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| Thread ID: 79729 | 2007-05-30 06:59:00 | Does The Brand Of Router Make A Difference Re Quality Of The ADSL Connection? | Term_X (560) | Press F1 |
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| 554378 | 2007-05-30 06:59:00 | Hi Team How much of a difference do the various brands of adsl modems make with regards to a stable/reliable broadband connection? Im on Ihug Broadband 3 and having an issue at the moment with a constantly dropping connection (at least every half hour). Im about 3 or 4km from the Te Rapa exchange. He checked inside for line noise as there was an audible crackle on the line, which he eliminated as he found a loose connection behind the main wall socket. he said that this may be a cause also for the dropping connections. He noted that the main cable that goes to my suburb Nawton from the Te Rapa exchange is .32mm copper wire which he says isnt strong enough to carry a reliable signal to my area. I asked him when would that cable be replaced and he just shrugged his shoulders :stare: He was a bit reluctant to go under the house to check the service line as he would do that "next time". Looks like that next time will be tomorrow as im calling Transfield tonight :rolleyes: Barring anything to do with cabling/wiring etc, could it be the router, its only 8 months old and seems to be fine. No other routers handy to try out. Do certains brands of router hold the signal better?? The router synch speeds vary wildly on reconnection from anywhere between 3Mb/s to less than dialup speed. One minute i can be surfing/downloading at 3Mb/s, 15 minutes later, the router disconnects and then reconnects at 56k, 15 minutes after that, itll disconnect and then reconnect at say 2Mb/s, 30 minutes later, same thing and reconnect at say 256k . Its nuts! |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 554379 | 2007-05-30 07:09:00 | If its free, with your connection, it looks like most of them are crap. Did u get it free when u signed up or did u buy it? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 554380 | 2007-05-30 07:41:00 | was a free dlink dsl 502t | Term_X (560) | ||
| 554381 | 2007-05-30 11:00:00 | I had a similar problem to you. it turned out to be sloppy connection at the point on the street outside my property , the 2 foot high grey plastic thing. NOw connects at 3mbps, and max download tests are 2500 | ben28 (9007) | ||
| 554382 | 2007-05-30 18:18:00 | My experience. A DSE adsl modem/router..Low download speed. Changed to a Billion . Speed almost doubled. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 554383 | 2007-05-30 20:58:00 | Maybe I should try changing my router (dynalink RTA230) and see if it makes any difference to my speed. Any good routers besides Billion as mentioned by JJJJJ out there? Nothing too expensive I hope. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 554384 | 2007-05-30 22:02:00 | IMO a lot, I had a cheap free D-Link and when I got a Linksys WAG54G my speed and line stability increased a lot | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 554385 | 2007-05-30 22:43:00 | which dse router did you have JJJJJ? i have XH1169 and it works pretty well but i never had the chance to try another router so duno about speed the router reports downstream of 3648 Kbps right now but in real life i get around 2.5MBits max |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 554386 | 2007-05-30 23:16:00 | cheers for the info. ive got transfield coming back later this arvo to investigate again and ill let you know the results! | Term_X (560) | ||
| 554387 | 2007-05-30 23:18:00 | US Robotics should be pretty good too... but quite expensive | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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