Sky 8Meg - Cutting out - Crawling Speeds

[Inn3r-Child]

Hi there,
im a complete newbie so please be gentle =) I have had sky broadband for about 2 weeks now and the speed is just about bearable during the day but of an evening i cant even web browse let alone play online games. As of today its just as bad during the day now, I have used the optimizer tool and its running a bit better, enough so for me to register and make this post.

Anyway as the title says my internet is running quite slow and sometimes cuts out for no longer than about 10 seconds at a time, some days it happens once or twice, other days maybe about 7 times an hour. Until using that tool I couldn't get past the ping stage on Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test which gave me 628ish. Sky have said my line can handle 6meg.

Any advice woud be more than welcome. Im using wireless as the only phone connection in the house is the opposite end of the house, I am using one of the provided microfilters and I have a built in wireless card as oppose to a dongle. Hope this narrows it down a bit.




/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime Channel: INTR, Upstream rate = 416 Kbps, Downstream rate = 5632 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: G.DMT
Channel: Interleave
Trellis: ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 20.7 14.0
Attn(dB): 39.0 24.5
Pwr(dBm): 16.8 0.9
Max(Kbps): 10272 1184
Rate (Kbps): 5632 416
G.dmt framing
K: 177(0) 14
R: 16 16
S: 1 16
D: 64 8
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 1 1
B: 177 14
M: 1 16
T: 1 1
R: 16 16
S: 1.0898 17.0666
L: 1424 120
D: 64 8
Counters
SF: 4766267 4766265
SFErr: 12 18
RS: 324106160 20256626
RSCorr: 2888616 174
RSUnCorr: 52 0

HEC: 9 18
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 1076284687 0
Data Cells: 3285945 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 15 0
SES: 6 0
UAS: 22 0
Total time = 22 hours 30 min 59 sec
SF = 4766267
CRC = 12
LOS = 10
LOF = 0
ES = 15
Latest 1 day time = 22 hours 30 min 59 sec
SF = 4766267
CRC = 12
LOS = 10
LOF = 0
ES = 15
Latest 15 minutes time = 59 sec
SF = 3529
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52931
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
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 = 52930
CRC = 2
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 1
15 minutes interval [-45 min to -30 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52930
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
15 minutes interval [-60 min to -45 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52931
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0

[Saturday]

Im using wireless

It looks like that's your problem. Wireless is an unreliable means of connection at the best of times and the Sky router doesn't have a particularly good wireless performance. You may find improvements by experimenting with different wireless channels and small changes in positioning of the router and aerial. Also, keep the router well away from other electrical devices, particularly Dect phones. You'll find discussion of wireless problems in the wireless forum.

Moving on to your stats, you are synced at 5632kbps and have a massive noise margin of 20.7db. Looking at this in conjunction with your attenuation and router max rate I can see that your connection has been capped by Sky beyond the normal capping of 8096kbps for the Mid package. Your line is generating few errors but that's to be expected with the noise margin you've been given. There is nothing in your stats to suggest a reason for your connection problems so that further supports wireless as being the culprit.

When you've sorted your wireless problems (if possible that is - you may have to go wired) then have a look at the cabling and faceplate help forum for info on diagnosing and fixing line problems.

HTH

[richone54]

hi there,

it's worth looking at the forums (top left of screen)

there are a few things you can do (wireless is a bit hit and miss with sky router) also check out Upnp advice and face plate

[jdsimp1234]

you could get a 20m or more router cable(depends how far away your router is away from main socket) from router to microfilter, saving you the bother of using wireless conection.

Or get a new faceplate, with adsl socket built in, then just get the same 20m or more router cable(depends how your router is away from your main socket) no microfilter then needed..

and I notice your mognuts stats say your on G.DMT, go to Sky.com - Customer Support>Contact Us>Kana Form, to email them and ask them to upgrade you line to adls2+ mode. But don't do this until after you've got the longer router cable or faceplate connected.

[Saturday]

and I notice your mognuts stats say your on G.DMT, go to Sky.com - Customer Support>Contact Us>Kana Form, to email them and ask them to upgrade you line to adls2+ mode.

And a waste of time that would be - he's on Mid.

Apart from that, with an attenuation of 39db, moving to 42+db on ADSL2+, he'd get little speed benefit (assuming he moved to Max and sorted his line problems) and probably a less stable connection.

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

you could get a 20m or more router cable(depends how far away your router is away from main socket) from router to microfilter, saving you the bother of using wireless conection.

Or get a new faceplate, with adsl socket built in, then just get the same 20m or more router cable(depends how your router is away from your main socket) no microfilter then needed..

and I notice your mognuts stats say your on G.DMT, go to Sky.com - Customer Support>Contact Us>Kana Form, to email them and ask them to upgrade you line to adls2+ mode. But don't do this until after you've got the longer router cable or faceplate connected.

do that and you'll have even more issues probably!!! get a longer ethernet cable instead and use the existing dsl cable to run from filter to router....

[Inn3r-Child]

Thank you for all the responses, the main thing that confuses me is we had broadband via Virgin Media throug hthe phone line and it worked 110% the reason we left is peak period it became unstable to say the least, so from what I can gather then I will need to run a cable from downstairs in the kitchen through the middle of the house over and up the stairs into my room? I may just have to suffer then because im renting the room the person im renting from isn't willing to mess around with wires all over the house since the dog got at them last time.

As for the capping is it worth speaking to sky about that, should I be capped? I know what it means I just don't want to call up and make a fool of myself.

Edit:
This is what I get when wired (still using my laptop just took it down stairs)


/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime Channel: INTR, Upstream rate = 416 Kbps, Downstream rate = 5632 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: G.DMT
Channel: Interleave
Trellis: ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 20.3 14.0
Attn(dB): 39.0 24.5
Pwr(dBm): 16.8 0.9
Max(Kbps): 10272 1184
Rate (Kbps): 5632 416
G.dmt framing
K: 177(0) 14
R: 16 16
S: 1 16
D: 64 8
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 1 1
B: 177 14
M: 1 16
T: 1 1
R: 16 16
S: 1.0898 17.0666
L: 1424 120
D: 64 8
Counters
SF: 5659909 5659907
SFErr: 13 32
RS: 384873828 24054604
RSCorr: 2890064 348
RSUnCorr: 70 0

HEC: 10 26
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 1278067859 0
Data Cells: 3687883 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 16 0
SES: 6 0
UAS: 22 0
Total time = 1 days 2 hours 44 min 11 sec
SF = 5659909
CRC = 13
LOS = 10
LOF = 0
ES = 16
Latest 1 day time = 2 hours 44 min 11 sec
SF = 579530
CRC = 1
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 1
Latest 15 minutes time = 14 min 11 sec
SF = 50108
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52930
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 1 day time = 24 hours 0 sec
SF = 5080379
CRC = 12
LOS = 10
LOF = 0
ES = 15
15 minutes interval [-30 min to -15 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52931
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
15 minutes interval [-45 min to -30 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52930
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
15 minutes interval [-60 min to -45 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52931
CRC = 1
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 1

[Inn3r-Child]

I have also found randomly im unable to access websites?

[richone54]

was the web better now wired to downstairs as opose to wireless upstairs ?
i thought VM is cable not phone wire ?

what now are you trying to get ? (speed / connection / ect )

why do you want to be capped

[richone54]

alot of people are finding various sites they cannot access (see other threads)