Lots of errors?

[jamiem1987]

hiya, i just rung sky up today basically due to the fact my connection would drop every 5 hours or so, they capped my line to 14 mb which is fine but according to my router status page theres still errors building up. whether they wil cause the line to drop or not i dont know, its definitly less errors then when i was uncapped at 16mb. i am currently using a dlink DSL-2640B router, but the exact same happens with the original sky (old netgear) one,

so are these stats any good now? ive been downloading about 8.7gb in the last hour since the router was rebooted when sky altered the speed so theres a lot of data come down:

Connection Up Time : 2 hour, 57 min, 28 sec

Mode: ADSL2+
Line Coding: Trellis On
Status: No Defect

Downstream Upstream
Rate (Kbps): 14333 765

SNR Margin (dB): 13.2 12.0
Attenuation (dB): 28.0 12.9
Output Power (dBm): 12.8 0.0


Super Frames: 664132 664130
Super Frame Errors: 29 1
RS Words: 86337266 11290210
RS Correctable Errors: 30261 9
RS Uncorrectable Errors: 332 N/A

HEC Errors: 25 0
OCD Errors: 1 0
LCD Errors: 0 0
Total Cells: 362426129 19457190
Data Cells: 140112220 4885088
Bit Errors: 0 0

Total ES: 8 1
Total SES: 0 0
Total UAS: 20 158

thanks in advance

[Devil_Spawn]

we need the rest of the stats to see errors

[jamiem1987]

thats all the stats my dlink shows, il try digging the netgear router out and run that for a bit

[Devil_Spawn]

aah right i was looking at it as if it were the netgear ones and skipped past the first part :P

now ive looked at it a little more closely, you can see the SF (super frame errors) and they are very low. so there is no problem there.

as for RS errors, im not too sure what it means, so you will need someone else to take a look at that

[Isitme]

Errors building up on your line will not cause the connection to drop, only an increase in the error rate will cause this. If you have followed the advice in the Cable and Faceplate section of the forum to improve your wiring, sit tight and see how things go. If you have made no attempt to improve your wiring, it will pay you to do so.

[jamiem1987]

Errors building up on your line will not cause the connection to drop, only an increase in the error rate will cause this. If you have followed the advice in the Cable and Faceplate section of the forum to improve your wiring, sit tight and see how things go. If you have made no attempt to improve your wiring, it will pay you to do so.

ok, well recently ive disconnected all but 1 extension that goes to a bedroom, ive fitted a filtered masterplate from adsl nation and have the router plugged into the master socket, all has been well speed wise, it was fast as hell running at 16mbps, it hasnt disconnected now in 8 hours so i think the cap at 14 and half has cured this, il see if its stayed up all night in the morning (will be a first if it has!) heres the new stats

Connection Up Time : 8 hour, 46 min, 19 sec

Mode: ADSL2+
Line Coding: Trellis On
Status: No Defect

Downstream Upstream
Rate (Kbps): 14333 765

SNR Margin (dB): 12.7 12.0
Attenuation (dB): 28.0 12.9
Output Power (dBm): 12.8 12.0


Super Frames: 1961149 1961147
Super Frame Errors: 31 1
RS Words: 254949484 33339499
RS Correctable Errors: 33515 9
RS Uncorrectable Errors: 409 N/A

HEC Errors: 27 0
OCD Errors: 1 0
LCD Errors: 0 0
Total Cells: 1070328270 57238585
Data Cells: 224612589 8227017
Bit Errors: 0 0

Total ES: 9 1
Total SES: 0 0
Total UAS: 20 158


trouble is if it is stable at 14.5 then it gets me thinking, maybe it would be stable at 15? lol would be cheeky to ring them and ask to be uncapped that extra bit i guess

[googleme]

Na it's not cheeky. Depending on the person you get through to they maybe able to help you

[jamiem1987]

thanks all for your comments, after downloading about 20gb last night from newsgroups and constant downloads from torrents, it seems to be stable, heres the stats of this morning..

Connection Up Time : 19 hour, 22 min, 13 sec

Mode: ADSL2+
Line Coding: Trellis On
Status: No Defect

Downstream Upstream
Rate (Kbps): 14333 765

SNR Margin (dB): 12.6 12.5
Attenuation (dB): 28.0 12.9
Output Power (dBm): 12.8 1.5


Super Frames: 4323576 4323574
Super Frame Errors: 37 1
RS Words: 562064882 73500758
RS Correctable Errors: 40548 9
RS Uncorrectable Errors: 653 N/A

HEC Errors: 34 0
OCD Errors: 1 0
LCD Errors: 0 0
Total Cells: 2359639120 126248100
Data Cells: 623600685 43445340
Bit Errors: 0 0

Total ES: 14 1
Total SES: 0 0
Total UAS: 20 158


never seen the connection uptime as high as that!! might ring them up today and ask them if 15 mb would be ok, altho i think would it be worth it for the extra ~600kb

[Brian69]

If your connection is o.k for your purposes, then leave well alone, for a while at least,