Anyone Using an Asus DSL-AC68U

Just as I thought I had found some extra speed then I had solar panels fitted to the house and then some electrics work and the router had a very unstable couple of days. My line since 5am this morning has now been dlm`d and I am now interleaved.

My question is how long is it until I can be put back on fast path. I am on BT infinity
 
michty_me said:
That's another thing. Both the hg612 and the d6400 report me as being on interleaved whilst the Asus always said fastpath.
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Interleave and Fastpath are not always reported correctly especially when G.INP is reported as being enabled. Technically G.INP is a form of interleaving, so when then the ASUS reports Fastpath it is not telling you the whole story about G.INP and interleave depth.

Most reliable test for me at least is to just ping google.com, anything 12ms or lower seems to be Fastpath and/or G.INP functioning correctly, if you getting 20ms or higher then either interleaved or G.INP possibly not working as intended and at this point need to check other factors such as what cabinet you on, line length, line noise etc etc.
 
I must admit, I do prefer the Asus in terms of looks and GUI. The netgear is quite dated. The VPN function I bought the router for doesn't even work with iOS and android. Tempted to retry the Asus again and see if I can get my snr to remain stable. Then again, I don't even know if its being reported correctly.
The Asus is very easy to setup.
 
Well so far so good, ping has dropped 7ms and my upload now syncs properly to 20mb whereas on the HH5 it didn't without using the HG612.

Any specific settings I need to change?
 
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Okay! I've been running on the latest firmware for about a month now - all settings default except for ESNB enabled. These are my stats:

lineState=up
Opmode=ITU G.993.2(VDSL2)
SNRMarginDown=8.7 dB
AttenDown=13.4 dB
SNRMarginUp=5.6 dB
AttenUp=2.6 dB
DataRateDown=39999 kbps
DataRateUp=8760 kbps
WanListMode=0
FECDown=47186743
FECUp=478621
CRCDown=2179
CRCUp=88
HECDown=0
HECUp=0
ADSLUpTime=-18 days, -19:-39, -30 secs
ADSLActiveTime=0 min, 13 secs
PowerDown=12.0 dbm
PowerUp=6.1 dbm
ATURID=26005443434e0000
ATUCID=b5004244434da44f
AttainUp=9836
AttainDown=65692
ShowtimeStart=13
TotalStart=26
ATURANSIRev=0
ATUCANSIRev=0
ATURANSIStd=0
ATUCANSIStd=0
InterleaveDepth=664
AdslStandard=VDSL2
AdslType=ANNEX_B

If I ping bbc.co.uk I get ~32ms

The DSL Log reports interleaved, which seems to be the case given the ping, but I don't really know how to interpret the other stats such as line attenuation.

Basically, same as usual - stable and not causing me any problems, but the stats aren't as shiny as they could be.

I'm not sure what my cabinet is in terms of figuring out if my line has G.INP.
I took pictures of what I assume is my cab, but I don't know how to identify it, since there was no manufacturer's mark visible.
 
FTTC with Plusnet.
Would appreciate some feedback or if others could check similar results.
SNR down 5.9
Max rate down of 78292.
BT speed test varies anywhere from 35Mbps to 45Mbps and this on a line that held 62Mbps for months.
Although to be clear speed had dropped to below 52Mbps before AC68U used and its not recovered yet.

Thought I would watch the stats while i tried the phone to see if it had any adverse affect.

Pick up phone and dial any single digit and listen for any line noise. I can hear a slight hiss.
However as soon as you get the 3 tones and before the message "you have dialled an incorrect number" SNR drops approx 1.5 and line loses synch.
Without fail every time.

If SNR is set at 7.5 which was automatically applied, same happens but SNR only drops to 6.1 and line keeps synch.

My question of course, is this normal behaviour?
I thought the phone was supposed to be isolated from line synch?
 
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Ayahuasca said:
Where do I find the ESNB setting?
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From post 1676..


Beta firmware available

If you aren't having problems with your modem, then I strongly recommend that you do not install this firmware. It's a beta designed specifically to resolve issues that users have been having, so if everything's working fine this won't benefit you.

If you do have problems, however, please follow this link and download the beta: https://www.asuswebstorage.com/navig...30B4872991F59Y (DSL-AC68U_3.0.0.4_376_20150326_ESNP_DSL.trx)

There is a new setting available which is located at Administration > DSL Setting page, ESNP - Enhanced Sudden Noise Protection (VDSL). You should set this to Stable to enable the fix.

In certain special cases, setting this to Stable may lead to a SNRM drop (around 1 to 3dB, which may cause line drop if you initially sync at around 6dB). If this occurs, the solution is to configure "Stability Adjustment (VDSL)" to a higher value (such as 10dB) to counteract it.

Please let us know how you get on.
 
Shac said:
FTTC with Plusnet.
Would appreciate some feedback or if others could check similar results.
SNR down 5.9
Max rate down of 78292.
BT speed test varies anywhere from 35Mbps to 45Mbps and this on a line that held 62Mbps for months.
Although to be clear speed had dropped to below 52Mbps before AC68U used and its not recovered yet.

Thought I would watch the stats while i tried the phone to see if it had any adverse affect.

Pick up phone and dial any single digit and listen for any line noise. I can hear a slight hiss.
However as soon as you get the 3 tones and before the message "you have dialled an incorrect number" SNR drops approx 1.5 and line loses synch.
Without fail every time.

If SNR is set at 7.5 which was automatically applied, same happens but SNR only drops to 6.1 and line keeps synch.

My question of course, is this normal behaviour?
I thought the phone was supposed to be isolated from line synch?
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This is a line fault (lack of voltage) or is a faulty filter/faceplate. If you are using plugin microfilters try a new one if its a engineer installed faceplate call Plusnet and get them to send an engineer to fix your issues. He will be able to determine within minutes if its a line problem or the faceplate (well if you do not get a clueless one he will).
 
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If it's an engineer installed faceplate (pre-filtered top and bottom option, also known as a SSFP) then take it off and try the test socket with a standard micro filter. Plus net will likely ask you to anyway. Then they'll need to run a service test which should identify a fault.
 
HI ... since i reply here from time to time one favour please off topic

can someone tracert hetzner.de
is for on line game to see ping result
thanks
 
So, from what I am reading, we are at the stage now where asus released a beta firmware that fixed the connection issues for a few but has made more issues for others. Asus seems to be nowhere to be seen now and appears to have a lack of willingness to have input into making this hardware work the way it should. Am I also correct in assuming that many are now jumping ship having lost their confidence in this door stop, or what is an expensive access point?
 
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