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#21

IDNet Help / Re: Status notifications

Last post by zappaDPJ - May 09, 2025, 13:28:13

 http://www.idnet.net/statusrss.php if you need the link. Thanks Bill

#22

IDNet Help / Re: Status notifications

Last post by Simon - May 09, 2025, 11:43:23

Thanks for the update, Bill. 

#23

IDNet Help / Status notifications

Last post by Bill - May 09, 2025, 11:29:35

The RSS feed for status notifications seems to have been uprated... previously it just showed major events like outages etc, but now it seems to be showing more detailed figures (Currently Active connections, Recent disconnects) for each "type" of connection (Fibre Heroes, Openreach etc).

Interesting, and good to see such a degree of transparency..

#24

IDNet Help / Re: Openreach Fibre PPPoE MTU ...

Last post by nowster - Apr 29, 2025, 16:09:22

If the kit at both ends supports Path MTU Discovery, there's no fragmentation.

#25

IDNet Help / Re: Internet down?

Last post by peasblossom - Apr 29, 2025, 06:14:45

As I can see the green cabinet, I know there are no Openreach engineers loitering round it. My thought in the first post was there might be wider work going on, not just local stuff.

#26

IDNet Help / Re: Internet down?

Last post by Simon - Apr 28, 2025, 22:06:58

In past experience, they don't always tell the ISPs if they're just working on a local cabinet. I'm not saying this is the problem, just that it's a possibility.

#27

IDNet Help / Re: Openreach Fibre PPPoE MTU ...

Last post by njh - Apr 28, 2025, 22:06:26

Yeah, 1492 is the default. I guess there isn't an automatic way of knowing if Ethernet between the ONT and your router supports Baby Jumbos / RFC4638.

I believe using a PPPoE MTU of 1500 improves performance by matching the standard 1500-byte MTU of most networks. Standard PPPoE typically forces a smaller 1492-byte MTU, causing fragmentation of larger packets, which are common on LANs.

No fragmentation means less processing for the routers - so I think it is worth giving it a go.

#28

IDNet Help / Re: Internet down?

Last post by peasblossom - Apr 28, 2025, 21:39:34

I didn't ask specifically about that but I assumed Will's comment that there didn't appear to be any issues covered it.

#29

IDNet Help / Re: Internet down?

Last post by Simon - Apr 28, 2025, 20:29:46

Any Openreach work going on in the locality?

#30

IDNet Help / Re: Internet down?

Last post by peasblossom - Apr 28, 2025, 18:57:42

It feel over again this afternoon (for nearly 90 mins - I was out) so I rang IDNet. Will tapped away on a keyboard, I rebooted the router. Will couldn't see any issues.