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[VDSL2User]

That has done the trick and the firmware version is now displayed as expected.
Many thanks Bald_Eagle1 and Ronski for your support and effort.

[Ronski]

Your welcome, please note the Program versions and updates tab is a work in progress, so is not fully functional, hence I haven't released a beta version yet.

[les-70]

   It is probably somewhere in the 8800NL specs but I must have missed it and I asked support re vector. They replied "Regarding vectoring, the 8800NL already supports vectoring"

[h5tuu]

First post on this forum!

Anyway, I bought the 8800NL yesterday, I'm actually using it for ADSL2 at the moment (fibre just launched in my area). I have to say, this is superb with my current line. I've gained 1.2mbit (from 3.1 to 4.3) on my download, fastest I've ever seen it at this address. This was achieved by reducing the SNR... Stable connection so far  8).

Hopefully it performs well once I get fibre in  .

[JustAnother]

Since I've dropped below 900KB/Sec upload from the original high of 1.1MB/Sec, I'm now interested in superior VDSL2 modems compared to the HG612. This thread seems pretty positive but focuses on download - can anyone with VDSL2 comment on how much their upstream increased by with this modem?

Thanks

[renluop]

Simple Simon Quickie
How good is it's range on ADSL 2/2+ connections compared to ISPs' eqpt e.g Technicolor 582N?

[les-70]

  The Billion UK web site now has a new firmware for the 8800NL.  I will be trying it tomorrow.  It is stated to have the later 039 dsl driver    , note the warning about waiting 10 mins !!! for the upgrade to complete.  The upgrade sounds as though it may correct the upgrade bug that causes that long time.

[les-70]

  In fact I re-flashed last night.  The upgrade completed in 2 mins quite normally.  Settings are lost in the upgrade but i had saved the config file so no issue.  Sync speed is about 2Mb/s better  at 76M/bs   and so far errors about the same.  Error rates take a while to be sure of though.

[roseway]

Thanks for that. I re-flashed mine yesterday, although I'm not actually using it at the moment. I didn't take any risks, and left it sitting for the full 10 minutes. My intention is to set it up for VDSL2 when it arrives here.

[TimeBandit]

So far, I'm delighted with the 8800NL.
I'm using it on VDSL2, and the stats are all visible on MyDSLWebStats, via BaldEagle2 & Ronski's excellent monitoring and logging software.
Same username as on here, if anyone wants to take a look.

The GUI doesn't display software version, CPU Version, or CFE version (yes, in the GUI, only CPU has "Version" instead of "version", so a slight inconsistency there.
Firmware version is displayed as "A2pv6F039g1d24m", with change detected 15/09/2014 at 02:50 (yes, I'm an insomniac).

You are welcome to any other help I can give with testing (I'm something of a tech, having set up some pretty major networks in my time) so reasonably competent at gathering debugging information.

I do try to keep good uptime, as I'm in the NTP Pool.

[JustAnother]

Did you notice your upstream bandwidth improve at all which this modem compared to the stock, and roughly by how much?

[TimeBandit]

Did you notice your upstream bandwidth improve at all which this modem compared to the stock, and roughly by how much?

Yes - about 15%, and 5% or so on the downstream.

But as I've been messing about with it (I'm routing a /29 subnet, which by default is blocked from the outside world until you get a rule into the filter to allow it - a real pain, as it put my mailserver and NTP server offline for several hours), which has necessitated a few restarts, it's dropped off again.
I hope it will recover - I'm now going to try a period of undisturbed running in the hope that line management will back off.

[JustAnother]

Hmm, thats very good news, thanks for the response. My upstream continues to drop - now synced at 810KB/Sec, rather than the 1.1MB/Sec that I got originally.

Edit: Just bought one myself, will be interesting to see how good it is.

[renluop]

  The Billion UK web site now has a new firmware for the 8800NL.  I will be trying it tomorrow.  It is stated to have the later 039 dsl driver    , note the warning about waiting 10 mins !!! for the upgrade to complete.  The upgrade sounds as though it may correct the upgrade bug that causes that long time.

may be i nned to get my cataracts done soon but I cannot find link to firmware upgrade. I am still on A2pv6F038j.d24h. Also I'm not sure about saving the existing configuration, presuming that is the htm file in the status section, and how to fit it in once the firmware upgrade is complete. heeelp!

[VDSL2User]

The firmware upgrade can be found on this link

http://billion.uk.com/esupport/index.php?/Knowledgebase/List/Index/92