On Friday, my house suffered a power cut lasting about 4 hours. Since then my router connects at 2624
Current Rate: 2624 kbs 448 kbs
Max Rate: 2624 kbs 912 kbs
Current Connection:
Current Noise Margin: 12.0 dB 20.0 dB
Current Attenuation: 59.4 dB 31.5 dB
Current Output Power: 18.3 dBm 11.9 dBm
The download speed is currently about 600kbs, should this recover in the next few days?
Conversely, I had a power cut on Saturday, and my router resynced quite a bit faster than it was before. Have you tried rebooting it, Glenn?
Yep, I rebooted and the connection speed increased to what it is above, but the download speed reduced by 50%, it was on a 1250 profile. BT Speedtest site won't let me do another test for a while at the moment.
Something has happened in the past 40 minutes
(http://speed.io/pics/1628/1659/speed.io.png)
Not bad for a sync of 2624
Good old profiles from the look of it Glenn. Is your noise margin still at 12?
Yes it's manually set at 12, I got back onto the BT speedtester, it still shows a 1250 profile ???
It looks like you may have to wait another couple of days for the profile to catch up then. :(
sorry to hijack, Glenn but Ive noticed a bit slowness overall in the past few days.
just got this from BT
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 4927 kbps
I normally get over 6000 kbps on this test
I'll do you a swap ;D
;D ;D sorry Glenn didnt mean to rub it in :blush:
It's not a problem, my connection has always been slow by most peoples standards.
So is 2.6Mb sync about normal for your connection, Glenn? If it's just the throughput that's suffering, it'll be the profile, which should recover on its own.
Seb, that's what I thought, I normally connect between 2.3 - 2.6Mb
Ah, okay, so it's the profile. :phew:
Quote from: Baz on Jan 26, 2009, 20:05:10
sorry to hijack, Glenn but Ive noticed a bit slowness overall in the past few days.
just got this from BT
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 4927 kbps
I normally get over 6000 kbps on this test
Have you checked whether your exchange is congested, Baz?
Mine has become congested recently (actually admitted by BT) :thumbd:
BT admitted something? Now there's a first. ;)
I was amazed as you, Sebby. ;D
It will never last. :)
Quote from: Rik on Jan 27, 2009, 08:38:15
Have you checked whether your exchange is congested, Baz?
http://usertools.plus.net/exchanges/ is showing as all green Rik.
Might be worth asking support, Baz, the user tools are often out of date.
ah right. is there another way to check.
Yes, ask support. ;)
:D right. cheers Rik. will keep an eye on it for a few days as BT is now telling me
Your DSL connection rate: 8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 5946 kbps
Looks to be fairly classic congestion, Baz. See what it's like this evening if you can.
Still showing as a 1250kps profile, should it have changed by now 5 days after the power cut?
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Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 2720 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 1250 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 1160 kbps
It needs five clear days, Glenn, so it should be normal tomorrow.
Still a 1250 profile today The router reported an ERR_SIG_INTERRUPT this morning at 1.23.17 GMT it reconnected 600kbs lower.
Your DSL connection rate: 2048 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 1250 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 1157 kbps
That's unfortunate as it's dropped your profile to 1.75. :(
Your DSL connection rate: 2752 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 1250 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 1086 kbps
So the profile has been retained at the earlier low level, and it looks like the clock has been re-started on updating it. :(
I have just come across a problem that maybe related the loss of dial tone for about 3 minutes, I have reported that the phone company. I also asked IDNet support to see if there is anything they can do other than me waiting a few more days.
Usually not, Glenn, but you may get lucky.
Quote from: Rik on Jan 29, 2009, 11:08:19
So the profile has been retained at the earlier low level, and it looks like the clock has been re-started on updating it. :(
Bloody profiles!
Indeed. Not BT's finest hour. :(
Miriam has ask me to wait 3 days with the router powered on, to see if anything happens. Do BT profiles work Sunday's?
