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[happy37]

Hello everyone.....

To let you all know that I have now flashed the Netgear DG834GT router to the generic Netgear firmware, version 1.02.14, and then from here to the DGTeam firmware 1012.

I used the Recovery Utility which worked a treat on Windows XP - the instructions were so easy to follow, but the utility did not like my DLink network card, so I ended up re-enabling my old onboard ASUS one for this task.

All went well and the router then came up in the browser as a generic Netgear one after the flashing finished.       

I then proceeded to use the recovery utility again to flash the DGTeam firmware 1012 as Roseway had so kindly sent me a download link to.....(the download link worked, many thanks again Roseway...)

The utility did not recognise the MAC address of the router this time round, so I proceeded to use the Netgear GUI to upload the 1012 version to the router.

I left it to do its thing, and lo and behold...came back, and it was all done! - Big sigh of relief..........

So, all is now working well, but could someone please let me know what the following indicates in my stats:-


System Up Time 15:43:54
Port    Status    TxPkts    RxPkts    Collisions    Tx B/s    Rx B/s    Up Time
WAN DHCP Client    342723    582709    0    3128    56016      03:42:14
LAN    10M/100M    157938    153575    0    2698    1591        15:43:51
WLAN    11M/54M    525568    322385    0    12155    516            15:43:46

ADSL Link            Downstream    Upstream
Connection Speed    3272 kbps    957 kbps
Line Attenuation    59.0 db            36.1 db
Noise Margin            6.5 db            5.9 db

I am looking especially at the difference between the Uptime of the WAN, LAN and WLAN - I have noticed that the LAN and WLAN have been up for circa 15 hours, but the WAN link must have reset (or disconnected?) at one point?

If I look at the stats later on, then the WAN's Uptime stats might be the same, or they would have changed, showing that the WAN link or connection might have dropped.

I don't think that this is having an effect on the throughput as such, but can anyone suggest what I can do about this, or is this part and parcel to do with the ongoing problem that I am having with O2 at the moment?

Many thanks once again to everyone that replied and helped with this - very much appreciated.

I look forward to your response.

Regards

happy37

[BritBrat]

Told you it was easy, If It was me I would now do a factory reset to clear all history and settings.

It will still have the DGteam firmware left on it after reset.

As for the WAN time I am sure the experts will be along soon.

[roseway]

The only reasonable explanation of the lower WAN uptime is that the router lost the connection and reconnected 3 hours 42 minutes earlier. This wouldn't have affected the LAN or WLAN connections as it was only a modem resync.

[happy37]

Hello everyone

Here is a full set of my stats, taken by Telnetting into the Netgear DG834GT.

Any comments etc... please for the amount of Uptime?

Many thanks

Regards

happy37


# adslctl info --stats
adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: ShowtimeRetrain Reason: 8000
Channel: FAST, Upstream rate = 962 Kbps, Downstream rate = 3314 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: ADSL2+
Channel: Fast
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
                     Down        Up
SNR (dB):      6.5             5.9
Attn(dB):       59.5          36.1
Pwr(dBm):    17.9          12.4
Max(Kbps):   4201         954
Rate (Kbps): 3314          962
               
G.dmt framing
K:              95(0)         28
R:              14              0
S:              1                 1
D:              32              1

ADSL2 framing
MSGc:      60              16
B:              94              27
M:             1               1
T:               1               3
R:              14              0
S:              0.9819          0.9955
L:              888             225
D:              32              1

Counters
SF:             1328071         1344820
SFErr(CRCErr):  118             5326
RS:             87652742                0
RSCorr:         38216           0
RSUnCorr:       1805            0

HEC:            86              2705
OCD:            0               0
LCD:            0               0
Total Cells:      168124662     2221304588
Data Cells:      6333000         10798214
Drop Cells:      0
Bit Errors:       0               259010

ES:             40              18364
SES:            1               0
UAS:            37              1
AS(Uptime):     21518

INP:            2.01            0.00
PER:            16.20           16.42
delay:          7.85            0.24
OR:             32.58           10.71

Bitswap:        1365            26
Total uptime:   21518

Total time = 5 hours 59 min 37 sec
SF  = 1328071
CRC = 118
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 40

Latest 1 day time = 5 hours 59 min 37 sec
SF  = 1328071
CRC = 118
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 40

Latest 15 minutes time = 14 min 37 sec
SF  = 54165
CRC = 43
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 4

Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
SF  = 55589
CRC = 5
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 2

Previous 1 day time = 0 sec
SF  = 0
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 0

15 minutes interval [-30 min to -15 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF  = 55527
CRC = 29
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 9

15 minutes interval [-45 min to -30 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF  = 55589
CRC = 8
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 3
15 minutes interval [-60 min to -45 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF  = 55528
CRC = 6
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES  = 1

Showtime Drop Reason:   8000
Last Retrain Reason:    8000

[happy37]

Hi BritBrat et al.....

Thanks for your comment.

I did the factory reset after the flashing finished, so no problems there.

As far as I can see, the DGTeam firmware version 1012 works fine.

A question for the technical experts, please? - I see that version 1018 of the DGTeam firmware fixes the so-called O2 loss of routing problem by using the "Force broadcast ARP on the wan link" setting under the TCP/IP parameters Setup icon in the Advanced section of the Router GUI.

Version 1012 firmware also has this setting - can someone please tell me what this setting does, and does this setting use the "ucast_solicit" function/fix as detailed and talked about elsewhere on the Internet?

The help section on the right hand side of the Netgear router GUI page states:-

"Force broadcast ARP on the wan link"

It forces sending broadcast ARP packets over the wan link. It should be activated only in case of frequent routing losses from ISP provider. Leave it disabled in the other cases.

I have now noticed that the WAN uptime has changed again from the previous 03:42:14 to 00:09:21

Has the modem re-synced again? - I have also seen that the Lease Obtained/Expired dates and times have also changed  - are the WAN uptme setting and the lease settings linked or not?

Lease Obtained     2010-08-06 21:04:06
Lease Expires        2010-08-07 09:04:06

Thanks for your help - look forward to all responses.

Regards

happy37