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Re: Keep losing Internet
06-01-2010 2:57 PM
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I'm still a bit bothered by that first photo - there's more wires visible than you've accounted for.
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
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Re: Keep losing Internet
06-01-2010 3:50 PM
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One used to go to sky but is not used, and one is an extension upstairs but is not used either.
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Re: Keep losing Internet
06-01-2010 4:51 PM
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OK I've got the picture now - and I really don't like it. Even if it was working better before I'm pretty sure it wasn't giving optimal speeds.
Firstly the extension lead running to the other socket is not the best way to do things and then you have the other extension cable from the filter to the router upstairs. A far, far better arrangement would be to have the router by the first socket and run a CAT 5e ethernet cable upstairs (to an £5 to £10 ethernet switch if you need multiple connections upstairs).
I suggest you try plugging the router directly in to the first socket with all other sockets empty and compare the router stats (sync speed, attenuation and noise margin) with the current arrangement. That will confirm if an improvement can be made.
Firstly the extension lead running to the other socket is not the best way to do things and then you have the other extension cable from the filter to the router upstairs. A far, far better arrangement would be to have the router by the first socket and run a CAT 5e ethernet cable upstairs (to an £5 to £10 ethernet switch if you need multiple connections upstairs).
I suggest you try plugging the router directly in to the first socket with all other sockets empty and compare the router stats (sync speed, attenuation and noise margin) with the current arrangement. That will confirm if an improvement can be made.
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
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Re: Keep losing Internet
07-01-2010 2:12 PM
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I will have to try a different setup, not much can be done much differently and these are a lot shorter runs now than previously. Have been with Plusnet since 2005 and have never had problems until now.
Took these reading off the router connected as it is -
Item Downstream Upstream Unit
SNR Margin 15 23 dB
Line Attenuation 26 14 dB
Data Rate 7101 448 kbps
Never took any previous readings so I am not sure if this is better or worse than I was getting a few months back. Seems to coincide with the switch to ADSL2+. My Profile is at 8000 but fluctuates, have seen it at 7150, and 6000 last week.
Also attached a few btchecker results I have been taking over the last weeks
Took these reading off the router connected as it is -
Item Downstream Upstream Unit
SNR Margin 15 23 dB
Line Attenuation 26 14 dB
Data Rate 7101 448 kbps
Never took any previous readings so I am not sure if this is better or worse than I was getting a few months back. Seems to coincide with the switch to ADSL2+. My Profile is at 8000 but fluctuates, have seen it at 7150, and 6000 last week.
Also attached a few btchecker results I have been taking over the last weeks
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