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[smudge]

Ive just been connected to o2 and when ive tried to use DMT tool its only half effective and im certain its cos this newer firmware stops DMT tool from accessing most of it - a lot of options are greyed out including the hidden menu and of the 3 graphs only the top one is active...

where can i get older firmware for speedtouch 780

THANKS

[mr_chris]

On Thompson's support site, funnily enough

Presume you have version 6.2 - version 6.1 is also available there, which I believe works properly with the DMT tool.

In fact, the firmware is probably on your CD that came with the speedtouch, and this should have the proper O2/Be template in there, which the 6.1 download from Thompson doesn't have.

[smudge]

thanks , the tomson wizard wont downgrade firmware  , will look on disc 

[mr_chris]

the tomson wizard wont downgrade firmware 

Ah, annoying. I don't think there's a way to do it from the web interface either.

[smudge]

not to worry , i resynced the router at 6:30am and it synced a whole 1,000k higher 

now sync'ing at 13,479k instead of 12,400k and can see extra 1Mb on speedtest (from 10.5Mb to 11.7Mb) 

seems syncing at early hours when its quiet is best , i will leave it on now - wouldnt care DMT tools says it could go upto 14,092k

to be honest i dont think im gunna see much more that what im getting now - just have to keep the router on as not to lose sync

[mr_chris]

If you lose sync, then even if you do tweak, you might get better speeds for a while, but it will eventually either

(a) settle somewhere near the speed you're already getting anyway, or
(b) constantly lose sync / reconnect, which would probably end up with throughput being slower overall, as the noise margin will be less, therefore more scope for line errors, slowing your throughput down.

Keep an eye on your sync speed and SNR at periodic intervals today. If your router resyncs by itself to a lower value during the course of today, there's no real point trying to pursue the DMT route, as one of the two scenarios above will happen. Tweaking the SNR margin down below O2's standard 6.5dB is only of any use on ultra-stable lines.

[smudge]

Thanks Chris - I will monitor it - seems fine so far AND ive had ADSLmax 8Mb for 8 months before and never had 1 dropout with 8128/448 = 7150 profile and 6500 throughput - (Entanet)

[Azzaka]

thanks , the tomson wizard wont downgrade firmware  , will look on disc 

The wizards will warn you, but you need to be persistent with it and keep moving forward. Eventually it will downgrade the firmware.

Leo

[smudge]

no i tried it says its NOT COMPATIBLE...? the firmware is direct from thompsons site... perhaps i need o2 branded 6.1 firmware

[guest]

Have you tried asking over at ircsome's place? I think there are instructions on how to downgrade there (somewhere )

www.beforum.co.uk

[smudge]

yeah theres BEbox re-flash available but i dunno if it will be wise re-branding from o2 to BE...?