Hi there, new to the forum and seeking some advice before splashing out £60-£100 on a new adsl router.
I have recently been moved by tiscali onto TalkTalk 8meg package. I think this move initiated a 10 day stabilization period which has now finished.
I am getting a much improved daytime sync speed of around 5151kbps downstream and 448kbps upstream. During the day the SNR fluctuates between 13.5 and 14.5 dB.
Come evening and street lighting on time the internet slows up and eventually throughput stops. During this time the SNR jiggers up and down by about 0.5dB before I have to force a reboot to get an internet connection. The downstream sync speed then seems to go down to about 4500 - 4700 kbps with new SNR around 15.5dB. Seems to stay stable and then a reboot in the morning gets me back up to above 5000kbps and the SNR back down a bit.
I have a D-link router DSL - G624M which is about 4-5 years old. It works in everyother way. It is connected to the master socket and the bell/ring wire has been removed from extensions. I have microfilters correctly installed and no noise on the voice line. My line attenuation is 36.5dB and I am about 2km from the exchange.
Given all the above I have 2 questions really:
1. given the line attenuation should I expect a higher sync rate and lower SNR?
2. if the above rings true would a new modem/router make the connection more stable and thus allow me to ask the ISP to try a lower SNRM profile?
when I asked the friendly tiscali/talktalk customer services advisor she kindly told me to be happy with what I have and that she could do nothing from her end. The talktalk forum is down for new registration so I cannot join to ask them there
Thanks for any help/advice
Kit
Your help is much appreciated.
router stats
DriverVersion = 1.62
APIVersion = GS_API_558
FirmwareVersion = E.67.5.12
DspVersion = 0x000000c1
Connected = true
OperationalMode = G.Dmt
State = Showtime
Watchdog = 0x00000053
OperationProgress = 0x000000ad
LastFailed = 0x00000000
TxBitRate = 448000
RxBitRate = 5152000
RxATTNDR = 0
CodeTypeStatus = AnnexA
TxCellRate = 1056
RxCellRate = 12150
PhyTXCellCount = 85138
PhyRXCellCount = 493843
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OverallFailure = 0
INPup = 0.0
INPdown = 0.0
PMmode = L2L3Allowed
PMstatus = L0
SHalf = Disable
CabinetMode = Disable
AutoSRA = Disable
AutoSRAMaxTimeCRC = 0
AutoSRAMaxTimeFEC = 0
AutoSRAUpShiftPeriod = 0
AutoSRADnShiftPeriod = 0
DataBoost = Disable
LocalITUCountryCode = 0x0000b5ff
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RemoteTxPower = 19.1 dB
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RemoteMgmtHEC0 = 0
LocalTPSTCCell0 = 0
LocalTPSTCCell0UpperLayer = 0
LocalTPSTCBitError = 0
RemoteTPSTCCell0 = 0
RemoteTPSTCCell0UpperLayer = 0
RemoteTPSTCBitError = 0
PSDMask = NonOvlp-M1
ActivateLine = None
HostControl = Enable
AutoStart = true
failsafe = false
ShowtimeLed = 2
Whip = Disable
WhipActive = Inactive
StatusFailCount = 0
Action = Startup
Profile = MAIN
ProfileStatus = MAIN
Standard = G.Dmt.BisPlusAuto
UtopiaInterface = Level1
EcFdmMode = EC
MaxBitsPerBin = 15
TxStartBin = 6
TxEndBin = 31
RxStartBin = 6
RxEndBin = 511
RxAutoBinAdjust = Disable
TxAttenuation = Bis_0DB
BitSwap = Enable
BitSwapUp = Enable
NTRMode = Disable
CodeType = ADSL2A
MaxDownRate = 511
PhysicalPort = 0
Retrain = EnableOverallOnly
DetectNoise = Disable
Capability = BIS+/BIS/A/MULTIMODE
CodingGain = auto
FramerType = Type3ET
FastRetrain = Enable
ClockType = Oscillator
DyingGasp = Disable
Defaults = None
HappyMode = Enable
resetDefaults = false
portSnmpIfIndex = 1
portSnmpIfType = 37