| Quote from: YBH |
| … in the recent past i have had a lot of disconnections (plusnet suggested it was possibly my router a Linksys WA54G and sent me a thompson replacement). Since then the disconnections have stopped it appears, but the speed is the same. how often does DLM review the line ? (how long should i give it?). Thanks.... |
It's probably those disconnections that have led to the target noise margin being increased. Now that they have stopped the target should come down again once the DLM is convinced the line is stable. Leaving the router connected 24x7 is the best way to demonstrate that.
I think the DLM reviews line performance at least every 24 hours and can change interleaving depth and target noise margin at any review. How long one has to wait is indeterminate, shorter periods when the line is being actively managed, longer periods once in a stable state. I was hoping your use of the word "recently" in your opening post suggested a shorter period might apply in your case. With fingers crossed I suggested 7 days, but that was speculation. It could be 3 days or could be 14 days, but could be more.
The one thing that seems certain on 21CN is that trying to help by restarting the router generally proves counter productive and the DLM reacts faster if left to its own devices.
Others have mentioned the possibility of trying to move to ADSL2/ADSL2+. From your preceding post I think you've already checked this but with 50dB attenuation on your line (around 3.5km line length from the exchange) any benefit from ADSL2 will be small (200 to 300kbps increase in sync speed, albeit perhaps enough to move you up one IP Profile step). In my opinion that is something to consider in the future if your usage pattern changes to warrant it, the Value package is fine for the present and your sync speed should recover just as well with that package as with the more costly ones.
David
