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Title: Meaning of some router stats?
Post by: SSK on Sep 18, 2010, 13:53:24
My router said this a couple of days ago:
System up time  -  99:54:51
Up Time  -  37:18:10
ATM Stats
RX Blocks  -  129746680
Corrected Blocks  -   0
Uncorrected Blocks  -   65

Today it says:
My router said this a couple of days ago:
System up time  -  141:40:18
Up Time  -  31:10:20
ATM stats
RX Blocks  -  154317906
Corrected Blocks  -   0
Uncorrected Blocks  -   178

I know that the BT equipment initiated a resynch about 6.30am yesterday.
I don't know what the RX blocks and Uncorrected Block numbers where immediately after the resynch (I was still in bed!)
So I wondered, are those numbers the total for the Systen Uptime or for the Connection Uptime?
Also, is that number of uncorrected blocks high and/or maybe related to the fact I've been stuck on a banded profile? (SNR 15).

Thanks,

Sean
Title: Re: Meaning of some router stats?
Post by: DorsetBoy on Sep 18, 2010, 14:09:36
The numbers will be for the total time and 178 uncorrected blocks is nothing to worry about, many people would be delighted to see a line that clean.
Title: Re: Meaning of some router stats?
Post by: SSK on Sep 18, 2010, 15:56:56
Thanks for that info.
As my education and training were as a biologist I'm afraid my knowledge of electronics-communications-computers is pretty minimal.

I notice that there is never anything in the 'Corrected Blocks' column.
Presumably that means that 'faulty' blocks couldn't be corrected and so were resent instead?

Sean


Title: Re: Meaning of some router stats?
Post by: Rik on Sep 18, 2010, 16:01:19
It probably means you're on fast path and not interleaved, every router manufacturer seems to use different terminology. The system up time is the interval between router re-boots, the up time is the time between resyncs.