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| Thread ID: 117835 | 2011-05-06 23:13:00 | Broadband initial connection.. | bazmeister (3216) | Press F1 |
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| 1199991 | 2011-05-10 10:30:00 | If everything is working OK you do not need to leave your router on. I don't, and I have no problems connecting each morning (at least not any more anyway) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1199992 | 2011-05-10 11:30:00 | I was on TAT/F, now I'm on TAT/R. At my TAT/F location I was 3.1KM as the cable runs from the exchange. I'm now 3.2KM as the cable runs. I've known where the local Exchange is for about 5-6 years now. Confirmed it also with the Chorus guy. They've told me they can get 3300kbps at the cabinet (It's not been upgraded, it's just a dumb-box). I said I wanted that at my house. I'm only 100m -> 200m further than before and I was syncing at 3900kbps -> 4200kbps. I've got a single CAT6 cable from the demarc (Had an electrician in, rewired *everything*, now there's CAT6 throughout the house from the patch panel, no phone). It's approx 11m to the patch-panel from the demarc, I sync now at 1400kbps -> 1600kbps. The Chorus guy came and reckoned he could get 1900kbps at my demarc. Tried telling him that I wanted that 3300kbps at my house. He didn't seem to understand that my attenuation used to be around 20 at my old place with crappy old wiring, now it's pristine wiring at the new place and my attenuation is 55. I'm also paying the Home Wiring Maintenance fee, just so they don't have an argument with me there, even though its *not* the issue. I don't use a home phone. The one cordless we use is VoIP. We don't have a monitored alarm (This model is not actually capable of hooking into the phone), yet we get 2-3 disconnects a night. Usually between 5:30 and 7:30PM. The Chorus guy told me I'm on an older BUBA port, when I could be on an EUBA port. Apparently he didn't think my speeds warranted changing me. I'm open to suggestions :D Edit: Tried the crappy Thomson router Telecom supply too (It was my brother-in-laws, straight outta the box). It wouldn't even connect. Glad I have my Linksys AM300. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1199993 | 2011-05-10 13:21:00 | Sounds like the crap I had to put up with 2 years or so ago Line was fine at 3.2Mbit for ages, then one day turned to rubbish, disconnections everywhere, reconnect at 196kbps... They tried everything they could including giving me a free splitter but the disconnections still continued... and after all that my speed wouldn't go above 2Mbit on a good day.. AND the disconnection problem was still there Worst part is, the disconnection problem magically went away while the technicians were on strike, and after that Telecom didn't give a damn. Eventually I managed to get a technician sent out, he said there was 4Mbit at a distribution box(? not sure the name, just guessing) up the road (not an ADSL cabinet, I was still connected at the exchange for that, about 3-4km away - although that box has since been upgraded to a cabinet with ADSL2+ equipment) yet the speed was dropping more than it should be for no good reason. Line tests he did using a remote tester returned the line as "Perfect" and he said sorry but Telecom won't investigate further on a line that tests perfectly, and he left (although his personal opinion was that there were too many people on the line, causing interference) After the ADSL2+ cabinet went in, speed went a lot faster, but initially I had the same issues the OP had (although I think not as bad) - couldn't connect sometimes, need several reboots to get the DSL link up sometimes, etc etc... This was with my RTA1320 which despite heating my room better than a furnace was rock solid otherwise, also with a Thomson ST536v6 I bought on TradeMe, which was also rock solid once the link was established. But, that all stopped a few months ago, and now the thing is fine. I even got them to disable interleaving and it's still great, and a little faster ;) Only thing that is similar with the two routers is that the chipset is exactly the same - maybe there was some kind of compatibility issue with the new ADSL2+ equipment that they have since fixed with a firmware upgrade or something... no idea really. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1199994 | 2011-05-10 21:19:00 | I'm open to suggestions :D Edit: Tried the crappy Thomson router Telecom supply too (It was my brother-in-laws, straight outta the box). It wouldn't even connect. Glad I have my Linksys AM300. In the Linksys under DSL modulation if it is set to Multi Mode try setting it to ADSL2+ or G.992.5 Otherwise looks like you will have to wait for an upgrade as whether you get 1600kbps or 3900kbps it is still a pathetic speed. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1199995 | 2011-05-10 23:20:00 | Now that you mention that, it could be worth a shot, thanks for that! I'll login and see what it's set to shortly (Have to do it from my Cellphone, RDP & LogMeIn is blocked at work) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1199996 | 2011-05-10 23:40:00 | @Chill www.internode.on.net it's not the graph I had in mind exactly but it's similar. It would suggest you are 3.9KM from the exchange and should expect 4-5Mbps conection speed. It get's complicated though, there are many different cable types and conductor sizes in telecoms network. Not only does the weight of the conductor affect the loss, but every time you change form one size to another you introduce loss at the junction. The construction of the cable is also a factor. You could for example have 0.63mm cable from the exchange to the cabinet, 0.5mm from the cabinet to your property, and 0.63 from the street to the house. I believe 0.63 is widely in use but 0.4, 0.5, and many other sizes also exist. Another thing is the lead-in, the type of cable once used to houses had very little twist in it and can introduce a huge amount of loss and interference in a very short distance if still in place. It is no longer installed but may still exist in some locations. Not 100% sure about this but I believe the old cable has white, yellow, black, and brown conductors and when stripped back you can see there is almost no twist in it. The newer lead-in I think is two pairs, blue-white and orange-white with a twist more like what you'd see in Cat 5. Convincing anyone that there is a fault when the line tests ok can be difficult. |
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| 1199997 | 2011-05-10 23:53:00 | Hmm OK I'll look into that. I've just checked and I'm *forcing* G992.5 which was fine when I was at my old place, but I can't help but wonder if I should try setting it to Auto (Considering they've confirmed I'm on an older port, not the newer hardware). Still, there *surely* has to be some magic word to get them to swap my port over, as well as checking the wiring :-( I'm definitely 3.2KM from the Exchange as the cable runs... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1199998 | 2011-05-11 00:40:00 | Why not try Auto can't hurt, or G.DMT as your speeds are way below even standard ADSL. You are on a FS/FS plan are you. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1199999 | 2011-05-11 00:49:00 | Yup for sure! EDIT: I'll try making that change tonight. Wife is at home today, she'd kill me if I changed the internet settings remotely and she couldn't get back on if it didn't reconnect :p |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1200000 | 2011-05-11 01:23:00 | Maybe you need the phone line polarity tester (forums.pcworld.co.nz)? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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