Anyone Using an Asus DSL-AC68U

RedBull2k · 30 Mar 2015 at 14:53

nearly 6 days with no disconnection.

no possitive changes to my line either, still interleaved and same downstream at 62.

going to change to hg612, and update asus firmware to beta. wait for fastpath then test again

PlumpMonkey · 30 Mar 2015 at 15:05

I got DLM'd after the 3 disconnects within 24 hours on the old firmware so Ive been put on Interleaved and knocked down to 47Mb down (from 65). But since then on the Beta FW it's been stable for over 3 days now. I've had 6 CRC errors down and 3 up in this time.

The lower sync rate and 10+DB SNR could be masking any issues, but it certainly does seem to be a lot more stable....

Elim · 30 Mar 2015 at 15:28

bitsNbobs said:
Thats more than acceptable that is in fact very good even the 717 up errors based on 2 days is less that 15 per hour average. Of course this is assuming the stats on this new firmware are accurate.

im on the latest stable firmware not the new beta one, which i thought only helps VDSL users not ADSL.?

andy66 · 30 Mar 2015 at 16:02

babis3g said:
to check the dslam vendor chipset (even if if huawei, juniper, eci etc) type at telnet

cat /tmp/adsl/info_adsl.txt

then you will see something like this (from previous posters up)
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27844409&postcount=1725
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27844745&postcount=1726

note the ATUCID and the middle highlighted numbers
ATURID=26005443434e0000
ATUCID=b5004946544eb204

Now using this convertor
http://ascii.cl/

49=I 46=F 54=T 4e=N which stands for IFTN = INFINEON

hope you can spot them in the convertor ... usually is the down ones & middle column

I have asked Asus & they said will add the vendor id sometime in dsl stats page

Alternatively (on the DSL-N66U at least) send some DSL Feedback then look in the system log to see lines like:
2015-02-06 17:14:20 kernel: Near_End is TC
2015-02-06 17:14:20 kernel: Far_End is BRCM

babis3g · 30 Mar 2015 at 16:48

yes is appearing there too ... BRCM is reporting it as Broadcom

mjgr33n · 30 Mar 2015 at 18:03

Tells me BDCM which I guess is Broadcom

outDiscards=372919
inDiscards=6113
outBytes=3707019468
inBytes=3194809766
outPkts=329285214
inPkts=289431154
fwVer= FwVer:5.5.1.127_B_A

lineState=up
Opmode=
SNRMarginDown=7.5 dB
AttenDown=5.3 dB
SNRMarginUp=16.2 dB
AttenUp=0.4 dB
DataRateDown=79998 kbps
DataRateUp=19999 kbps
WanListMode=1
FECDown=222
FECUp=1374
CRCDown=0
CRCUp=0
HECDown=0
HECUp=0
ADSLUpTime=1 day, 16:50, 3
ADSLActiveTime=0 min, 17 s
PowerDown=12.0 dbm
PowerUp=-4.6 dbm
ATURID=26005443434e0000
ATUCID=b5004244434da485
AttainUp=36905
AttainDown=103520
ShowtimeStart=17
TotalStart=68
ATURANSIRev=0
ATUCANSIRev=0
ATURANSIStd=0
ATUCANSIStd=0
InterleaveDepth=1
AdslStandard=VDSL2
AdslType=ANNEX_B
mtenStandard=G.dmt.bisplus

Ixel · 30 Mar 2015 at 18:14

Yeah, you're on a Huawei cabinet. BT have been rolling out G.INP to that type of cabinet for the past few months. They're supposedly starting on ECI cabinets in the next few days (which will probably take a few months to finish).

ViRuS2k · 30 Mar 2015 at 21:01

very stable on this firmware infact i have been stable on every firmware but this one takes the cake its utterly far more stable....

but DLM still hasnt bumped me back up to full 80 download yet lol
and its been 4+ days.

Sidenote ?
mjgr33n how come your upload power is -4.6 lol
with a max upload rate @36952 or something like that. ? im guessing your using TX powercontrol @-4 or something ?

michty_me · 30 Mar 2015 at 21:24

I don't think I've yet seen anyone with a large uptime on this yet? Is that due to always flashing a newer firmware as they are released? Anyone got a 20+ day of uptime yet? Any more than that?

Ixel · 30 Mar 2015 at 21:24

My guess is he's turned off UPBO, and if so that's against BT's SIN 498, hopefully I'm wrong though.

michty_me · 30 Mar 2015 at 21:27

ViRuS2k said:
but DLM still hasnt bumped me back up to full 80 download yet lol
and its been 4+ days.

Its been 5 weeks and I still haven't fully recovered using the eci modem.

sumowesley · 31 Mar 2015 at 00:44

Turned G.Inp and H.Vector back off yesterday and was averaging around 25 CRC down per hour afterwards. However, just checked again and after 29 hours I've now got an average of 56 an hour so there has been a mini blip.

cuke2u · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:01

michty_me said:
I don't think I've yet seen anyone with a large uptime on this yet? Is that due to always flashing a newer firmware as they are released? Anyone got a 20+ day of uptime yet? Any more than that?

Yes about twice as long on a slight interleave but was never restored to fastpath.

michty_me · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:06

chriscatt said:
Yes much longer on a slight interleave but was never restored to fastpath.

Hmm might be like me and take a good while to be restored. I'm waiting for my full profile to be restored before trying this out. Which shop has a good returns policy if I need to use it? Not really wanting to buy it from here due to always getting charged about £15 for delivery.

Evil Shubunkin · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:12

I had switched back to the HG612 based on people's experiences of the DSL-AC68U not allowing DLM to remove interleaving. After 4 days of connection with the HG612, DLM has removed upstream interleaving (and reduced pings by around 8ms).

Just the downstream to go then I can test with the beta firmware on the DSL-AC68U to see how it copes with my line.

Although DLM made its changes around 9am, seems a strange time as I always thought it was between 2 and 6am. Not complaining right enough!

mjgr33n · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:34

ViRuS2k said:
mjgr33n how come your upload power is -4.6 lol
with a max upload rate @36952 or something like that. ? im guessing your using TX powercontrol @-4 or something ?

No, everything is at default pretty much.

mjgr33n · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:36

Ixel said:
My guess is he's turned off UPBO, and if so that's against BT's SIN 498, hopefully I'm wrong though.

If I had turned off UPBO I would have higher Power Up value not negative value

As you can see it is still on auto.

cuke2u · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:25

michty_me said:
Hmm might be like me and take a good while to be restored. I'm waiting for my full profile to be restored before trying this out. Which shop has a good returns policy if I need to use it? Not really wanting to buy it from here due to always getting charged about £15 for delivery.

Trust me I doubt if it will be restored, mine never was and I have gone back to my fully stable OR modem which went back to Fastpath after less than a week..

cuke2u · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:28

Evil Shubunkin said:
I had switched back to the HG612 based on people's experiences of the DSL-AC68U not allowing DLM to remove interleaving. After 4 days of connection with the HG612, DLM has removed upstream interleaving (and reduced pings by around 8ms).

Just the downstream to go then I can test with the beta firmware on the DSL-AC68U to see how it copes with my line.

Although DLM made its changes around 9am, seems a strange time as I always thought it was between 2 and 6am. Not complaining right enough!

Pretty much my experience. although my pings are slightly higher at around 11ms

michty_me · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:34

chriscatt said:
Trust me I doubt if it will be restored, mine never was and I have gone back to my fully stable OR modem which went back to Fastpath after less than a week..

I might just take the plunge and order an engineer to reset as suggested by Zen. Although I have read of many people on BT forums stating it has taken up to 8 weeks in the past which I find pretty poor.