Yes they do, Glenn. There's no rest for some. :)
How quiet should a "quiet line test" be? I hear a humming in the background when I try from a wireless or wired phone :eyebrow:
Electical? Are there any power blocks or transformers near the phone socket?
There is an electronic socket timer with toothbrush charger, about 18" from the master socket. OK I have remove that still noise, static rather than a hum
Always difficult to assess what someone else is hearing, Glenn. I expect some background white noise or gentle hum, but no crackles or loud noise.
I reported it anyway, they can get BT to look into the issue and say yes or no. It is only the 3rd time in 5 years that I have reported a problem, so I think they are more than breaking even.
Reported to IDNet or BT?
OneBillTelecom
Ah. :)
They have very good rates, but as I say I have only had need of their support team once before.
Back to where it normally resides ;D
Your DSL connection rate: 2720 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 2000 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 1852 kbps
Spot on - shame about profiles. :(
another 150k on the sync speed would see my profile jump 500k
I know just how you feel, I'm just below a 3M profile right now, another 96k would do it. :(
I wonder if removing the 2 phone extensions (I use cordless phones) would improve things? The only problem there is, the BT engineer hard wired them to the back of the master socket, not the removable front plate.
Quote from: Glenn on Jan 26, 2009, 15:28:10
Yes it's manually set at 12, I got back onto the BT speedtester, it still shows a 1250 profile ???
Out of interest is this manually set by yourself or by BT
Quote from: Glenn on Jan 30, 2009, 10:38:38
I wonder if removing the 2 phone extensions (I use cordless phones) would improve things? The only problem there is, the BT engineer hard wired them to the back of the master socket, not the removable front plate.
It could well do, Glenn. As they are wired 'unconventionally' I suspect you could get away with doing it yourself.
Quote from: stevethegas on Jan 30, 2009, 10:39:02
Out of interest is this manually set by yourself or by BT
BT Steve, it was at 6, then 9 now 12, the last engineer said he would get it done to stabilise my line, along with turning on Interleaving
One of the extensions runs behind my plasma TV, it generates a lot of ADSL frequency noise when turned on.
In that case, definitely remove them.
OK I'm going in, don't call me for the 20 minutes, I don't want a 48v DC shock
Call you what, Glenn? ;D (I thought it was nearer 80V, btw.)
It might clear your head, Glenn! ;D
OK all the extensions are disconnected, the router has resync'd a little higher at 2784kbs
Not quite enough, shame. :(
BTW we were both wrong, it's 50v
You measured it? :)
No I googled it ;)
That's cheating. ;D
mines back to
Your DSL connection rate: 8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 4782 kbps
congestion??
BTW got this test done using FF :o :o :o :o amazing first time in ages that its worked in FF for me :)
Congestion is most likely, Baz. IDNet's got masses of extra capacity today, so I can be certain it's not an issue there.
I agree, it looks like exchange congestion.
Since removing both extensions, the number of errors over 24hr seems lower than before :fingers:
DSL
Cumulative Seconds w/Errors: 795 795 5 0:03:30
Cumulative Sec. w/Severe Errors: 127 127 0 2:28:40
Corrected Blocks: 13377 13377 56 0:00:35
Uncorrectable Blocks: 7734 7734 6 0:03:30
DSL Unavailable Seconds: 0 0 0 0:00:00
Every little helps, to coin a phrase. :)
Quote from: Rik on Jan 30, 2009, 18:57:15
Congestion is most likely, Baz. IDNet's got masses of extra capacity today, so I can be certain it's not an issue there.
just got my weekly email of router logs and it shows this, bit long sorry
Sun, 2009-01-25 02:00:01 - Send E-mail Success!
