'Advanced' stats?

[#1]

I've saw several threads where people are talking about router stats, with their SNR and attenthingy etc. etc. However on the Thomson router I've been sent out I can't see anything like that in the router menus. Any ideas if this is possible?

Cheers,

[#2]

They are here http://192.168.1.254/cgi/b/dsl/dt/?ce=1&be=0&l0=1&l1=0

[#3]

Thank you very much! Now I have access to lots of stats that are quite meaningless to me at the moment..   Although I would have thought my "Line Attenuation" would be lower than 9, considering I can hit the exchange with a stone from my house. Not having any problems, I'm just a curious type of person and like seeing what's what and why.

edit:spelling monkies

[#4]

That is about 0.7km wire length using the normal algorithm but it probably doesn't work at very low attenuations due to the attenuation inherent to the equipment at each end of the wire

[#5]

So in very basic terms, the equipment at the exchange and at home are giving a bit of overhead on that figure? I would guesstimate I'm about 100 - 150 meters away at most.. lol

[#6]

You can get a good idea of the distance by putting your details in http://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker, then press "Search", and then selecting the "Locality" tab on the resulting screen.

[#7]

Thanks for that purleigh, interestingly according to that the distance is over 400 meters in a straight line. I can only assume they mean pygmy meters 

[#8]

There may be a significant proportion of your line length within the exchange - jumpers, tie circuits between distribution frames, and the drop down to the cable chamber, especially if it a large building.

[#9]

The lowest attenuation I've ever seen was 3dB and that was a microwave transmitter situated inside the exchange. Add to that a length of wiring to the cabinet then some connections inside the cabinet then some more wiring to the distribution box and some more connections and the drop cable and your master socket... The attenuation adds up

[#10]

So what your saying is there is a lot of valuable copper in there, eh? Hmmmm.. 

[#11]

That information is already in the public domain