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Unable to connect
10-08-2019 11:24 PM
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Power light has been flashing orange almost constantly, will turn solid orange now and again for the broadband light to flash instead, or both solid orange then back to nothing but a flashing orange power light.
Can't remember the last time I've had any disconnections and has been briefly reconnecting for 30 seconds to a minute a few times during the problem but almost constant downtime.
A family member living on the same street has told me their connection is fine.
Already in master socket, tried test socket within and nothing changed.
Tried to use the broadband fault checker using the troubleshooter link in my account but of course it's down for maintenance and the link on that page to find out when it will be back online takes me to Plusnet service status which states there is nothing wrong anywhere and the last issue with the fault checker is January 2018. https://www.plus.net/apps/kbdfaults
Re: Unable to connect
11-08-2019 12:57 PM
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Re: Unable to connect
11-08-2019 12:58 PM
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Does your telephone work? If not you need to report a phone fault and get this fixed first.
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Re: Unable to connect
11-08-2019 5:18 PM - edited 11-08-2019 5:19 PM
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Hi there.
I'm sorry to see you're experiencing connection problems and you were unable to report a fault last night due to maintenance that was carried out. I've had a look at your connection and things definitely don't look good over the past 24 hours:
I've tested your line and we're seeing a high resistance fault, as you've tried the master/test socket you've ruled out your internal wiring but before we go down the path of reporting the fault/booking an engineer, I think it'd be a good idea to check the router is in good working order as a call out charge may be applied if the issue is due to internal equipment. Do you have another router you can try? If you don't that's fine, just let us know and we'll be happy to send out a replacement.
Re: Unable to connect
11-08-2019 5:45 PM
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I do not have another router to try, only ever had the one sent to me when I joined Plusnet. So sending one to see if that solves the problem would be great.
Thanks again
Re: Unable to connect
12-08-2019 12:06 AM
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Managed to borrow a router but it was your model 2704N which stated it was incompatible with fiber without an openreach router. However I used their adsl filter with my original router and for the last 45 minutes or so it has been connected.
Whether this is the solution or it's another one of the longer blocks of connectivity shown in your image I should have checked this earlier. Will update again later tomorrow and hopefully this simple thing I overlooked was the fix.
Re: Unable to connect
12-08-2019 10:30 AM
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Hiya @Corrn12
That's cool no problem, it's good to see your connection up since 23:04 last night bar 1 drop at 02:12.
It's not very often a microfilter develops a fault so it's easily overlooked. Having said that we're still detecting a high resistance fault which would likely be causing issues of some sort even though we're not seeing solid drops today.
The Hub Zero/2704N is compatible with fibre by toggling it between standard broadband and fibre in the router settings at 192.168.1.254 but you're right in that you'd need a fibre modem behind it like an Openreach modem.
I've just arranged to send you a replacement Hub One now, let us know once you've got it and we'll retest your line.
Re: Unable to connect
12-08-2019 4:48 PM
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May have been a good thing the microfilter became faulty in that case as it lead to the discovery of another problem and was easily fixed itself.
Thank you for arranging the router delivery, I have had confirmation it is dispatched and will let you know as soon as it is set up.
Thanks again for all your help so far.
Re: Unable to connect
12-08-2019 5:10 PM
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Re: Unable to connect
13-08-2019 3:54 PM
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Re: Unable to connect
13-08-2019 5:25 PM
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Hey @Corrn12,
Thanks for getting back to us.
Glad to hear that routers up and running with no issues so far. Your connection log is showing no drops bar 1 at 12 this afternoon - I'm guessing this may have been when you connected the new router?
I have conducted further testing and its still throwing back a potential joint issue which would need an engineer visit - I've created a ticket for you over the account here. Once you have replied can you give us a nudge here so we can progress the fault.
Thanks.
Re: Unable to connect
13-08-2019 7:13 PM
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Yes that was when I connected the new router that arrived, good to see no more drops other than that.
I have replied to the ticket you opened as requested.
Re: Unable to connect
on 14-08-2019 9:35 AM - last edited on 14-08-2019 10:36 PM by Strat
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Hi @Corrn12
I have replied to the ticket on your account.
Please review it and provide the information requested.
Kind Regards,
MoR
Moderator's note by Dick (Strat): Typos corrected.
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