Anyone Using an Asus DSL-AC68U
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Thanks for the information.
Excuse my ignorance but why is everyone concerned with CRC errors if they count towards nothing?
On the ASUS, sadly not.
The only way to find out the ES/SES statistics is by using a debug tool called TC Console. Send me a 'trust' message and I should be able to email you some instructions and the tool itself.
CRC errors cause either or both errored seconds/severly errored seconds. Unfortunately ASUS, for some reason, neglected to include two vital metrics in the statistics on the web UI.
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Oh i understand so thank you for that. I am currently on an Interleave depth of 1026 and ive now had close to 8 days uptime but no shifting the Interleave so i just want to understand the Stats and see if there are issues.
So what is an acceptable amount of CRC down errors i think i currently get 1 every 2 minutes
Well for a comparison I had 2 CRC errors over 9 days using a broadcom modem and over 2,500 crcs using the Asus in 19hrs.
Its not good getting them that often really.
I don't know what is acceptable and what isn't but didn't really want to find out. They should just have a reliable modem/firmware end of. Unfortunately Asus have had two fails of DSL devices. I'm sure a better device will be out soon.
Its not good getting them that often really.
I don't know what is acceptable and what isn't but didn't really want to find out. They should just have a reliable modem/firmware end of. Unfortunately Asus have had two fails of DSL devices. I'm sure a better device will be out soon.
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I can't say what's a good CRC error count as it's the ES and SES that DLM looks at.
Fritz!Box 7490 is running considerably better, even compared to the HG612, in terms of error statistics. So far, 124 ES DS and 9 ES US on nearly 9h 30m uptime. On the HG612 I'd have at least 500 ES DS with the same uptime. I can't eliminate the second router for now as using a LAN IP on the Fritz!Box 7490 - while it works fine - it doesn't allow me to access any public IPv4 address I've been allocated, only other LAN IP's or the internet in general.
Fritz!Box 7490 is running considerably better, even compared to the HG612, in terms of error statistics. So far, 124 ES DS and 9 ES US on nearly 9h 30m uptime. On the HG612 I'd have at least 500 ES DS with the same uptime. I can't eliminate the second router for now as using a LAN IP on the Fritz!Box 7490 - while it works fine - it doesn't allow me to access any public IPv4 address I've been allocated, only other LAN IP's or the internet in general.
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Pleased to hear you finally got it working, have you had any reboots doing it this way?
So far, no. The rate of errors have increased during daytime it seems, so presumably I get more noise on the line during daylight hours than I do at night. The rate of errors is still lower than the HG612 however. My attainable might be lower at the moment due to power cutback too. There's a setting in telnet which can be adjusted to attempt to change the power cutback offset but for the moment I won't touch it or anything else until I'm absolutely certain the router's not going to crash or reboot randomly on me.
One other thing I was told is to attempt to use the previous version of DSL firmware (a setting on the DSL settings page), this might boost attainable but may have a negative effect on the rate of errors.
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My synch is roughly 5Mbps less on the Fritzbox compared to a HG612 but stability is more important at the end of the day. I've not even looked at tweaking it, wouldn't know where to start.
Fingers crossed your random reboots are no more.
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when i purchased mine in April after the HH5 died they said they did not accept returns if the packaging has been opened.
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At the time i reserved both the Asus and the Netgear D6400 and the only thing that put me off the Netgear is the shop label said it was only up to 10 devices where as the Asus was for more than 10 devices. I see on the PC World website they have this for the Netgear which is slightly disappointing as i think i would have went for this.
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I have no complaints with this Asus router my only complaint is with the DLM and hoping it takes me off Interleave soon!
The hg612 is very simple to update to latest firmware.
As for the netgear, it is good but the throughput drops off a lot quicker than the Asus. The range is better but slower speeds at the different ranges. I also got a bit if jittery video when streaming and also lag when gaming. It always felt as though I was host. Upon moving back to the Asus, all issues were resolved.
The GUI on the netgear is not bad. Just a severe lack of details and needs a good make over.
As for the netgear, it is good but the throughput drops off a lot quicker than the Asus. The range is better but slower speeds at the different ranges. I also got a bit if jittery video when streaming and also lag when gaming. It always felt as though I was host. Upon moving back to the Asus, all issues were resolved.
The GUI on the netgear is not bad. Just a severe lack of details and needs a good make over.
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I've just made myself a new Y cable for the Fritzbox using a RJ11 shielded data cable, a phone cable and a tool-less RJ45 connector. I've just gained an additional 4mbps DS so I'm guessing the Y cable provided from Fritz are of lesser quality.
Yeah, well I'm not even using the supplied Y cable at the moment, just a standard adslnation RJ11 shielded cable. In the past I've used an RJ45 to RJ45 (since the new current SSFP's can take an RJ45 or RJ11). Past experience with the Y cable has yielded worse statistics.
If you both want to get that involved with cables the best way to go is take a piece of SOLID core CAT6 along with an 8P8C (AKA RJ45) connector for one end and an 6P4C OR 4P4C (AKA RJ12/11) connector on the other. Stick the RJ11 end in your modem/router and the RJ45 in the BT faceplate (yes it looks like its an RJ11 but the connector on the VDSL faceplates is an RJ45).
NOTE THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH CONVENTIONAL MICROFILTERS... More details why... and how to build the cable....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_wBm-fP0MM
Given in most cases though people will only be running a cable of around 1 Metre it technically speaking should make no difference what so ever. A 1 Metre length is nowhere near enough to introduce significant interference to your connection.
If however you are running a 10+ Metre cable this route is well worth a go, untwisted pair cable (IE normal flat phone/modem cable) at that length can be subjected to all kinds of interference especially in your home from things as simple as the central heating coming on and off. Tight twisted pair cable like CAT6 in "MOST" cases will stop that, or at the least vastly reduce it.
Again see video on how to build this type of cable.
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I took mine back to PC World during week 7 with a printout of various forum comments proving the device was unstable for other owners. Fortunately I didn't have any problems because the store had already accepted several back recently with the same problem.
ASUS have through numerous firmware upgrades failed to convincingly stabilise this device and it is thus classed 'not fit for purpose' I guess. The common mistake by most is to in with guns blazing, be civil, prove your case and they usually don't argue.