Yes I remember a post, wasn't sure if it was you, in here that had stated the same. As I said, I'll give mine some time to run through the process over about 10 days, as mine isn't as bad as any others. However this tweaking should be un-necessary as, at the price they are charging, it should work out of the box.
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Yes I remember a post, wasn't sure if it was you, in here that had stated the same. As I said, I'll give mine some time to run through the process over about 10 days, as mine isn't as bad as any others. However this tweaking should be un-necessary as, at the price they are charging, it should work out of the box.
As well do, having spent sometime in this forum http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2272447 and seeing that there are Asus techies in there helping directly, quite frankly I am amazed at the way we all are being treated over this hardware by Asus...
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Yesterday ASUS sent me a 'BETA' firmware to try address the instability UK owners may be encountering...
Here's a link to the firmware (sorry no change log)
DSL Firmware: 1.0.1.7b testDMT_1022
DSL Driver: FwVer:5.5.1.124_A_A60901 HwVer:T14.F7_0.1
Download here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3xctZoK6T9HRkd4UHNmdl9WLUk&usp=sharing
Asus ask testers to set DSL settings to:
Modulation: MultiMode
Annex: A/I/J/L/M
Stability Adj (ADSL): Disabled
Stability Adj (VDSL): Disabled
TX Power Control: Disabled
RX AGC Gain: Disabled
UPBO: Auto
SRA: ON
Bitswap: Enabled
VDSL Profile: 30a
G.INP: DISABLED.
Try with SRA ON and OFF before submitting feedback form after 24hrs.
Before you say BT don't support SRA on VDSL, yes I know its just what ASUS asked.
Asus also wish to assure users of the following:
Please also help to inform others in UK that ASUS is aware of the issues customers currently encounter in UK in some cases, we are working hard on a solution and next firmware that could address such interruption issue will be released ASAP. Many thanks.
Here's a link to the firmware (sorry no change log)
DSL Firmware: 1.0.1.7b testDMT_1022
DSL Driver: FwVer:5.5.1.124_A_A60901 HwVer:T14.F7_0.1
Download here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3xctZoK6T9HRkd4UHNmdl9WLUk&usp=sharing
Asus ask testers to set DSL settings to:
Modulation: MultiMode
Annex: A/I/J/L/M
Stability Adj (ADSL): Disabled
Stability Adj (VDSL): Disabled
TX Power Control: Disabled
RX AGC Gain: Disabled
UPBO: Auto
SRA: ON
Bitswap: Enabled
VDSL Profile: 30a
G.INP: DISABLED.
Try with SRA ON and OFF before submitting feedback form after 24hrs.
Before you say BT don't support SRA on VDSL, yes I know its just what ASUS asked.
Asus also wish to assure users of the following:
Please also help to inform others in UK that ASUS is aware of the issues customers currently encounter in UK in some cases, we are working hard on a solution and next firmware that could address such interruption issue will be released ASAP. Many thanks.
Don't forget everyone that you must perform a hard reset after flashing with the new firmware so as to eradicate any bugs from the previous one that might have crept in. It is a button you press for about 20 seconds on the rear of the router with a pencil...
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Thanks for the link. I need to give it a few days before I try it as I was whacked by DLM for a 10MB sync rate hit this morning for yesterdays testing. I need that to recover before trying anything else otherwise it will throttle me down too far.
Im not using the beta firmware just yet but i had a open reach engineer down fixing earthing issues outside mastersocket/cab in a poll somewhere, he fixed that.
but he still says there is a issue with my external wire from the mastersocket to the router....
these are the stats after he left earlier today not to bad but i have just to be on the safe side orders a 20m RJ11 to RJ11 cable to fix the external wire hopefully that will drop the crc errors even more.....
though i did at one point test out the super router that talktalk supplied and it does not seem to bring out the crc`s compaired to this asus router.. infact i have not seen my line spit out any crc error using the super router and that was with using it for over 6 hours.
makes me think my issues could very well be the asus router aswel, and needs a more stable firmware.
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I'm using the beta firmware
... and I am leaving everything set to the default settings having hard reset and set up from scratch.
After just over 60 minutes I have 300 CRC errors.
Not sure if I can get through 24 hours with this many.
... and I am leaving everything set to the default settings having hard reset and set up from scratch.
After just over 60 minutes I have 300 CRC errors.
Not sure if I can get through 24 hours with this many.
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After a UPGRADE there's no need to do a hard reset, just a reboot is sufficient.
Try the following:
I've been connected for over 34 hrs with no Downstream CRC errors (just 1 upstream) and no dropped connections.
Try the following:
I've been connected for over 34 hrs with no Downstream CRC errors (just 1 upstream) and no dropped connections.
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if anything, a little worse
I think this illustrates the issue very well - there are likely to be many variations of settings to get people sorted but I'm not sure I want to have a full 24 hour run to find my speed in the basement because of the DLM. It also means that any decent test (at the quickest speeds) is at least ten days later.
I tried the settings as my default settings on the test firmware had yielded well over 600 after two hours. Within the first two minutes of changing to the settings you suggested, I had 41 downstream CRCs.
