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sheddyian

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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2014, 01:35:13 PM »

DSLstats gives you this information on the Stats page. Or you can login via telnet and use the command xdslcmd info --vendor

Ah, thank you!  I thought I'd seen something like that, but had a look earlier and couldn't find it - ended up thinking I'd imagined it, or seen it on someone else's system  ;D

Anyway, mine says :

DSLAM/MSAN type:   IFTN:0x71c6 / v0x71c6

Which means nothing to me  :'(  A google of either/both those numbers doesn't seem to explain much either - was hoping for a handy table of manufacturers and versions :)

Can anyone enlighten me?

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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2014, 02:37:08 PM »

IFTN is Infineon. Mine is almost the same, but it's v0x71c8. That's described as the chipset version number.
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2014, 04:15:38 PM »

As well as the traditional pilot tone, some isp networks also use test tones.  I believe the TT network does so.  Test tones may carry 2 bits, and although there may be a preference for the test tone, it isn't always the same.
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2014, 04:23:31 PM »

Anyway, mine says :

DSLAM/MSAN type:   IFTN:0x71c6 / v0x71c6

I see --

Code: [Select]
# xdslcmd info --vendor
xdslcmd: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Retrain Reason: 8000
Max: Upstream rate = 1084 Kbps, Downstream rate = 7032 Kbps
Channel: INTR, Upstream rate = 1020 Kbps, Downstream rate = 6050 Kbps

ChipSet Vendor Id: IFTN:0x71c6
ChipSet VersionNumber: 0x71c6
ChipSet SerialNumber:
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2014, 06:03:39 PM »

It gets more curious.

I've just connected up the old TP-Link TD8961ND (version1) modem, which synched just under 1 meg lower than the BT HG612, and got the bitloading plot from it's command line interface.

There's only 1 gap, at tone 83!

All those other gaps that I see on the HG612 are in use, with a bitloading that seems consistent with the neighbouring tones (ie gradually tapering off into the higher tones).

What do you make of that?  ???

Ian
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2014, 06:08:53 PM »

Too much attention to minute details, maybe?  ::)

Having made that observational query, the pesky cat goes and hides . . .  :paperbag:
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2014, 07:00:13 PM »

Too much attention to minute details, maybe?  ::)

Well, yeah  ;D

but..

seems a bit odd, and got my curiosity!

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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2014, 07:06:26 PM »

Having seen the response, b*cat now backs out of the brown paper bag and promises to be serious. (Until next time!)  :angel:
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #23 on: March 04, 2014, 08:31:17 PM »

Too much attention to minute details, maybe?  ::)

Well, yeah  ;D

but..

seems a bit odd, and got my curiosity!

Ian

 :D What did curiosity do to the CAT ?

"but, satisfaction brought it back"  ;)
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2014, 08:33:29 PM »

:D What did curiosity do to the CAT ?

Increased their ADSL2+ bandwidth by up to 5 tones?  :D

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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #25 on: March 05, 2014, 11:45:31 PM »

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Too much attention to minute details, maybe?
Minute details are very curious.
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #26 on: March 09, 2014, 10:32:15 PM »

Add me to the curious too - I have gaps in exactly the same places. This is on Zen with a Billion 7800N router. Strangely the early tones such as 110 to 243 had plenty of data loaded on them when I was on 20CN ADSL1 a couple months ago.
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #27 on: March 09, 2014, 10:44:42 PM »

Here is my current Bitloading graph (ADSL2 mode, due to line length and quality) --
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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #28 on: March 16, 2014, 08:49:34 AM »

Hi

Just to add I was with TalkTalk up to a few weeks ago and never had those gaps.

ADSL and VDSL is a best effort service, with all sorts of hacks and tricks to try and work around the problems of sending high bit-rate data over wires never designed for it, and all these sorts of oddities are just part and parcel of that unfortunately.

The missing tones may be added to allow gaps for other lines pilot tones, or something TalkTalk has added on some equipment to disable those tones for a reason only known to them.  BeThere did something similar which was always a cause of bafflement to many why they did it, as it prevented some from joining the 24Mbit club  :)

Even if you identify the cause of the missing tones, I doubt very much you could ever fix or change it to get them back.

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Re: Bitloading gaps curiosity
« Reply #29 on: March 16, 2014, 02:12:01 PM »

Even if you identify the cause of the missing tones, I doubt very much you could ever fix or change it to get them back.

Probably true, but curious kittehs just like to know these things.   ;)
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