topic Re: Lets see what happens! in My Order

Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 17:08:49 GMT

I've been with Plusnet 20 Years!!!

And I have finally submitted and have agreed to ditch my trusty ADSL2+ for FTTC !!!

One of the reasons I have been so hesitant apart from the price increase (which, along with my referrals is now negligible!) is that the ADSL2+ has been solid as a rock.

And... in the past on not one but two occasions when I have renewed contracts Plusnet has changed my fixed IP address!!!

Why is this BAD?

Very occasionally I have to work from home and remote into one of a few offices some distance away. My fixed IP which has been the same for a very long time has been pin holed in the office router firewalls.

If it gets changed I have several long drives to go and amend these routers.

On both occasions when it happened in the past (it was changed) Plusnet said "It shouldn't of but we can't put it back!" and indeed prior to me changing contracts they said "It shouldn't change" - and then it did. Whilst I got an apology on the forum there was no discount applied to off set my time / fuel costs. It was just "one of those things"

I have just now agreed to renew for 24 months, everything on the account to stay the same BUT with FTTC instead of ADSL2+

Let's see what happens... will report back!!!

Wish me luck lol!

Re: Lets see what happens!

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:29:07 GMT

I guess you must have had bad luck.

I've upgraded four times in 24 years with Force9/Plusnet, and my /30 block of 4 static WAN IP addresses haven't changed.

Wishing you better luck this time ! 😎

Have you checked whether your upgrade will lose your landline phone number if the transfer occurs after 5th September ?

It is likely that ADSL upgrades completing before 6th September will be FTTC, but after could be SOGEA (i.e. FTTC without landline)

Re: Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:57:25 GMT

My better half specifically asked to keep the landline number. I was told 10 days on avg for upgrade so that's around 31st / 1st

Will be getting a hybrid voip phone shortly in any case

Re: Lets see what happens!

MisterW — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:27:06 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Have you checked whether your upgrade will lose your landline phone number if the transfer occurs after 5th September ?

I would have thought it would be defined by when Openreach accepted the order , not when the transfer occured

@cpcnw wrote:

Will be getting a hybrid voip phone shortly in any case

Gigaset N300 IP by any chance ?

Moderator's note by Mike (Mav): Edited quotes to make following them easier.

Re: Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:41:30 GMT

> Gigaset N300 IP by any chance ?

Yes, why do you ask?

Re: Lets see what happens!

MisterW — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:47:27 GMT

Just guessing, there's a few of us on here been using the N300 for some time, and was wondering if there's now other hybrid units around.

Shout up if you need help configuring it.

Re: Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:21:46 GMT

All sorted ta!

Stubbornly still using my Hub One with OpenWRT - everything else on my network [2 Ethernet Printers, VOIP Adapter, Additional WAP] all working nicely.

*And* I still have the same static IP address [Phew!]

This from the router status page;

Line State:Showtime with TC-Layer sync
Line Mode:G.993.2 (VDSL2, Profile 17a)
Line Uptime:0h 35m 37s
Annex:B
Data Rate:30.744 Mb/s / 6.868 Mb/s
Max. Attainable Data Rate (ATTNDR):30.563 Mb/s / 6.868 Mb/s
Latency:0.45 ms / 0.00 ms
Line Attenuation (LATN):23.6 dB / 25.8 dB
Signal Attenuation (SATN):21.2 dB / 25.8 dB
Noise Margin (SNR):5.9 dB / 6.1 dB
Aggregate Transmit Power (ACTATP):0.3 dB / 11.1 dB
Forward Error Correction Seconds (FECS):0 / 10178
Errored seconds (ES):2 / 7015
Severely Errored Seconds (SES):0 / 585
Loss of Signal Seconds (LOSS):0 / 154
Unavailable Seconds (UAS):69 / 69
Header Error Code Errors (HEC):0 / 0
Non Pre-emptive CRC errors (CRC_P):0 / 0
Pre-emptive CRC errors (CRCP_P):0 / 0
ATU-C System Vendor ID:Broadcom 164.161
Power Management Mode:L0 - Synchronized

I can't remember what speeds I was quoted but this is what I get from speedtest.net

DOWNLOAD Mbps 28.85

UPLOAD Mbps 5.73

Better than ADSL2+ anyway

If there are any other OpenWRT users out there who have tweaks for performance I'd be interested to hear from you

Re: Lets see what happens!

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:29:28 GMT

@cpcnw wrote:

If there are any other OpenWRT users out there who have tweaks for performance I'd be interested to hear from you

Have you got SQM enabled ? - https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/traffic-shaping/sqm

Re: Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:56:21 GMT

Um, no.. is it worth tweaking?

Re: Lets see what happens!

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:04:50 GMT

Well that depends on how good your existing connection is !

Try running this bufferbloat test, and check whether your "Bufferbloat Grade" is an "A+" or "A".

If you get "C" or worse, then enabling SQM should make your connection feel more responsive, reduce lag if you're into online gaming, and eliminate stalling when video conferencing (like Zoom).

Re: Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:22:05 GMT

Get a C rating from that link and not into gaming.

Re: Lets see what happens!

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:34:09 GMT

I forgot to mention, you'll probably want it for the VoIP that you're planning, so that your phone calls don't dropout or sound like a robot voice, if you are simultaneously doing a download, or worse a large file upload.

Re: Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:37:20 GMT

That did happen from time to time on ADSL2+ and was quite amusing.

To be honest though its a very low use connection.

I might have a play with QM when I get a free half hour

Re: Lets see what happens!

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:41:24 GMT

@cpcnw wrote:

If there are any other OpenWRT users out there who have tweaks for performance I'd be interested to hear from you

How about adding IPv6 enabled networking by using a free 6in4 tunnel over your Plusnet connection ?

I've been running IPv6 by this method since 2013 on my Plusnet connection, even when I was on ADSL.

See https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/ipv6/ipv6tunnel-luci?s[]=6in4

Re: Lets see what happens!

cpcnw — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:14:41 GMT

@Anonymous my mate has offered me for free what he describes as a "ZT Link MT992 G.fast modem"

Is there any advantage of me using this and another router over the Hub One with OpenWRT?