Anyone Using an Asus DSL-AC68U

trisp said:
Well i discovered this issue the other day if i enable either of these two my internet stops working...

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Which confuses me cause i thought sky had enabled these just like bt...
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G.INP is down to cabinet
G.Vector is not used on FTTC which goes over the Openreach network at all.
 
I've just got one of these Asus DSL Ac68u and no problems with it at all, works perfect with no crc errors
Using firmware 1.0.2.9
 
Gittins said:
I've just got one of these Asus DSL Ac68u and no problems with it at all, works perfect with no crc errors
Using firmware 1.0.2.9
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I presume your connection is VDSL2, is fastpath and is G.INP capable? If it is, then this device will very likely be stable and work fine. Generally those without G.INP, such as those unlucky enough to be on the ECI DSLAM's, will find this device to be awful/unstable with their VDSL2 service like I and quite a number of others did. I'm not sure regarding the latest unofficial beta firmware however, hoping someone without G.INP will try it and post feedback soon.
 
I don't have G.INP enabled so don't know if that makes a difference, only have fastpath on the upstream.
 
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bitsNbobs said:
G.INP is down to cabinet
G.Vector is not used on FTTC which goes over the Openreach network at all.
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When i was on bt a few weeks ago i just had both enabled and the internet was still fully working and was better when enabled rather then disabled.

Just seems weird that it would now break my internet :(
 
After reading quite a few positives and negatives about dsl-ac68u I decided to give it a go, as i needed a modem/router that has stronger wifi and better performance than HH5 when streaming video from usb hdd.
Initially i bought the DSL-N66u but i had to send it back.
I'm on BT infinity 38/10 and with HH5 i had a very stable connection with the HH5 with SNR of about 22 down and 20 up
When i connected the ac68u i had the same sync speeds however the ping has gone from 10ms to 27ms because i was on interleaved. As soon as i enabled g.inp the mode went to fastpath for both up and down and the ping has gone down to 8-9ms.
The connection has been stable for at least 8-9 days now with about 450 crc errors up and 1 down.
On DSL-N66u even when i had g.inp activated it would still go in interleaved mode and wireless coverage was not better than the HH5.
The only issue i see is that with the HH5 i would get around 37mbs on speed tests while with the ac68u i will get around 35-36mbs. Both are syncing at the same speed so not so sure what is the difference as it is tested with lan and same desktop.
 
70mbps is all they are giving me for now, hopefully getting more speeds down the road, also g vector is not enabled on the line yet, which would dramatically improve the speed receiving on my end.
 
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I'm not 100% sure but your Max attainable is over 100 so I woukd have thought you would have synced at the full speed regardless if cross talk was present. If cross talk was there, your Max would drop also.
Can someone clarify if I'm wrong as that's just the way I see it.
 
I've just installed the new firmware on mine and its been powered on for 30 minutes and (so far) it seems like a major improvement

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Lets hope it stays this way.
 
I can see your on a G.Inp line which must be saving yours, I recently had DLM remove G.Inp from mine so I was expecting a few CRC's, but over 2000 in an hour?

Back to the Sky Hub as a modem and just using the Asus as a wifi router only.
 
I have a problem with the new firmware. When i log in the screen is black (192.168.1.1/index.asp)

I have done a factory reset, a recovery process. Nothing lets be access the router's menus once i upgrade. A recovery to an old firmware is the only way i can get back in.

any ideas?
 
trisp said:
When i was on bt a few weeks ago i just had both enabled and the internet was still fully working and was better when enabled rather then disabled.

Just seems weird that it would now break my internet :(
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G.INP may have been enabled G.vector would not its not enabled on any of BTs network.
 
michty_me said:
I'm not 100% sure but your Max attainable is over 100 so I woukd have thought you would have synced at the full speed regardless if cross talk was present. If cross talk was there, your Max would drop also.
Can someone clarify if I'm wrong as that's just the way I see it.
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NOPE look at his SNR and attenuation, his line is performing the best it can for the vdsl profile he is on. Although it says profile 30a NOBODY apart from one ISP i know of (a small local project) has that enabled neither BT or Eircom have it AFAIK (Bt defo do not). If it were available then he would get nearer 80Mb. Vectoring (AKA G.Vector) if that was also available would then give him the max of around 100Mb, again not available on BT or Eircom.

Eircom are a bit naughty calling their stuff upto 100Mb they base it on the max attainable rather than actual max real life thruput. I think they can get away with that little white lie as the regulator in ireland is different to Ofcom which covers the rest of the UK.

His line is performing basically as good as it can a resync may gain him another Mb or two but it could also lose a couple of Mb, i would leave well alone if i was him and be very happy with the performance.
 
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bitsNbobs said:
G.INP may have been enabled G.vector would not its not enabled on any of BTs network.
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Not quite correct, it is in extended trials at the moment on BT's network, so typically the odds of somebody having G.Vector enabled are slim to none, but still possible :P

I would have thought that people on the trial would be aware of it or not though. And besides enabling it on the router should have zero effect if you don't have it on your line, one of those silly options in the ASUS firmware like G.INP which should just be enabled by default.
 
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