alterations to internal wiring complete (I hope)

[Lymmranger]

Hi again......

following advice - after asking questions

I have now adjusted all the internal wiring i can find....

7 connections are now 2!!!!!!!!!

I have had BT install a master socket (in loft) and plugged a filter into it
I have changed the face plate in my office (hard wired to master) to a "PHILEX" ADSL split plate
I have one other extension (with new face plate) downstairs for my SKY BOX - with a filter

So......

1 How long should I wait before taking (and posting) stats?
2 Would you advise leaving Modem permanantly switched on? or can I switch off with PC?
3 Should lights on modem be flashing constantly?
Cheers Guys!!!!

[-Paul]

Hi Lymmranger
I switch my router off at night and when I am at work, and when we play LAN games I unplug the Router from the Phone socket, so there is no Internet coming in - no hackers! then when done, we just plug it back in and the Router fires up straight away. I have just fitted a Frontplate 2000 to my router and my speed has gone up from 770k to 2.3 Meg, ( I live far from the Telephone Exchange) also you don't need filters on phones or Sky boxes as the Frontplate 2000 does that.
Paul

[Lymmranger]

ok cheers...
I am happier switching it off when not in use
Any word on the flashing ?
And how long before I can redo my stats ?

[eyemdee]

ok cheers...
I am happier switching it off when not in use
Any word on the flashing ?
And how long before I can redo my stats ?

Which LED's are flashing? Firstly if one is the wireless LED and you are not using it then switch off wireless access - so no one else does!

The internet and ethernet LED's flash when data is passing between the PC and the web.

I would suggest leaving the router for 24 hours before posting stats.

[Lymmranger]

Wireless already off...
Other LED`s are flashing/behaving as you say (therefore correctly?)
will leave on and post stats tommorrow night

Thankyou

[richone54]

this may not make a difference (but it may), if you are on connect you will be on the reranded BT service which is rate adaptive (i'm not sure on the correct term), and from what i have read about this it constantly checks your line to give you the most stable speed for your conditions, if you are always turning the router off i'm not sure how this would be affected, hopefully someone can comment (and correct me)
also if do not use wireless and have it switched off, there is no real reason to turn of the router (they are made to be left on anyway)

[eyemdee]

there is no real reason to turn of the router (they are made to be left on anyway)

I agree. It probably does more harm than good to keep powering them down. Also, when Sky do finally release the reported new firmware, the router will need to be on in order to upgrade.

[James67]

When the router is powered up, it checks to see if there is a firmware upgrade available, and if there is, it'll download it. (It also checks periodically while it's switched on too). There's no need to worry about missing the firmware update.

However, the router is more likely to fail if it is regularly power cycled, because of the mechanical stress of components heating up and cooling down on a regular basis. The router draws 6 watts, so it's not really an ecological disaster zone - certainly not compared to Sky's TV boxes, which draw quite a lot of power when in standby. From the ecological point of view, it would be a balance between the environmental cost of keeping the router on 24 hours a day, and the environmental cost of building extra routers as a result of premature component failure.

[Lymmranger]

just taken stats....

any comments?

/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime Channel: FAST, Upstream rate = 448 Kbps, Downstream rate = 7328 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: G.DMT
Channel: Fast
Trellis: ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 5.8 18.0
Attn(dB): 36.0 20.5
Pwr(dBm): 19.8 11.9
Max(Kbps): 7360 932
Rate (Kbps): 7328 448
G.dmt framing
K: 230(0) 15
R: 0 0
S: 1 1
D: 1 1
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 1 1
B: 230 15
M: 1 1
T: 1 1
R: 0 0
S: 1.0000 1.0000
L: 1848 128
D: 1 1
Counters
SF: 5348502 5348500
SFErr: 91090 2
RS: 0 0
RSCorr: 0 0
RSUnCorr: 0 0

HEC: 50390 2
OCD: 10 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 1571310792 0
Data Cells: 123095 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 6085 0
SES: 1635 0
UAS: 13 0
Total time = 1 days 1 hours 15 min 42 sec
SF = 5348502
CRC = 91090
LOS = 8
LOF = 0
ES = 6085
Latest 1 day time = 1 hours 15 min 42 sec
SF = 267240
CRC = 616
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 132
Latest 15 minutes time = 42 sec
SF = 2529
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52930
CRC = 16
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 15
Previous 1 day time = 24 hours 0 sec
SF = 5081262
CRC = 90474
LOS = 8
LOF = 0
ES = 5953
15 minutes interval [-30 min to -15 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52931
CRC = 9
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 8
15 minutes interval [-45 min to -30 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52930
CRC = 9
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 9
15 minutes interval [-60 min to -45 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52989
CRC = 20
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 14

[Lymmranger]

When the router is powered up, it checks to see if there is a firmware upgrade available, and if there is, it'll download it. (It also checks periodically while it's switched on too). There's no need to worry about missing the firmware update.

However, the router is more likely to fail if it is regularly power cycled, because of the mechanical stress of components heating up and cooling down on a regular basis. The router draws 6 watts, so it's not really an ecological disaster zone - certainly not compared to Sky's TV boxes, which draw quite a lot of power when in standby. From the ecological point of view, it would be a balance between the environmental cost of keeping the router on 24 hours a day, and the environmental cost of building extra routers as a result of premature component failure.

I will rearrange my supply to router to keep it always on from now on!