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New Firmware for Fritz!Box 7390
FritzBox:
Another new one out
ftp://ftp.avm.de/fritz.box/fritzbox.fon_wlan_7390/firmware/english/
FritzBox:
Looks
--- Quote from: FritzBox on Apr 04, 2012, 05:55:02 ---Another new one out
ftp://ftp.avm.de/fritz.box/fritzbox.fon_wlan_7390/firmware/english/
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Looks like it's for International version only, but think I might give it a go anyhow
Ardua:
--- Quote from: FritzBox on Apr 04, 2012, 07:13:28 ---Looks
Looks like it's for International version only, but think I might give it a go anyhow
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No need to use the ftp link. Update 84.05.21 is available via the GUI firmware update button. Yesterday's update was stable for me. Downstream reduced slightly but upstream speed increased resulting in lots of errors. The latest firmware has resulted in a 0.5Mbps increase in downstream and a reduction in upstream back to its recent level.
Edit: A quick check of the GUI shows no errors whatsoever per minute in the 'send' direction and about 0.7 in the receive direction. For me it looks to be more stable than yesterday's .20 version. Just noticed though that on my account page Encapsulation is showing 3 clear buttons on an ADSL2+ connection. The only other change that I can see is the bit swap was turned on yesterday and is off today - again in the send direction.
Ardua:
I am beginning to wonder whether firmware version 84.05.20 was ever built for UK release as 84.05.21 appears to be much more stable. My downstream CRCs are at 1 per minute and upstream is only 0.21 per minute. I will interested to see how the latest firmware performs when FTTC is installed next week.
mervl:
OS 5.20 is quite stable on my VDSL2 connection. The reported Noise Margin and CRC errors hardly vary (EDIT 6/7 down 6 up and up to 0.3pm); as I have interleaving on due to a high 20dB attenuation the reporting of FEC (corrected) errors fluctuates wildly (EDIT a few hundred thousand down to a few hundred pm) which makes me wonder if the stats are accurate, but it hardly matters to performance which keeps the IP profile at 38.71, sync 39992/6600 approx. (and higher FEC levels arguably just show the system is working effectively).
My experience with both the OR modem and Fritz! is that VDSL is more stable than ADSL (unless perhaps you have an existing HR fault with an unstable line which might show up more with higher speeds), as I would expect on most lines as the DSL copper (or ali) run is much shorter and fibre (to the Cabinet) is a much better transmission medium with low or negligible signal loss. I do not get the resyncs I used to get on ADSL - the only performance issue is the occasional loss of internet connectivity due to an outage on the BTw network, but the DSLAM stays in sync. No firmware update has made a material difference to my VDSL2 speeds more than I would expect of any resync depending on the daily variations of environmental conditions due to temperature fluctuations affecting the copper.
I have never heard of AVM producing specific UK firmware. Nothing I have seen leads me to conclude it has a sufficiently large market in the UK: it's too expensive for most residential users, with poor customisation options for the expert, and fewer options than a standalone business PABX, so I think it falls between too many stools. There is a suggestion on Whirlpool.au that v.21 was issued due to a potential problem in the case of a factory reset in the earlier version, which sounds more plausible to me.
I suspect the variations in the Fritz!Box performance apart from the usual line conditions are at least in part because it's not designed and tested for specific UK use e.g. the variable performance of analogue signalling and where the UK has modified or not adopted international standards. I believe the UK version is an international version with a UK analogue phone socket and mains plugs.
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