Hey all just thought i would let people know.

Live about 3 - 3.5 km from the exchange, using a billion 7401 vgm and im on iinet adsl 2+

I used to ( about 1 month ago ) sync at around 3.2 - 3.5 mbps range... now within the last month i have been syncing at speeds of 6 - 8.3 mbps and im loving it. I know its not much compared to those 18 - 24 mbps connections, but for my distance i think it's quite good.

Also i'm on thrillseeker and am not getting any attenuation on the line been up for about 18 hours and figures are still at 0 up and down.

Hope this doesn't jynx me.

I know there was no point to this post, how about i make one, anyone have any idea how this happened.. ? I haven;t changed anything in my setup within the last month.

Cheers.

Perhaps because some of the line between your house and the exchange has been renewed or a junction has been repaired, possibly because others on the line had been having difficulties.

It's all good, be happy.

haha i may have come off wrong.... but i am extatic!!!

Would you not say that the speeds im getting and attenuation for my distance is good ?

SNR Margin 5.0 dB 7.0 dB
Line Attenuation 34.5 dB 23.0 dB
CRC Errors 0 0

Yep. That looks good for 3 to 3.5ks.
And with an attenuation of 5.0 on thrillseeker, it should be stable enough. Don't be surprised if it drops a tad over time, then reconnects.
Mine usually shows 5.0 and then drops a little over time, but then reconnects again, but is usually pretty stable. Just noticed that mine is now down to 4.0, but has been up for nearly 6 days.

I'm happy, and am a net whore, but never am annoyed by drop outs or reconnects, because they are so rare.

i'm the same as you mate.... cheers

thanks for your advice

Congrats lol. You're one of the lucky ones. I'm in the same boat, 3-3.5Mbps sync at the moment, with similar attenuation stats to yours.

It's not technically classed as a faulty line, but there's not enough reason to risk a telstra tech coming out to check out the line because of the potential $99 callout fee if telstra says "nothing is wrong". *sigh*

shank89 writes...

SNR Margin 5.0 dB 7.0 dB
Line Attenuation 34.5 dB 23.0 dB
CRC Errors 0 0

with those stats your more like 2KM away, I set up a net connection with almost identical stats up a few weeks ago and it syncs @ 12000/1000

Im 3.7KM away from the exchange (confirmed by a technician that came to my house) and my attenuation is ~ 55/35

Ahh ok, Although i actually know where the street is and it is basically around the 3km range.

Ohh well not complaining lol, just thought i would let people know!!!!

how do you guys get sync info on line

Look it up in your modem

In your case, in the addrress bar type

192.168.1.254

username = admin

password = admin

I have a crappy billion 7202g and was searching the logs last night for it, might look again

after looking my modem logs don't show that info at all

but can you guys explain this??

PPPoE: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500

xtermin8 writes...

I have a crappy billion 7202g and was searching the logs last night for it, might look again

Get a 7300G, they're great :)

I think finding sync speeds is standardised amongst Billions - Status - ADSL or something like that. Don't have my 7300 infront of me.

xtermin8 writes...

PPPoE: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500

I thought PPPoE has MTU of 1492?
and PPPoA is 1500

d00dz writes...

I thought PPPoE has MTU of 1492?
and PPPoA is 1500

ok I ran tests here and my mtu currently can run at 1463 without packet loss, anything higher I get 75% loss

xtermin8 writes...

ok I ran tests here and my mtu currently can run at 1463 without packet loss, anything higher I get 75% loss

Thats really odd.... mines at default 1492 and i used to get packet loss but my fortune has changed for the better!

ping -f -l 1465 www.broadbandreports.com

Pinging broadbandreports.com [209.123.109.175] with 1465 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.254: Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.
Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.
Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.
Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.

Ping statistics for 209.123.109.175:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss),

now at 1463 I get

Pinging broadbandreports.com [209.123.109.175] with 1463 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.123.109.175: bytes=1463 time=450ms TTL=40
Reply from 209.123.109.175: bytes=1463 time=365ms TTL=40
Reply from 209.123.109.175: bytes=1463 time=365ms TTL=40
Reply from 209.123.109.175: bytes=1463 time=465ms TTL=40

Ping statistics for 209.123.109.175:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 365ms, Maximum = 465ms, Average = 411ms

xtermin8 writes...

now at 1463 I get

Um... I don't think you're accounting for 28 bytes of IP and ICMP headers.

