Anyone Using an Asus DSL-AC68U

pdes said:
That's helpful, thanks but why would the speed have dropped so drastically form what was already an appalling speed given the ATTN? BTW, I am on Sky, UK.
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VDSL2 works differently in comparison to ADSL2. The further distance from the cabinet (you appear to be quite a distance based on those stats) the quicker the speed diminishes in comparison to ADSL2. Attenuation on VDSL2 can't be compared to ADSL2 unfortunately. ADSL2 is a technology designed for long distances, VDSL2 isn't so much.

EDIT: I'm slightly confused when looking at your post again, so have removed comment about staying on ADSL2 may have been better as I can't say yes or no to that due to the confusion.

michty_me said:
My one is set to A/I/J/L/M. Would that matter much?
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That's fine, this just means the modem will automatically decide.
 
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I'm just unsure what to do now that they device seems fairly stable.
Either stick with it and deal with the loss of speed or go with the Netgear D7000 to keep it all Broadcom, Have a lot less errors on the line but less functionality I guess. It is due Wednesday anyway so I guess it will be decision time then.
 
pdes said:
I just don't get it!!!

Since switching to Fibre last month, I have been desperately disappointed at the "performance". At best, I get 6.3Mb d/l on an Attn of around 32db. (the router said that I had a max rate down of 11mb!!) It's a long line I know but my ADSL was at 57db with a D/L of 5Mb.

I have reset the router per the config per Ayahuasca's post above. What's amazing is that I had been getting a ping of around 55ms. With this config, I am getting a ping of 1ms! The downside is that I now have a D/L of around 3Mb and it has switched from interleaved to Fastpath. I am at a loss to understand the logic of this!

DSL Firmware Version 1.0.2.7
DSL Driver Version FwVer:5.5.1.129_B_A60901 HwVer:T14.F7_0.2
DSL Link Status
up
DSL Uptime
0 days 0 hours 17 minute(s) 17 seconds
DSL modulation
ITU G.993.2(VDSL2), G.998.4(G.INP)
ANNEX Mode
ANNEX B
SNR Down
5.5 dB
SNR Up
6.1 dB
Line Attenuation Down
32.9 dB
Line Attenuation Up
16.4 dB
Path Mode
FastPath
Data Rate Down
6861 kbps
Data Rate Up
883 kbps
MAX Rate Down
9028
MAX Rate Up
883
POWER Down
5.7 dbm
POWER Up
0.4 dbm
CRC Down
0
CRC Up
0

Funny how this view shows "Annex B" when the DSL settings are "Annex A"
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Here it shows your data rate down is 6.8Mb? If your speedtests are showing only 3 then you may be limited by something else, what does http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/ say for the IP Profile?
 
ashpowell said:
Here it shows your data rate down is 6.8Mb? If your speedtests are showing only 3 then you may be limited by something else, what does http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/ say for the IP Profile?
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Did a few re-tests and the stats recovered an hour or two later to around 6.3mb, so it looks like the new settings are OK. Still highly frustrating though to only get 1mb more d/l and no u/l increase with FTTC than ADSL2+.

10 hours in and I only have 28CRCs up so looks pretty stable.

Cheers
 
pdes said:
Did a few re-tests and the stats recovered an hour or two later to around 6.3mb, so it looks like the new settings are OK. Still highly frustrating though to only get 1mb more d/l and no u/l increase with FTTC than ADSL2+.

10 hours in and I only have 28CRCs up so looks pretty stable.

Cheers
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How long have you been on FTTC? I've noticed a few times on PlusNet that when people switch, sometimes theyre still set on the ADSL profile and need a nudge to get full speeds.. May be worth asking your ISP about it. What speed were you quoted when signing up?
 
ashpowell said:
How long have you been on FTTC? I've noticed a few times on PlusNet that when people switch, sometimes theyre still set on the ADSL profile and need a nudge to get full speeds.. May be worth asking your ISP about it. What speed were you quoted when signing up?
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I have only been on FTTC for a month. I spoke to Sky a couple of weeks ago about the poor speed so I am pretty sure they checked my profile. They sent out the Openrech guy who confirmed that my line was "perfect".

I was quoted 8-12mb - and everything I have read suggests that with an ATTN of around 32db, this should be entirely possible. Most sites even suggest I should get more!
 
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pdes said:
I have only been on FTTC for a month. I spoke to Sky a couple of weeks ago about the poor speed so I am pretty sure they checked my profile. They sent out the Openrech guy who confirmed that my line was "perfect".

I was quoted 8-12mb - and everything I have read suggests that with an ATTN of around 32db, this should be entirely possible. Most sites even suggest I should get more!
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New firmware available ...
Version 3.0.0.4.378_6986
 
"Fixed possible DLNA failed to scan whole USB disk contents issue", I'll try this one as the last still didn't really have the connected drive working in the way it should...
 
Having updated to the latest firmware every device can now see all the files within my dlna drive instead of reporting no content inside some folders. Only taken asus two updates to fix what they actually broke in the first place...
 
Have you tried pushing it for 15 seconds? I usually push the power button off, Push the reset switch and keep it held, Switch on the unit whilst keeping it held for 15 seconds then release.
 
Yep tried that and it just puts the device in a mode where nothing can connect and the power light continues to flash, then when I power it off and back on to correct it the settings are still the same.

Edit: Managed to do it with the WPS button, googled it and a few others have reported that's the easiest way.
 
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