Help for new connection please

[paddy]

Hi

First post! I have found all the posts that i have read really helpful so far so thanks to all out there but still would appreciate some help in working out why i cant get better download speeds.

I have just connected to sky mid (8 meg) and never seem to get anything over 750kbps on the speed tests (bbmax gives me the best stats). i have run tcp optimizer, defraged my hard drive etc but cant ever get over the 750kbps mark at any time of the day.

i have noticed that even when i am not connected (according to the connection status button on the router homepage) the router still displays a downstream connection of 8096Kbps??

thanks for any help or suggestions
My detailed stats are below:

/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime Channel: INTR, Upstream rate = 416 Kbps, Downstream rate = 8096 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: G.DMT
Channel: Interleave
Trellis: ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 13.0 13.0
Attn(dB): 15.0 13.0
Pwr(dBm): 19.8 0.8
Max(Kbps): 10272 1248
Rate (Kbps): 8096 416
G.dmt framing
K: 254(0) 14
R: 12 16
S: 1 16
D: 64 8
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 1 1
B: 254 14
M: 1 16
T: 1 1
R: 12 16
S: 1.0470 17.0666
L: 2040 120
D: 64 8
Counters
SF: 31522 31520
SFErr: 0 0
RS: 4287064 133960
RSCorr: 0 0
RSUnCorr: 0 0

HEC: 0 0
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 10225337 0
Data Cells: 67443 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 0 0
SES: 0 0
UAS: 20 0
Total time = 9 min 22 sec
SF = 31522
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Latest 1 day time = 9 min 22 sec
SF = 31522
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Latest 15 minutes time = 9 min 22 sec
SF = 31522
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

[dholdi]

Hi

i have noticed that even when i am not connected (according to the connection status button on the router homepage) the router still displays a downstream connection of 8096Kbps??

Hi

I assume from the above you mean that when you dont have internet explorer ( or whatever you use ) open then this is what the router page shows ?
If so then that is fine as the router is synced with the exchange 24/7 so that is normal.
As to your problem - i'm a little confused as ther does not seem to be any problem with your stats although they do relate to a very short connection period - try getting them again tomorrow and post back.
Welcome aboard
dave

[paddy]

Thanks for the swift reply dave!

i will post some stats tomorrow. i was sure the router was working and synced with the exchange ok at 8096kbps but just cant seem to get decent download speeds on the speed tests.

with regards to the no connection bit - when i look under the section of the router administration page titled "router status" it shows this:
Modem
ADSL Firmware Version A2pB018e.d16f
Modem Status Connected
DownStream Connection Speed 8096 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 416 kbps

however it still shows this even when the modem is not connected (as indicated by bounce sky router and the router's connection status button on the same page as the above stats)

cheers
paddy

[dholdi]

np m8, tho still not quite sure what you mean, can u post a screenshot ?

[paddy]

will do tomorrow with the stats as my photoshop skills are not up to much!!

[dholdi]

np m8 - i'm sure we will get to the bottom of it

[paddy]

hi

sorry for the delay - it took a bit longer than i expected.

here are the detailed stats. as you can see despite leaving the router on the connection droped at some point.

with regards to the earlier query there is a screen grab attached.

what i meant was that when the router says the modem is disconnected (as indicated by the areas circled in black and red) the area circled in blue shows a downstream rate of 8096kbps still - how is this possible? i suspect this reveals some fundamental misunderstanding on my part but would appreciate your help.

/usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime Channel: INTR, Upstream rate = 416 Kbps, Downstream rate = 8096 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: G.DMT
Channel: Interleave
Trellis: ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 12.8 13.0
Attn(dB): 15.0 13.0
Pwr(dBm): 19.8 0.8
Max(Kbps): 10304 1280
Rate (Kbps): 8096 416
G.dmt framing
K: 254(0) 14
R: 12 16
S: 1 16
D: 64 8
ADSL2 framing
MSGc: 1 1
B: 254 14
M: 1 16
T: 1 1
R: 12 16
S: 1.0470 17.0666
L: 2040 120
D: 64 8
Counters
SF: 7940917 7940915
SFErr: 0 0
RS: 1079964768 33748888
RSCorr: 63 12
RSUnCorr: 0 0

HEC: 0 0
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 2577650319 0
Data Cells: 675723 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0

ES: 0 0
SES: 0 0
UAS: 25 0
Total time = 1 days 13 hours 30 min 38 sec
SF = 7940917
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Latest 1 day time = 13 hours 30 min 38 sec
SF = 2861008
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
Latest 15 minutes time = 38 sec
SF = 2235
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 = 5079909
CRC = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0
15 minutes interval [-30 min to -15 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
SF = 52990
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 = 0
LOS = 0
LOF = 0
ES = 0

[dholdi]

I assume you couldn't get a picture when the left image showed it disconnected ? The only thing I can think of is that the poll interval (accessed via the show statistics button) is set to a high figure and the image on the right hasnt refreshed. The stats look healthy with no errors at all. It's possibly an error at the exchange.

[eyemdee]

hi

sorry for the delay - it took a bit longer than i expected.

here are the detailed stats. as you can see despite leaving the router on the connection droped at some point.

Yes, those stats cover over 36 hours connection and look very healthy. I would be looking at your networking - are you connected wirelessly or by ethernet cable to the router?

[paddy]

I am connecting by ethernet cable and have used tcp optimizer on the ethernet card. incidently i tried the sky user speed test for the first time and got near to 1mb speeds but its still nowhere near the 8mb.