Slow Speeds on Fibre

[mykweb]

The thing is I don't want any hardware downstairs.

If I wanted this route I would have installed the router in the livingroom and then ran the cat 6 cable up to the loft and terminated this in a switch in the loft.

[Scubbie]

Unfortunately with the kind of broadband that you are using the signal deteriorates the further that it travels.

Even with Cat 6 cable you are going to experience problems unless you have the perfect set up.

What we are asking is for you to confirm where the potential issue is.

Surely it would be better to place the SR102 beside the master socket for a couple of weeks just to be sure that you are getting the best connection when it is in the loft?

[Shonk]

Well you have to make a choice then
bad speed / stability or an openreach modem at the master socket

I wouldnt in my wildest dreams ever add a metre of extra cabling to my incoming line
never mind some huge run to the attic

For me its a no brainer

either way you shouldnt be bothering sky with this

I realise im being blunt but someone needs to be blunt with you
as its 100% down to you and not sky or openreach's fault

where did you get this ethernet cable you do realise that most budget cables are cca
and will murder your line

if you really are determined to add to your telephone line
get to rs components and get a run of belden shielded solid core cat5e or better
cable its what i use on all my ethernet runs

I will give you an example
a family member picked up some cat 7 stp cables
the other week i tested them for him a 1.5m cable registers as a 23m link
a 10m run fails to negitiate a gigabit link even though its supposed to be rated for 10gigabit
and registers as a 160m link
copper clad aluminum cables at theyr finest

generally my belden cables a 10m link registers as a 3m-4m link

[mykweb]

Firstly I appreciate all the help. I also work in it and know about networking and setups. Also in my previous job I used to work a lot with by circuits.

The cat 6 cable I am using is high quality cable. It's pure copper cable and not copper coated alloy. Had previous experience of this on a mates lan runs with cheap cable.

I prevously had the router located in the living room connected directly to the master socket. This was when using the sr102 or the to link w9980. the sr102 was in place and connected when the fibre went live back in end of July. It was then moved the end of August when we decorated. It was relocated across the room using the house extension cable. Speeds stayed the same at 27mb

i then swapped the sr102 back in October when sky kindly updated my router and in turn blanked off all my settings, MAC address and wifi configuration... Rendering my streaming devices and connected PCs useless until I came home and reset them all. I run a static range across the house. So the Amazon tv, iTunes server and the tv all threw up ip conflicts.

i got the tp link w9980 on a free from a friend as this was bought in error as he thought this was a access point. I installed this into the master socket and configured up. I got exactly same speed results as I did with the sky router.

Around the end October I installed the router into the loft along with my Nas.

i called sky yesterday who double confirmed the speed I was seeing and they recommended plugging the router into the master socket. Done this while on the phone and zero difference. They have booked a by engineer for a visit on Tuesday.


i am open to having the router in the living room and can reuse the current cat 6 run to connect the switch in the lot. But I would prefer to just have the router in the loft and not have to find a location and power for it in the odd shaped living room.

Mike

[Shonk]

Moving the router to the master may not make any difference in the short term
due to dlm locking you to 27mbit

we need to see the stats when directly connected to the master

[Isitme]

Ditto, I could almost bet that your noise margin soared when you were in the Test socket. As said, the speed would remain the same as it is capped.

[mykweb]

So for the purpose of the thread. I have added the router DSL connection info when directly into the master socket using a 0.5 meter cable.

	Upstream	Downstream
Current Rate (Kbps)	9995	27400
Max Rate (Kbps)	13538	45051
SNR Margin (dB)	7	13.8
Line Attenuation (dB)	25	20.7
Errors (Pkts)	0	0

And When plugged into the 10 meter cable in the loft which is patched into the A/B terminals on the MK3 VDSL faceplate

	Upstream	Downstream
Current Rate (Kbps)	9995	27400
Max Rate (Kbps)	14904	51567
SNR Margin (dB)	9.7	15.1
Line Attenuation (dB)	24.7	20.8
Errors (Pkts)	0	0

[Shonk]

You either arnt using the master socket for the first test
or your not direct into the test socket of the master with all external lines disconnected

[mykweb]

You either arnt using the master socket for the first test
or your not direct into the test socket of the master with all external lines disconnected

I am as far into the Master Socket without removing the NTE faceplate fudging the external BT cable into the back of the router.

[Shonk]

Thats the whole point of the test though
to have everything fully disconnected from the master
and only the modem directly connected to the test socket