Having tried both Asbo and Wolfy's firmware on my new HG612, which is connected to an ADSL2+ line (not fibre!) I thought I'd share a few observations.
But first - does anyone use upnp on the HG612? I can't get it to work on the Wolfy firmware. I've ticked the option, but the PCs don't notice it when it boots up, and programs that try t use it to open ports are unable to.
Aside from that :
I seem to have fewer bitswaps in Wolfy's firmware compared to Asbo's. Noticed immediately after reflashing - was previously hopping up and down constantly 4 - 8 bitswaps per minute, no respite. After reflash with Wolfy's version, only the occasional bitswap. Could have been coinsidence of course.
S/N margin reported differently - my downstream was a steady 6.1 for both firmwares, but the upstream changed significantly and repeatably. Asbo's gave me 10.2 - 10.8, Wolfy's gave me 14.2 - 14.7 (under usual conditions my margins don't fluctuate much).
The QLN plot is interestingly different between the two firmwares.
The fall and rise between downstream and upstream is much more curved on Asbo's, on Wolfy's it's a very sudden climb up in the first few downstream tones. This suggests to me more efficient bitloading on Wolfy's firmware?
The QLN plot also jumps upwards on the graph with Wolfy's firmware. With Asbo's, the plot doesn't reach -110dB at all, with Wolfy's most of the tones up to about 180 are around -110dB. (Can anyone say which is better though?
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Ian