Sun, 2009-01-25 15:06:44 - Send out NTP request to 158.43.192.66
Sun, 2009-01-25 15:06:44 - Receive NTP Reply from 158.43.192.66
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:06:44 - Send out NTP request to 158.43.192.66
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:06:43 - Receive NTP Reply from 158.43.192.66
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:44:00 - LCP down.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:44:07 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:44:07 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:45:08 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:45:08 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:46:08 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:46:08 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:47:05 - CHAP authentication failed
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:47:05 - LCP down.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:47:08 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:47:08 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:48:08 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:48:08 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:48:56 - CHAP authentication failed
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:48:56 - LCP down.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:49:08 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:49:08 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:50:08 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:50:08 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:51:08 - Initialize LCP.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:51:08 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Wed, 2009-01-28 13:51:35 - CHAP authentication success
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:21:38 - LCP down.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:21:40 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:21:40 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:22:40 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:22:40 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:23:40 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:23:40 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:24:30 - CHAP authentication failed
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:24:30 - LCP down.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:24:40 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:24:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:25:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:25:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:26:32 - CHAP authentication failed
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:26:32 - LCP down.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:26:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:26:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:27:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:27:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:28:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:28:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:29:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:29:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:30:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:30:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:31:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:31:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:32:41 - Initialize LCP.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:32:41 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Thu, 2009-01-29 12:32:50 - CHAP authentication success
Fri, 2009-01-30 13:57:59 - LCP down.
Fri, 2009-01-30 13:58:01 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 13:58:01 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 13:59:01 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 13:59:01 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:00:01 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:00:01 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:01:01 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:01:01 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:02:01 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:02:01 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:03:02 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:03:02 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:03:22 - CHAP authentication success
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:03:57 - LCP down.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:04:04 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:04:04 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:04:58 - CHAP authentication success
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:05:05 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:05:05 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:05:09 - CHAP authentication success
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:05:39 - LCP down.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:06:05 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:06:05 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:07:05 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:07:05 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:08:05 - Initialize LCP.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:08:05 - LCP is allowed to come up.
Fri, 2009-01-30 14:08:23 - CHAP authentication success
Fri, 2009-01-30 19:45:51 - Administrator login successful - IP:*********
Fri, 2009-01-30 21:30:12 - Administrator login successful - IP:*********
Fri, 2009-01-30 22:12:32 - Administrator login successful - IP:*********
Sat, 2009-01-31 11:06:43 - Send out NTP request to 158.43.192.66
Sat, 2009-01-31 11:06:42 - Receive NTP Reply from 158.43.192.66
is this anything to do with the recent work thats been done.
Baz,Not sure about Wednesday but the new router and related issues could possibly account for Thursday and Friday.
cheers Steve, will see if any one else has more ideas
Those times coincide with the outages on all three days, Baz.
Thanks Rik. :thumb:
I trust you have no ill effects from the drops, Baz?
If he has, he will bounce back
never noticed any Rik, a tad slow sometimes thats all but could be due to everyone in the house using it at same time.
Have to say though and should have mentioned this ages ago, whereas I had bother with my last ISP, IDnet seem to be far better in the PS3 internet access area, My son is over the moon that it works better....well done IDnet, if indeed you did something or is it the norm
Good. For me, it was just a few minutes loss of service each day, if I hadn't been watching, I'd probably not have noticed.
Quote from: Baz on Feb 01, 2009, 11:38:04
Have to say though and should have mentioned this ages ago, whereas I had bother with my last ISP, IDnet seem to be far better in the PS3 internet access area, My son is over the moon that it works better....well done IDnet, if indeed you did something or is it the norm
It is probable that your previous ISP was throttling the ports your PS3 required, which is common practice for many of the budget ISP's, in order that their over subscribed networks can offer a degree of service when demand is high, this is most noticeable on evenings and weekends.Idnet do not use any port throttling or bandwidth control methods.
Nor do they oversubscribe their network, of course.
Well that was mentioned at the time Steve but was told no throttling was in place. They weren't a budget ISP either, were very good overall until things started to go wrong for me. I never really tested the PS3 while with them mainly as it wouldnt work, but yes it could be as you say. Soon as I got settled with IDnet tried again and ........... :thumb: :thumb:
makes you wonder about these things