Just joined Sky and could do with some help

[Charged]

Hi,

I'm brand new to Sky and moved to them a few weeks back after moving house. We have TV Phone and Broadband with them.

I'm a complete idiot when it comes to understanding broadband ....

I waited until the activation date (5th August) for the broadband and setup the router. I was getting quite fast speeds for the first 6-7 days then it started acting up and disconnecting for a few minutes, and now the speed has suddenly dropped.

I assume this is from the line checking that Sky say they do for the first 10 days. When I log into the My Sky it says that the line checking started on the 7th, so I have a couple more days until the 10 days is up but i'm wondering if this is the speed I'm going to be getting.

The stats from the router are - (Thanks for the tutorial btw)

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 2240 kbps 746 kbps
Line Attenuation 49.5db 30.1db
Noise Margin 17.1db 10.5db

When I checked the stats a few days ago the Connection speed downstream was something like 4???kbps but I can't remember any of the other numbers.

Can anyone tell by my stats if the checking is done and this is what I'm going to get ??

Many thanks

J

[User05]

Do you have Sky tv plugged into any telephone sockets? If so, describe exactly how it's connected to the socket.

[Charged]

Do you have Sky tv plugged into any telephone sockets? If so, describe exactly how it's connected to the socket.

A bit of googling and I might have a bad setup lol

We have 4 phone points in the house. Kitchen / living room and bedroom on 1st floor & bedroom on 2nd floor.

I have a 10m phone line extension going from the living room one, round the room to the "office". Then a micro filter with the house phone / Sky box cable & router connected with the cable provided.

I would connect the router directly to the socket but my wires pc doesn't have wireless .... my macbook does haha

This isn't going to e a good set up is it ??

[Charged]

I know it says not to switch off the router within 10 days ... and if I have screwed things up then I'm sure it can be fixed haha

BUT I just connected the router to the socket and my new stats are


ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 3986 kbps 796 kbps
Line Attenuation 48.0db 28.9db
Noise Margin 7.0db 11.0db


It looks like the wife needs a new wireless pc !!

[User05]

This isn't going to e a good set up is it ??

Unfortunately not. It's not uncommon for a line to show a high SNR yet something wrong in the set-up.

You're best getting rid of the extension and getting the router connected to the master socket as follows:

master socket > microfilter > short grey dsl cable Sky provided > router

Plug the tv and phone into the 'phone' port on the filter using the splitter that came with Sky tv. From there, run either a long ethernet cable to the computer, buy a wireless adapter or home-plugs. And any other sockets in use, ensure a filter is connected as the first thing into them sockets.

[User05]

Just seen your last post there. Stats are a good bit better. DLM, Sky's training tool, has likely set some heavy noise protection whilst the set-up was incorrect, so ensure you've made the improvements I said above and leave things as they are until the end of the training period and hopefully you'll see some more improvements.

[Charged]

Thanks for your replies

I'll get things setup in the way you described and get a long cable for the pc.

I have just realised that the phone in our bedroom doesn't have a filter, so I assume this could also affect things. I have another filter but I wait til the morning as I'm sure my wife doesn't want me waking her up haha

[User05]

I have just realised that the phone in our bedroom doesn't have a filter, so I assume this could also affect things

Yup, spot on. Rule of thumb is any telephone socket in use has to have a filter connected as the first thing into the socket. No extensions or splitters before the filter.

Get all the wiring sorted out and keep the router at the master socket without the extension cable and you'll see some improvements by the end of the DLM training period.

No probs.

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Everything is how it should be now and the numbers are looking a bit better

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 4096 kbps 789 kbps
Line Attenuation 48.0db 29.0db
Noise Margin 5.7db 10.0db