http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21111605 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:27:28 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:27:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21123536 Bicephale : That's a tougher one, i never needed to mind about this as i'm a "light" user, i guess...

:p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21123536 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:46:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21123459 Kirkx : When we are talking about RWIN, would you suggest to keep increasing the number until "transfer efficiency" drops below 100% (retransmitted packets start to show)? I could never get RWIN in 40,000 area before and I'm not sure how far beyond that (50000, 60000) it is reasonable to go.

»img228c.imageshack.us/img228/218···7fm9.png]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21123459 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:17:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21120204 Bicephale : Thank you for this information. I'll try to
remember about your comment relative to RWIN.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21120204 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:09:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21118637 Kirkx : Well, time zone naming is just buggy in both CLI and GUI. After shutoff/restart (both PC and modem) I also lost my custom date/time (no big deal but probably shouldn't happen).

Time Zone Name in the CLI for some reason changed to:

(UTC-01:00)

while the Time Zone itself is still (UTC-05:00):

»img228c.imageshack.us/img228/307···5yh3.png

In the GUI, time zone name didn't change, still stuck in Colombia just as it was before:

»img515.imageshack.us/img515/4688···9oe0.png

For now I'll just leave it at that, assuming this to be just a bug affecting the names and not core functions. Overall, I find this version superior to v6.1.9.6 I had before. I was able to increase RWIN from 29040 to 39204 and could probably go much higher than that, with zero packet loss in Tweak Test.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21118637 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:43:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21118089 Kirkx : Thanks. I didn't find any references to the time zone in the Wizard section:

»img519.imageshack.us/img519/281/···7ta1.png

but there is one in the System section:

»img150.imageshack.us/img150/6995···2js6.png

settime timezone=-05:00 daylightsaving=enabled

This would suggest that any references to specific cities within a given time zone seen in the GUI can be safely ignored. The only thing that matters is the offset from UTC and the DST flag (on/off). The time zone:

(UTC -05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito

should work just fine, as long as the DST flag is set to:

Summer Time: Yes

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All the above can be confirmed when you go to Telnet. Leave [geotimezonename] and [rtc] blank (rtc = real time clock, not supported in v7.4.3.2).

1) menu - system - settime - enter all settings - tab - ok

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(to exit "menu" mode: hit "two dots" or tab-cancel)

2) To verify the new settings:

=> system settime

»img301.imageshack.us/img301/7948···3zp9.png

Here the "time zone name" is simply shown as:

(UTC-05:00)

Now, when you go to GUI it is shown as:

(UTC -05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito

»img129.imageshack.us/img129/8990···4ui3.png

It obviously looks like a GUI programming bug.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21118089 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:03:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21113678 Bicephale : Hi,

I'm afraid i don't use this version anymore
and there's no reason for me to install it
again since tweaking with v6.1.0.5 became
a necessity over here lately... What i can
advise you to do is to take a close look at
'user.ini', looking for the "Wizard" keyword
inside. The .TPL "template" files found on
the CD are another avenue to investigate.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21113678 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:42:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21111605 Kirkx : SpeedTouch 516v6 firmware v7.4.3.2

Time zone set to:

(UTC -05:00) Eastern Time USA/Canada

won't stick. After the modem restarts, it resets itself to:

(UTC -05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito

which is the same as Eastern Time but without DST. For more details you can look at post #3 and #4 here:

»ST 516v6 firmware 7.4.3.2 upgrade errors

What about if you just change that to:

UTC/GMT with "summer time" turned off.

»img150.imageshack.us/img150/1063···6tz8.png

This time zone sticks, it won't move after restart one notch up to Casablanca time.

I'm wondering what kind of effect, if any, setting the time zone to UTC/GMT might have on the connection. It seems that there should be none whatsoever, but who knows, the life in the tech world is full of surprises.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21111605 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:41:25 EDT