I was having problems with a bouncy connection when I was with BT: BTHomeHub = Stable, TP-Link = Bouncy. These have continued after moving to Plusnet, the People over at the pfSense forum have helped to diagnose that the TP-Link seems to be the root cause of the issues
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=85188.0.
Some Reviews on Amazon also state this is a problem, with comments then saying it is rubbish and that the TP-Link works fine.
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Having subsequently carried out more research, it seems that the problem I have experienced with the TD-8817 modem is quite common. Basically, without going into the specifics of SNR, line attenuation, ADSL 2+, VPI/VCI settings etc., the TD-8817 modem is completely useless if you are more than 2.4km away from your local telephone exchange (telephone line length that is, not line of sight) because of the chipset the TD-8817 modem uses. I need a modem which uses a Broadcom chipset, which holds long-line connections much better. My old Netgear modem/router uses this chipset, which is why it’s working brilliantly in bridge mode. The frustrating thing about this whole experience is that TP-Link should be more honest with its customers and tell people that its TD-8817 modem is unsuitable for customers who have long line lengths from their telephone exchange. Especially since, given the TD-8817 modem’s price point, it’s likely to be bought by customers who are not network savvy – which I wasn’t until I had to go through this experience! I’m now a real bore at the pub, trying to impress everyone with my newly found knowledge on home networking! Don’t make the same mistake I did! Either do your research thoroughly and get a separate modem/ router appropriate to your particular networking requirements or get a combined router/modem combination and save yourself a lot of hassle.
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So my question is does anyone else have this problem? Can any recommend a higher quality modem that can act as a PPPOA to PPPoE bridge like the TP-Link Does?
Thanks in advance!Here is approximately 24 hours of ppp.log GREP'd to show down and ups, which occur regardless of if I am actively using the connection or not.
Feb 27 18:01:55 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 27 19:12:59 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 27 19:17:22 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 27 23:58:25 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 00:02:48 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 00:45:50 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 02:43:01 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 02:43:38 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 02:44:56 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 02:47:23 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 06:19:46 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 06:23:49 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 08:25:09 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 08:29:42 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 10:11:28 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 10:15:45 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 12:48:16 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 12:52:39 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 14:12:04 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 14:12:16 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 14:19:12 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 14:19:58 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 14:39:07 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 14:43:19 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 15:36:34 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 15:41:06 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 15:52:53 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
Feb 28 15:57:22 dudley ppp: [wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Feb 28 17:04:08 dudley ppp: [wan_link0] LCP: peer not responding to echo requests
