Bicephale
join:2005-09-24 | reply to dcman
Re: SpeedTouch 516 Tweaking :)
Oh, and i don't promise results. Only assistance i can provide. |
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chopp
join:2006-12-12
Edmonton, AB
| reply to TilhasBB
Here are my DMT results. Anyone have any recommendations? |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to chopp
Re: SpeedTouch 516 Tweaking :)
Hi,
Are you experiencing resets & disconnections?
You can try to upgrade the FirmWare so that
the MoDem will only negociate for an ADSL v1
connection. The DownStream rate would still
be comparable (6016 Kbps) while the UpStream
rate should become 800 Kbps, which i suppose
will take care of the bottleneck you've got...
Does 6016/800 Kbps sound acceptable to you?
The DownStream SNR Margin will most probably
take a hit but yet remain within suitable limits.
The UpStream SNR Margin will certainly raise
by a couple dB at 800 Kbps; this would bring
more stability but i'm not even sure you really
need it!
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24 | reply to chopp
Ah, and before you do, check if setting
MoDemOption register 0 to #00)h helps:
i notice you didn't activate the extra
'DMT' panels, maybe it's time to do so. |
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chopp
join:2006-12-12
Edmonton, AB
1 edit | I haven't experienced resets & disconnections as far as I can tell anyway.
What firmware would you recommend I upgrade too? I did have the modemoptions enabled, but was not sure what to change anyway.
Also what changes can I make in my x-wrt router, to be able to connect the one and only M$ box to the modem with DMT, without having to connect it directly to the modem?
Thanks
chopp |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
·TekSavvy Solutions..
1 edit | Hi Chopp,
There's no reason to upgrade if you observed
no difficulties. Your router problem appears to
be quite common around here, the last related
post i've seen was this one as i recall, actually:
»Access Modem on WAN
I don't use a separate stand-alone router myself
so you'll get better advice from router owners...
'DMT' can be run under 'WinE' sometimes, the one
application which runs even more successfully if
using 'WinE' (e.g. Linux/OSX) is 'RouterStats' or its
trimmed-down version 'RouterStats-Lite'. There's
no spectral response graphic in 'RS' but i yet got
to see it fails in a 'WinE'/Linux environment.
Addendum:
Euh... And 'RS'/'RS-L' is said to generate diagnostic
logs too which may allow one to create noise curves
but still no spectral response graphics, though... |
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draggonfly
join:2008-08-13
·Acanac
| reply to TilhasBB
hello,
recently i asked my isp [Acanac] to switch me from interleave to fast path, as i was having far higher pings than i wanted (over 50ms for just about everything). on interleave, i used to have 5056/800 down up and now i am stuck on 3008/800 after having been put on fast path.
i asked the guys at acanac for my line stats after this happened and they told me that my line was doing this:
SNR 14 down, 14 up
Attenuation: 53 down and 35 up
and told me that i could not get any more out of my line. my modem, a versatek versa 170pr, was reporting:
SNR: 30.5 down, 11 up
Attenuation: 10 down 4 up.
given this, i wanted to double check with another modem, came across this speedtouch and got DMT. here is what the modem gives me:
with this in mind, is my ISP lying to me/giving me false information? are the stats from my modem trustworthy? am i maxing out my line? do the stats even look normal? from what i can tell, my stats are basically too good to be true...
I've verified the stats on my friend's line and his line gives a far more normal curve, where the blue area is not practically flat, and his modem says he is pretty much using RCO ~70% for up and down.
in any case, if anybody can shed any light on my situation, it would be greatly apreciated. Going from 5 mbit to 3mbit is a loss of 66% speed. worst of all, pings have not dropped more than 5 ms.
thanks to all who input their opinion |
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EC
join:2006-10-20
York, ON | reply to TilhasBB
Arcanac might have been looking at someone else's line. Your stats are great and you're probably on a remote. 5056/800 fast path shouldn't be a problem. |
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tommyv2
join:2007-06-03
London, ON
| reply to TilhasBB
So...after 52 pages of reading...
What firmware number is recommended for those of us with poor connections? Downstream is 60db and SNR is 6.5, but I get 3000/800 sync perfectly, but hoping to improve stability (I disconnect a few times a day it seems)
I currently use the newest firmware, but I have a feeling there's better... |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| If tweaking is required then v6.1.0.5 is the
last FirmWare available. Otherwise, try them
all for about ten days each using this tool:
»Yet Another Modem Statistics tool
...then come back here in four months or so
to share the result of your own comparisons!
Oh, and don't forget to save your log files!...
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pure_drivel
join:2008-12-04
Ottawa, ON
| reply to TilhasBB
Line Info |
Do they generally just set up new connections on area defaults (i.e. everyone in K1X XXX is probably 3 megabits)?
Thanks in advance! |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24 | Here's the forum for TekSavvy customers:
»TekSavvy
It's safe to presume they won't have any
problem with Bell over your next profile... |
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