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Thread ID: 114495 2010-12-05 10:05:00 Trouble with Telecom Bozo (8540) PC World Chat
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1159086 2010-12-13 05:53:00 My RT1280 from orcon goes thermonuclear. I put a 6'' fan on it, that shut it up and stopped it burning a hole in the floor.

Apparently some of them catch fire
The Error Guy (14052)
1159087 2010-12-13 06:19:00 No speed issues here. Still 13.33Mbit down.


Does ANYONE switch their BB modem off, ever? Except when they need to reboot it, of course...

I do, every night.


My RT1280 from orcon goes thermonuclear. I put a 6'' fan on it, that shut it up and stopped it burning a hole in the floor.

Apparently some of them catch fire

Wouldn't surprise me. They run hot, the cheap-ass capacitors start to die, the dead capacitors cause circuit problems, everything runs hotter, the capacitors keep getting worse because of more heat... thermal runaway ensues and something ends up getting toasted.

I just replaced all the capacitors in my RTA1320 because 3\5 were bloated and had ESR twenty times higher than they should be.
Agent_24 (57)
1159088 2010-12-13 07:35:00 mine says this according to the telecomwholesale site

Services available at this address:

* ADSL2+
* VDSL2 from Dec 2010

Exchange Details

Exchange Area: Porirua
Show ADSL2+ cabinets
Show VDSL2 cabinets/areas
ADSL2+ Upgrade: Dec 2007
ADSL2+ Details

Cabinet Name: PRO/T
Status: Completed Apr 2010
VDSL2 Details

Cabinet Name: PRO/T
Status: Scheduled Dec 2010

how do you find that sync/attenuation speed stuff Chill?????
GameJunkie (72)
1159089 2010-12-13 09:18:00 I don't, mine had an uptime of like 200 days...

So you're on an ADSL2+ exchange, excellent!

You should be able to find the details in your routers ADSL or Line Status page :)
Chilling_Silence (9)
1159090 2010-12-13 09:37:00 looked in the belkin router but cant seem to find anything.

nor in the d-link modem

hmm
GameJunkie (72)
1159091 2010-12-13 09:45:00 Might need to change to an "advanced" view in the router to see it. Chilling_Silence (9)
1159092 2010-12-13 09:55:00 found it (i think)

tem

Downstream

Upstream

Unit
SNR Margin

28

13

dB
Line Attenuation

4

1

dB
Data Rate

7547

944

kbps


good? bad?
GameJunkie (72)
1159093 2010-12-13 19:09:00 Attenuation Rates:
20bB. and below = Outstanding
20dB-30dB. = Excellent
30dB-40dB. = Very Good
40dB-50dB. = Good
50dB-60dB. = Poor and may experience connectivity issues
60dB. and above = Bad and will experience connectivity issues



For S/N Margin Readings:
6dB. or below = Bad and will experience no line synchronization or intermittent synchronization problems.
7dB-10dB. = Fair but does not leave much room for variances in conditions.
11dB-20dB. = Good with little or no synchronisation problems
20dB-28dB. = Excellent
29dB. or above = Outstanding


Basically, your connection is pretty damn solid. Because you're on an ADSL2+ exchange, you ought to reach your max line speeds pretty much all the time. What speeds do you get when you do a speedtest.net within NZ, or to Aus?


DemonHunter,
Did you end up getting the AM300 in the end?
Chilling_Silence (9)
1159094 2010-12-13 19:19:00 J

(The level 2 guy seems to have sorted the problem - introduces some 'noise' to stabilise the connection.

Noise. Stabilises.
Since when?
pctek (84)
1159095 2010-12-13 19:21:00 Works for me. Don't care about the details ;)

:pf1mobmini:
johcar (6283)
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