of 18 days ?

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I didnt suffer this with the 2700 i happily exceeded 18 days

That only seems to happen with the single ssid ones Gary.

[Gary]

whats the relevance of 18 days ?

it didn't reboot at 12 that's all in fact it made 22 before I changed over to the V4 netgear, just saying I have not had this 12 day issue at all as of yet

[Gary]

That only seems to happen with the single ssid ones Gary.

Most odd In, I still wonder if there is firmware differences for the adsl side of things between the American versions and the BT ones as they seem more stable

[Rik]

It just seems to affect some people, James. Sebby is another one, iirc, and we both have the SBC firmware, again iirc. OTOH, my Netgear did it too - can't remember what the Draytek was like, it didn't last that long. My instinct is that something happens at the DSLAM, but I have no proof.

[Gary]

It just seems to affect some people, James. Sebby is another one, iirc, and we both have the SBC firmware, again iirc. OTOH, my Netgear did it too - can't remember what the Draytek was like, it didn't last that long. My instinct is that something happens at the DSLAM, but I have no proof.

as you say with the vagaries of the system its hard to pinpoint Rik, but your theory seems to hold out, but why not all DSLAM'S

[Rik]

That's the big question, Gary. Maybe it's a particular manufacturer or model. Or maybe it's just the re-boot fairy.

[Gary]

Ahh the reboot fairy, they strike at anytime  and on that note i'm off  time for some valium TV before my bed as the Clonazepam has not hit me yet, night all 

[Rik]

Sleep well, Gary.

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rik

Ive sent support a formal request by email to find out exactly what is going on here with this 12 hour reboot scenario in the hope they can shed some light, or may know about an issue going on.
You want me to pm the reply to you when i get it incase it is of some value ?

BTW the DLink is flying and Im giving that 2wire router back to my bro, better the devil you know as Kylie said.

James

[Rik]

I'll be interested to hear if anyone has an answer to this, James.

[Sebby]

Me too.

(By the way, Rik, I am indeed running the SBC firmware too.)

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Me too.

(By the way, Rik, I am indeed running the SBC firmware too.)

there it is sebby

"I've had a check on your line

The past 14 days history on your exchange shows no record of any
maintenance which would be causing this. This leads me to believe the
dynamic line management in the exchange is attempting to improve your
connection due to the consistency of the drop. However if was to become
more frequent or start causing an issue please let me know and I will
have another look."

not a lot of use 

James

[Sebby]

I think that's a possible and reasonable suggestion. It didn't happen on my old router, but then perhaps the error handling was different. It's difficult to say, and probably something we'll never get to the bottom of.

[Rik]

We'd probably need the same sort of relationship with 2-Wire as we have with IDNet, Sebby.

[Simon]

My third 2700 (2xSSID) has now been up and running for 13 days, so I don't think the reboot fairy has visited. 

[Rik]

Give it a couple more days, Simon, then BT will visit instead.