is it true that you get more errors using an HG612 on ECI Dslam than using ECI modem? Tom is thinking about getting an HG612 off fleabay so he can view his stats and wotnot
The ECI (3503j) doesn't report comparable error counts, so it's difficult to benchmark the ECI and the Huawei (HG612) side-by-side on that score.
The Huawei reports the full gamut: Reed-Solomon correctables, and the uncorrectables: HECs, CRCs, etc.
Whereas the ECI reports Path Code Violations (CV_P) and CRC_P errors. In the case of CRC_P errors, the ECI reports suspiciously few, and only in the near-end (Upstream) direction, where there are fewer any way.
With an engineered "line fault", and while the ECI /r is synced to a Huawei DSLAM, the DSLAM records many more CRC errors at the CPE than the ECI reports itself.
The challenge is to discover how the two modems could be compared on their error counts.
In terms of line sync rate, it might be said that the ECI has a superior DSL chipset.
However, the SoC in the ECI (edit: a Lantiq VRX268) has a lower clock speed than the Broadcom BCM6368 in the Huawei (333MHz vs 400MHz). This makes the ECI less viable for double-functioning as a router/modem.
But there really isn't a huge margin between the two in terms of sync speed.
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