Fibre up 24 hrs

kleefarr

The only thing I noticed was it increased the Downstream SNR.

kleefarr

Ok, what would be a good replacement for this crap modem?

ED E

NAT does not cause lag.

Youve something else going on, doubt its the modem.

mass_debater

ED E wrote: »

NAT does not cause lag.

Youve something else going on, doubt its the modem.

The NAT issue on the Xbox is most definitely the modem

ED E

mass_debater wrote: »

The NAT issue on the Xbox is most definitely the modem

True, but it wont cause lag, only a failure to connect when some games change host/match.

kleefarr

ED E wrote: »

True, but it wont cause lag, only a failure to connect when some games change host/match.

That is happening a lot recently.

kleefarr

I have always been a fan of Linksys and had numerous products in the past which I have always found to be very good.

Looking at this Linksys XAC1900 but it seems very expensive at €230 in PC World.

mass_debater

kleefarr wrote: »

I have always been a fan of Linksys and had numerous products in the past which I have always found to be very good.

Looking at this Linksys XAC1900 but it seems very expensive at €230 in PC World.

No point having allegiance to them. Linksys were a great brand until Cisco bought them and started using cheap components, then Cisco sold the Linksys division to Belkin who are notorious for being crap

kleefarr

Who would you suggest then?

mass_debater

kleefarr wrote: »

Who would you suggest then?

Archer c7/8 or 9 are highly recommended here on boards, lots of threads about them. You'll have no problems with support. I prefer Mikrotik, but they are much harder to configure

sean_b97

is that vodafone? had a terrible experience with them a few years back

kleefarr

mass_debater wrote: »

Archer c7/8 or 9 are highly recommended here on boards, lots of threads about them. You'll have no problems with support. I prefer Mikrotik, but they are much harder to configure

Thanks, will look into those.

Ah, is that just a router or a modem?

sean_b97 wrote: »

is that vodafone? had a terrible experience with them a few years back

Yep, it certainly is.

kleefarr

Ok, I assume if my current modem uses phone line into adsl socket this same should work with this.

TP-Link Archer D9 AC1900

mass_debater

kleefarr wrote: »

Ok, I assume if my current modem uses phone line into adsl socket this same should work with this.

TP-Link Archer D9 AC1900

Doubtful, it needs to support vectoring, don't think that does unless someone with the full specs proves me wrong.

kleefarr

Ok, this seems to be able to handle the vdsl, but then it's only 100mbs max. Was hoping to upgrade for the future if there is any chance of getting more than 100mbs here.

http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/cat-15_TD-W9980.html

Ah ha....

http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/cat-15_Archer-VR900.html

Could be just the job.

kleefarr

Ok,new modem arrived this morning.

TP-Link AC1900 VDSL2 Modem Router Archer VR900

Getting all the lights solid but no internet connection, so I suspect it's a setting somewhere. Vodafone are no use as they won't even give out the settings for anything other than their own modem.

This is what I have so far..

LAN


DSL


WAN


Any suggestions?

Vico1612

Shouldn't VLAN tag be 10 ?

kleefarr

Perfect. Thanks.
I see a difference already but will monitor over the next few days.

kleefarr

Just goes to show how poor the Vodafone modem is...

notahappycamper

How much was that router and were you getting similar attainables on the Vodafone router?

Wonder will VF bump you up so?

ED E

Not sure why you think its so much better?

HG:
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 40956
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 10239
Downstream SNR (dB) 15.2
Upstream SNR (dB) 19.4

Archer:
40956 with 13.6 WORSE
10239 with 20.1 Marginally better

kleefarr

notahappycamper wrote: »

How much was that router and were you getting similar attainables on the Vodafone router?

Wonder will VF bump you up so?

The stats shown are the same line stats as the HG. However, pages are loading quicker and more smoothly so a marked difference has been noted.
It was not cheap.

Just got a speed test from Vodafone and they said around 70mbs which is 20 more than they quoted before.

Will have a go on it and see what happens.

ED E wrote: »

Not sure why you think its so much better?

HG:
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 40956
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 10239
Downstream SNR (dB) 15.2
Upstream SNR (dB) 19.4

Archer:
40956 with 13.6 WORSE
10239 with 20.1 Marginally better

Same line profile but definitely smoother.

ED E

Ahh ok. What you're probably seeing is the effect of a nice and fast CPU/FW/NAT designed for high throughput, not the last gen junk in the 658c.

658

CPU1: Broadcom BCM63168 (400 MHz, 2 cores)

659 (F2000)

400MHz dual core processor

Archer

Processor 1 GHz

kleefarr

Added bonus, no NAT error on xbox. Son will be delighted.

kleefarr

Ok, they have upped it to..

Just over 67mbs down.

DSL
Line Status:
DSL Modulation Type:
Annex Type:
Upstream Downstream
Current Rate(kbps) 20479 67192
Max Rate(kbps) 30928 74394
SNR Margin(dB) 10.2 5.9
Line Attenuation(dB) 0 22.3
Errors(pkts) 0 0

0 Errors but that SNR Down looks a bit nasty. Will see how it goes and may be drop it back to 50/20.

kleefarr

Current..

Upstream Downstream
Current Rate(kbps) 20479 66746
Max Rate(kbps) 30616 73913
SNR Margin(dB) 10 6.1
Line Attenuation(dB) 0 22.3
Errors(pkts) 0 0

Getting it taken down a bit to see if it improves SNR down

kleefarr

Ok, didn't go now any just yet as they told me that 6.1db SNR Down is fairly stable for fibre and if I went down to 50/20 they wouldn't be able to put me
back to the 70/20.
So decided to leave as is for now. Things ok really, just thought a higher SNR down would be better.

kleefarr

Yes! They are putting in new phone line outside the house as I type.

notahappycamper

kleefarr wrote: »

Yes! They are putting in new phone line outside the house as I type.

How'd you swing that?!

ED E

Enough fault reports and theyll eventually run a new drop.