New activation - low noise margin?

[oext]

Hi all,

Just activated Sky Max ADSL today and so far everything seems fine (at least once the router was upgraded to the latest Netgear firmware) but was wondering if I should be at all concerned about the relatively low 'noise margin' (as compared to many of the other stats I'm seeing posted)?


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/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: ShowtimeRetrain Reason: 0
Channel: FAST, Upstream rate = 764 Kbps, Downstream rate = 13705 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: ADSL2+
Channel: Fast
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 7.1 13.0
Attn(dB): 15.5 8.3
Pwr(dBm): 1.3 12.8
Max(Kbps): 13332 864
Rate (Kbps): 13705 764
G.dmt framing
K: 239(0) 24
R: 16 16
S: 1 8
D: 64 8
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 110 68
B: 238 23
M: 1 8
T: 1 1
R: 16 16
S: 0.5557 7.7037
L: 3671 216
D: 64 8
Counters
SF: 102132 96811
SFErr: 9 1
RS: 11847348 854165
RSCorr: 100707 0
RSUnCorr: 384 0

HEC: 8 0
OCD: 1 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 53195927 3454447
Data Cells: 650475 117216
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 5 1
SES: 0 0
UAS: 19 20
AS: 1646

INP: 1.11 2.37
PER: 16.11 17.81
delay: 8.89 15.40
OR: 57.58 33.23

Bitswap: 161 31

Total time = 27 min 49 sec
SF = 102132
CRC = 9
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 5
Latest 1 day time = 27 min 49 sec
SF = 102132
CRC = 9
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 5
Latest 15 minutes time = 12 min 49 sec
SF = 47737
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 54395
CRC = 9
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 5
Previous 1 day time = 0 sec
SF = 0
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Showtime Drop Reason: 0
Last Retrain Reason: 0


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Results of 4 speedtests which were run one after the other (wired connection):

[oext]

Fresh reboot of router gives the following (immediately after reboot cycle complete):


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/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: ShowtimeRetrain Reason: 0
Channel: FAST, Upstream rate = 764 Kbps, Downstream rate = 13738 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: ADSL2+
Channel: Fast
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 7.9 13.5
Attn(dB): 15.5 8.3
Pwr(dBm): 13.5 12.8
Max(Kbps): 13432 864
Rate (Kbps): 13738 764
G.dmt framing
K: 239(0) 24
R: 16 16
S: 1 8
D: 64 8
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 110 68
B: 238 23
M: 1 8
T: 1 1
R: 16 16
S: 0.5543 7.7037
L: 3680 216
D: 64 8
Counters
SF: 7548 7138
SFErr: 0 1
RS: 875646 62985
RSCorr: 21853 851968
RSUnCorr: 0 0

HEC: 0 0
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 3938569 209685
Data Cells: 2547 404
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 0 1
SES: 0 0
UAS: 19 21
AS: 121

INP: 1.11 2.37
PER: 16.07 17.81
delay: 8.86 15.40
OR: 57.72 33.23

Bitswap: 19 1

Total time = 2 min 24 sec
SF = 7548
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Latest 1 day time = 2 min 24 sec
SF = 7548
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Latest 15 minutes time = 2 min 24 sec
SF = 7548
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 0 sec
SF = 0
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Previous 1 day time = 0 sec
SF = 0
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Showtime Drop Reason: 0
Last Retrain Reason: 0

[Saturday]

No, your noise margin is what you'd expect i.e. completely normal. Please read the first sticky in my signature for a detailed explanation.

What is odd is that your actual rate is higher than your router reported max rate. Those don't look like standard Sky router stats. Are you using a different Netgear router/firmware?

[oext]

Thanks for the reply.

Had read the sticky but thought it best to confirm as just a little concerned that the SNR may drop to undesirable levels during the evening etc.
(In fact awoke this morning to find the connection dead with upstream SNR at 2.9dB).

Firmware has been upgraded to the latest Netgear v1.02.09 as had some drop-outs in the first few hours after activation and had read positive reports of the newer, non-Sky firmware.

[Saturday]

If your noise margin is dropping to unacceptable levels during the normal daily cycle then you'll have to fix it at a higher point and take the (small) speed hit I'm afraid.

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

plus caused u've flashed the router Sky won't support u anyway....having said that, line looks fine - are you in ur master socket?

[oext]

plus caused u've flashed the router Sky won't support u anyway....having said that, line looks fine - are you in ur master socket?

Can always flash back later if I encounter any modem/router-specific problems I guess.

Currently connected to the master via an ADSL Nation XTE2005 faceplate.
Have just run a couple of extensions off this (using twisted pair phone cable via the filtered telephone terminals) for use with the SKY+ boxes being installed later today.

Will later in the week run a further extension off the unfiltered ADSL terminals using Cat5e cable so as to relocate the modem/router higher in the house (as my 2 primary use PCs are upstairs and I prefer a wired network connection to them. It also better serves the wireless machines in the house wrt wireless network coverage).

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

id strongly advise not to run phone extentions but run ethernet instead - especially if ur gonna run cables anyway.....

wireless is a fad and will die a death soon - imagine everyone in your town using wireless, prob all routers set on maximum signal strength and all on the same channel? no wonder people have problems with it!!!! wired all day for me...

[oext]

id strongly advise not to run phone extentions but run ethernet instead - especially if ur gonna run cables anyway.....

Unfortunately the layout of the house makes running multiple ethernet cables (internally) upstairs very messy indeed (one room's on the 3rd floor, one on the 2nd).

I though it'd be much cleaner in this case to wire from the ADSL terminals using Cat5e to the higher room and locate the modem/router there and then wire ethernet (directly off the modem/router) to the lower room externally (pretty short run of less than 10m).

How inferior would this be to running ethernet from the router coming off the master downstairs, as it could be done but not easily, by running a decent length (50m+) of Cat5e/Cat6 externally?

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

cause any phone extention (no matter how good) will not as good as ethernet - having said that some people get lucky but id imagine ur sync would drop because of it. nothing to say dont give it a go, this is just my opinion. personally, ive ran 3 ethernet cables around the house for myself, dad and sister. took a while but now its 100% stable (connection to the router anyways - crappy phone wire in my village means it drops if its windy/raining heavily but i accept that and get on with it!! lol)