1464+28=1492

If you try that ping with 1464, it probally won't fragment, but anything over will.

xtermin8 writes...

billion 7202g

Download and run the Billion SNMP Viewer.

au.billion.com/downloads...iewer_100_57.zip

shank89 writes...

SNR Margin 5.0 dB 7.0 dB
Line Attenuation 34.5 dB 23.0 dB
CRC Errors 0 0

Although i am not with iiNet heres my stats to compare to, I am 3k from the exchange by copper.

SYNC 9794/1023
SNR 6.5db 7.5db
ATT 45.0db 25.5db


-----------------------
Speed Results
Download: 1,007 Kilobytes/s
Upload: 96.7 Kilobytes/s
QOS: 95%
RTT: 2 ms
MaxPause: 64 ms
Test mirror: Canberra
-----------------------

Demonicos writes...

Although i am not with iiNet heres my stats to compare to, I am 3k from the exchange by copper.

SYNC 9794/1023
SNR 6.5db 7.5db
ATT 45.0db 25.5db

Not bad, according to your figures i am approximately 1 mbps slower then you... what would that be equivalent to... 40 kbps?

Demonicos writes...

Although i am not with iiNet heres my stats to compare to, I am 3k from the exchange by copper.

SYNC 9794/1023
SNR 6.5db 7.5db
ATT 45.0db 25.5db

That's exceptionally good.

My cable records show 2.84 kms of copper consisting of 1.78 km of 0.40 copper and the rest in 0.64. Terminating onto a soldered frame at the exchange, through 7 moisture resin filled joins and two recently commissioned taps.

Central filter installed, recabled the entire house and I sync at 6400/1021.

Life IS like a box of chocolates!

Mike.H writes...

Life IS like a box of chocolates!

Not the biggest fan of chocolate :P

except for milo.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm MILO!!

Demonicos your in Sydney... couldn't you find a closer test mirror than Canberra?

shank89 writes...

1 mbps slower then you... what would that be equivalent to... 40 kbps?

In theory it would be closer to 100 KB/s slower.

Mike.H writes...

In theory it would be closer to 100 KB/s slower.

Ohh yea i remember, i was on 1.5 and was dling like 150 kbps so yea, seems about right... ohh well beats my old 3.5 downloading at 400 kbps.... so im happy!

Tones writes...

Demonicos your in Sydney... couldn't you find a closer test mirror than Canberra?

Yeah but i find i get speeds almost along the lines of downloading from my ISP but using the sydney mirror at speedtest.net i get www.speedtest.net/result/270281818.png

This is mine from speedtest

www.speedtest.net/result/270221279.png

caleula writes...

Download and run the Billion SNMP Viewer.

au.billion.com/downloads...iewer_100_57.zip

running this program it won't even connect to my adsl router

xtermin8 writes...

won't even connect to my adsl router

Try au.billion.com/forums/in...p?showtopic=3571 for more info.

I've had it running on my 741GE and currently my 7401VP.

caleula writes...

I've had it running on my 741GE and currently my 7401VP.

It won't work with a 7202/7300. You need this one instead:

au.billion.com/forums/in...p?showtopic=8042

If anyone is still running a 7202G, try to get the updated firmware from Billion. I don't mean the newest one displayed on the support page, there's newer versions that are available internally (probably because it runs the same chipset as a 7300). Just query the guys at the Billion forums for it. It improved the stability of the router quite a bit when I was still using mine.

SpeedDemon writes...

It won't work with a 7202/7300. You need this one instead:

au.billion.com/forums/in...p?showt­ opic=8042

Thanks. My neighbour's 7401VP expired last week and he replaced it with a 7300. I'll let him know.

hey guys I finally have info on my phone line at last

this normal or bad

Noise Margin (Upstream) 24.0 db
Noise Margin (Downstream) 40.5 db
Attenuation (Upstream) 11.0 db
Attenuation (Downstream) 16.0 db

shank89 writes...

milo.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm MILO!!

You do that exceptionally well, you're not by any chance yellow with a pot belly, beady eyes and bald....lol

I'm about 3k from the EX and sync at 6.4/1023 atm on thrillseeker, stability of my connection massively improved since having a C10 installed...by an LC I hasten to add. I was on the standard profile before until recently.

chip

ChipZ writes...

You do that exceptionally well, you're not by any chance yellow with a pot belly, beady eyes and bald....lol

ohhh helllll naaaaa, dude i ain't no fat dude LOL.

Tested again, this is still only 8.1mbps down sync speed.

www.speedtest.net/result/270778356.png