had a drop for 4 hours last night, any one else
Don't know, was asleep. :)
early night? 8pm
I Didn't see any problem here, Baz.
I was online with no problems until 11:30pm.
My BBQM shows no break overnight. Location Cornwall
No problems here, Baz, BT or LLU.
http://status.aa.net.uk/
Put your number in here Baz http://status.zen.co.uk/broadband/
I was watching DVDs last night but router isn't showing any PPP or sync drops.
Have a look here Baz? http://status.bememberservices.com/
thats a handy site to have.so if im on LLU is it with BE/O2 as per that site.
just so happens there is a report on the historic outages page referring to my exchange
:thumb:
IDNet LLU customers do go via the Be network.
shame they dont say what it was though...not that i'll understand it :D
good to know its not my side too as just been getting a new router
Quote from: Baz on May 20, 2012, 16:34:51
LLU Rik
I know Baz, it was a statement about my own setup. ;)
:D :D sorry Rik took it the other way
Quote from: Baz on May 20, 2012, 16:54:53
shame they dont say what it was though...
Apparently they've called Rolf Harris as they couldn't tell what it was yet :)
Did they ask 2 little boys?
I seem to have lost a bit download speed since this original and other drops.
could it be related
Has your noise margin increased, Baz?
hmmm sorry Rik dont know about that.havent been taking note of this new router i'm using as its been ok so far, but its showing 6.1 down and 7.1 up but I couldnt say what it was on old router or when I started using this
got this at the moment
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 8606 kbps 1169 kbps
Line Attenuation 34.5 db 21.7 db
Noise Margin 6.0 db 7.1 db
What throughput are you getting?
where do you suggest to test it Rik
heres a result from where i normally use
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1338319185&v=16054890
and usually get 10850 ish
That looks OK for your current sync, which suggests your sync speed has dropped, Baz. Any new electrical gadgets in the house?
none Rik....just the router :)
oh dear :( :(
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1338384857&v=15947229
that first link is dead so heres another from a different site
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1979889418.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
Have you talked to support?
no not yet Rik.Im always in 2 minds whether to call or see if it rights itself first.it just seems odd that its slowed a bit and ive had a drop a few days ago
Always worth checking, Baz.
it'll be out of hours now is it
Yes Baz, prob best to wait until tomorrow
Quote from: Baz on May 30, 2012, 18:19:10
no not yet Rik.Im always in 2 minds whether to call or see if it rights itself first.it just seems odd that its slowed a bit and ive had a drop a few days ago
Whats the new router, Baz?
its a Netgear N600 Gary
Which N600 Baz? If its a DGND3700 they have lots of problems, read this forum1.netgear.com/forumdisplay.php?f=115 (http://forum1.netgear.com/forumdisplay.php?f=115) Lots of issues with droped lines etc, Netgear have never sorted it out sadly and now a V2 is coming out and a N750 DGND4000 so they probably wont fix it since its been almost a year now. If its not this router forget all of this ;D
That took about 7 minutes to post, the forum was so damn slow! :mad:
yep its that router Gary but its been ok so far and previous Netgear have been good so thats why I choose this one.I believe its to do with some recent drops I had which were to do with BE network doing some work...I hope any way.
Im going to go through the test routine with support just now as have had an email from James asking me to plug into the test socket. :dunno:
well plugged into test socket and speed went up :dunno: I also found on the cable I was using that it was slightly bent at the fitting end, not damaged a great deal but may have had an affect on it, dont know.
Support didnt really say if they found any problem or even if they had to test it, bit unclear as to what they did
So I now have a bog standard flat cable that comes with the router.Do you recommend any decent better quality/performance ones to use.
I asked support while they were emailing me etc but I feel they mis understood what I was asking and told me 'The recommended setup is from the main socket directly. We do not recommend the use of additional cabling for broadband connections.'
:dunno:
Quote from: Baz on May 31, 2012, 13:42:18
yep its that router Gary but its been ok so far and previous Netgear have been good so thats why I choose this one.I believe its to do with some recent drops I had which were to do with BE network doing some work...I hope any way.
Im going to go through the test routine with support just now as have had an email from James asking me to plug into the test socket. :dunno:
Honestly Baz, I had that router, its a nightmare, just search DGND3700 problems, you would be better off with something else, Netgear really dropped the ball with that router. Beta firmware has still not sorted out all the issues, and it looks like it may not even get IPV6, I would send it back and get something else, the 4000 comes out next week. :( Look at Amazons reviews, and Braodbandbuyers, its the same story of dropped lines, failure to re-connect plus loads of other issues. Honestly one of the worst routers Netgear have ever made. Your issues could be down to that router tbh
well I read loads of reviews before and saw lots of pros and cons about it,which you will get with any equipment yeah?, but I have truly had very little bother with this and previous netgear routers.you mention amazon/broadbandbuyer reviews about dropped lines failed re-connects etc.and I had very little of those problems.may be its just bad lines etc.
I hope its down to the recent drops I had which I now know were down to the network provider.
what would you recommend for a different type then.
Quote from: Baz on May 31, 2012, 16:15:19
well I read loads of reviews before and saw lots of pros and cons about it,which you will get with any equipment yeah?, but I have truly had very little bother with this and previous netgear routers.you mention amazon/broadbandbuyer reviews about dropped lines failed re-connects etc.and I had very little of those problems.may be its just bad lines etc.
I hope its down to the recent drops I had which I now know were down to the network provider.
what would you recommend for a different type then.
Its what you are using it for, Baz. This router has gotten more issues than most, hence the link to the Netgear forum, its all there :( Do you need 5Gz? If not and you like Netgears the DGN2200 would be more than enough tbh.
probably dont need the 5g no but my daughters Mac picked it up straight away and it has improved that for her.Also my exchange is fibre enabled soon and this router would be ok for that if I decide to go that way,if i've read the spec right,if not i'm still ok with it so will keep it until I get major probs.
what would you recommend then Gary.What do you use?
Quote from: Baz on May 31, 2012, 17:18:40
probably dont need the 5g no but my daughters Mac picked it up straight away and it has improved that for her.Also my exchange is fibre enabled soon and this router would be ok for that if I decide to go that way,if i've read the spec right,if not i'm still ok with it so will keep it until I get major probs.
what would you recommend then Gary.What do you use?
The DGND3700 had the fibre part turned off before main release, Baz. If your daughter has a modern Mac wait till next week and get the DGND4000. Netgear should have learn by their mistakes for that release. I'm using a DGND3300 works great for me ticks along been up for over 500 hours since my last manual reboot when I was upgrading firmware. Check out the DGND4000 if not the DGND3300 should be fine, thats 5Gz and 2.4Ghz. Cheaper than the 3700 too and on Amazon.
It's not very encouraging reading.
http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=74328
Quote from: Gary on May 31, 2012, 17:31:47
The DGND3700 had the fibre part turned off before main release, Baz....
really? dont understand that bit Gary, if so how can they still advertise it as compatible with fibre, on their own site
Quote from: Steve on May 31, 2012, 17:41:24
It's not very encouraging reading.
http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=74328
It doesn't, does it. :(
Are you saying they have disabled the ethernet WAN port Gary or simply rate limited it?
If just rate limited to Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) it's be ok for 80 Meg FTTC if someone already has one but no I'd not buy one.