I think this illustrates the issue very well - there are likely to be many variations of settings to get people sorted but I'm not sure I want to have a full 24 hour run to find my speed in the basement because of the DLM. It also means that any decent test (at the quickest speeds) is at least ten days later.
18 Hours - 55CRC DOWN
18 hours - 12CRC UP
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Looks quite nice imho....
does anyone know exactly how meny crc errors in a day your allowed before dlm triggers are speed reduction or latency reduction ????
or if you switch off your router how meny times before DLM links your line is faulty and reduces your speed
is the 20 minute rule the norm or here say, so after 20 minutes with router off you can switch it back on and not trigger anything, dlm thinks you turned your router off instead of thinking your line if faulty or dropped dsl there for reducing your speed ?
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Just for fun, I went and bought a Billion 8800NL which can be used in bridge mode with my RT-AC68U to see how that would compared to the DSL-AC68U.
Stats from the Billion are:
This uses a Broadcom chipset and connecting to an ECI cabinet.
Night and day compared to the DSL-AC68U - I would rack up that many CRC errors in one burst with the DSL connected whereas it's consistent over connection with the Billion, no large bursts of CRC errors (so far anyway).
Stats from the Billion are:
This uses a Broadcom chipset and connecting to an ECI cabinet.
Night and day compared to the DSL-AC68U - I would rack up that many CRC errors in one burst with the DSL connected whereas it's consistent over connection with the Billion, no large bursts of CRC errors (so far anyway).
Yup, I think we have proved that the Asus is more 'sensitive' to CRC's, maybe even producing spoof ones. We know the cause of the dropped connections but it is up to Asus to sort it out. Having said that, I am over three days with my connection now and only just over 100 CRC's. Less that yours if I am reading the data correctly...
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Yeah - I have lots of potential interference at the moment as there's a building site alongside some of the route the cable will take which probably isn't helping. However, for all I know the line has always had this level of CRC but with the ECI modem it has been extremely stable and no DLM interventions until I started testing the DSL-AC68U.
As far as I can tell DSL sync was lost around 2am last night (according to router log). No sign of DLM intervention however as sync rates remain the same. Attainable downstream has dropped by approximately 1.5Mbps. Error seconds I've worked out seems to be an average of between 15 to 20 ES per hour (360 to 480 daily), which is within DLM's speed profile's threshold. All I'm hoping for is that DLM will raise the speed banding soon and not leave me permanently on 49/15.
I'll try ASUS's settings as soon as DLM relents, if it ever does
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DSL Firmware Version 1.0.1.7b_testDMT_1022
DSL Driver Version FwVer:5.5.1.124_B_A60901 HwVer:T14.F7_0.1
DSL Link Status up
DSL Uptime 0 days 8 hours 11 minutes 36 seconds
DSL modulation ITU G.993.2(VDSL2)
Annex mode ANNEX_B
SNR Down 15.5 dB
SNR Up 15.7 dB
Line Attenuation Down 11.2 dB
Line Attenuation Up 0.1 dB
Data Rate Down 48999 kbps
Data Rate Up 14993 kbps
MAX Rate Down 94092
MAX Rate Up 30224
POWER Down 11.6 dbm
POWER Up 5.1 dbm
CRC Down 291
CRC Up 1I'll try ASUS's settings as soon as DLM relents, if it ever does
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1 day test....
Still quite a few errors, might trigger dlm reductions,
though when the engineer came he also fitted a MK2 faceplate.
well my cable came today RJ11 to RJ11 20 meter gold plated
and so did my MK3 faceplate.
not sure things would improve if i fitted those, but he did say there was a issue somewhere on the extention cable so i might give it a try, i have nothing to loose as i can revert back to this cable if its just the same......
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chriscatt - looks like you are set fair - if mine had got anywhere near that I would have kept it.
The whole thing has a stink about it though - most FTTC (if not all) will be using legacy BT copper, and if any other kit (namely the OR modem, the HH5 and possibly the Billion 8800) can give stable performance out of the box then why not the DSL-AC68U?
Can it be that difficult? Seems so.
The whole thing has a stink about it though - most FTTC (if not all) will be using legacy BT copper, and if any other kit (namely the OR modem, the HH5 and possibly the Billion 8800) can give stable performance out of the box then why not the DSL-AC68U?
Can it be that difficult? Seems so.
Becuse the ASUS does not have a broadcom chipset. and broadcom chipsets love long lines or unstable long lines.
ASUS is using the Mediatek chipset, most suited to short lines.
also there is a combination of what equipment is in your exchange/cab that can work perfect out of the box with the router your using or require firmware optimization like the asus needs.
You have got to remember, your on a lower profile download/upload
so you cant compaire your crc`s or line with someone thats getting max 80mbdown/20mb up as your line will be more stable the slower you are compaired to others.
if my line was on your speed profile i would get no crc`s at all with the asus.
when the dlm was freaking out and reduced me to a 69000 sync and 14000 upload sync i was in sync 3 days with only 1 crc on the upload and that happened right after connection....
where by now my line is fixed and a earth issue was fixed and now i get max speed....
though i should be ok now as the errors are low so should not trigger dlm intervention as when the line was fixed, open reach reset dlm for me.
