Anyone Using an Asus DSL-AC68U

bulldog147 · 5 Oct 2014 at 12:57

Jez said:
How does the 8800 compare with the Openreach HG612?

8800 are better than Openreach Modem see here: http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=14030.0

Randell Floyd · 5 Oct 2014 at 13:43

Jez said:
They are #245 from the tax doging super site which i am assuming you mean?

#158 is an amazing price, i have to assume its a stolen batch

My bad there's a DSL version which I hadn't spotted.

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 14:17

Cool, worth looking into then

ViRuS2k · 5 Oct 2014 at 17:31

its been posted out today

lol

yeah its the DSL version there like £199 on ocuk and £179 on one other place

so £158 + Free first class delivery is a steal

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cant wait to give this router a try also it has in built SNR tweaking ability

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 17:32

Snr tweaking on fttc?

ViRuS2k · 5 Oct 2014 at 17:55

Jez said:
Snr tweaking on fttc?

yeah

its in the routers wan dsl settings you can change snr

you can also telnet into the router and change it

but the settings are already in the router.

Jez · 5 Oct 2014 at 18:16

Does this actually work? I didnt think you could manipulate SNR on VDSL2 FTTC :confused:

bulldog147 · 6 Oct 2014 at 00:54

No, u are wrong! SNR tweak cannot do it on FTTC! Only on ADSL2+ but not FTTC. It will not work!

Openreach SIN 498 FTTC DLM section specifically says it should not be tweaked. (At the time I tried, it didn't).

Note : It is the DLM system that sets the line profile, and this should not be interfered with by CPs/users setting rates, SNR margins etc. at the modem.

Makara · 6 Oct 2014 at 04:01

bulldog147 said:
4121 CRC Down error in 1 day is not good. U might get DLM interleaving soon

6 days on it's now at 4927, so it seems to have settled down somewhat.

Jez · 6 Oct 2014 at 09:16

bulldog147 said:
No, u are wrong! SNR tweak cannot do it on FTTC! Only on ADSL2+ but not FTTC. It will not work!

Openreach SIN 498 FTTC DLM section specifically says it should not be tweaked. (At the time I tried, it didn't).

Note : It is the DLM system that sets the line profile, and this should not be interfered with by CPs/users setting rates, SNR margins etc. at the modem.

Are you saying that it does or doesnt work? I am guessing english isnt your first language

I think you are saying that you cannot tweak it, which is what i said, and what i thought......

Scottland · 6 Oct 2014 at 09:42

As far as I was aware, it doesn't work/do anything on FTTC

Jez · 6 Oct 2014 at 10:57

Thats what i understood too, i am not sure what bulldog147 was getting at

ViRuS2k · 7 Oct 2014 at 12:20

well guys my DSL _ AC68U arrived

brand spanking new

though i have been testing it for a bit and it does not seem to be as good as the netgear dgnd 3300v2 that i had on my line.

i could sync @ 23541 but with this router i can only sync @ 20477 using SNR tweak -1 giving me a SNR of around 1.1-2.0 out of default 6.0 i have the latest firware installed aswell.

seems this router is best suited to people with longer lines.... so far though no issues with stability but the max i can get SNR with it is around 3.0-4.0 with 3 enabled for snr if i select 1 it defaults to 5.0 snr... ohh well i only have to put up with this until my fibre gets enabled on the 14th

also the UI keeps freezing on me i have to keep refreshing the page lol, it gets a bit annoying also.

Jez · 7 Oct 2014 at 12:48

I think most people are buying these for use with VDSL, if anyone has any further comparisons of this modem vs the openreach supplied models it would make interesting reading

pioneer2000 · 7 Oct 2014 at 13:34

ViRuS2k said:
well guys my DSL _ AC68U arrived brand spanking new

though i have been testing it for a bit and it does not seem to be as good as the netgear dgnd 3300v2 that i had on my line.

What's the wireless range like compared to the dgnd3300?

Evil Shubunkin · 7 Oct 2014 at 16:34

Jez said:
I think most people are buying these for use with VDSL, if anyone has any further comparisons of this modem vs the openreach supplied models it would make interesting reading

In a nutshell - the OR modems are a better bet. Sure you end up with two devices being powered, but at least they're tested and stable. Each time I have tried the DSL-AC68U, I've ended up seeing lots of CRC errors and interleaving has been enabled by DLM. Return to the OR modem and a few days later interleaving is removed.

I have the ECI modem and the cabinet is also ECI, other people may have less issues if their cabinets are the Huawei one as this may be more compatible with the modem chipset in the DSL-AC68U.

ViRuS2k · 7 Oct 2014 at 18:22

pioneer2000 said:
What's the wireless range like compared to the dgnd3300?

kicks the arse in wireless signal quality over my netgear.

pioneer2000 · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:01

Thanks, that's good to know - bagged one myself, so hoping I also don't get a box full of bricks!

ViRuS2k · 7 Oct 2014 at 19:18

fixed my issue

got my original SYNC back with 0.0db SNR

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granted there is a little bit of crc erroring but that was the same on my netgear and it performed awesomely

Jez · 7 Oct 2014 at 20:22

Evil Shubunkin said:
In a nutshell - the OR modems are a better bet. Sure you end up with two devices being powered, but at least they're tested and stable. Each time I have tried the DSL-AC68U, I've ended up seeing lots of CRC errors and interleaving has been enabled by DLM. Return to the OR modem and a few days later interleaving is removed.

I have the ECI modem and the cabinet is also ECI, other people may have less issues if their cabinets are the Huawei one as this may be more compatible with the modem chipset in the DSL-AC68U.

Seems a total waste of time then

When we finally get FTTC enabled i will just go with an OR HG612 modem (already sourced and unlocked) to match the huawei cabinet which is sat there dormant from months ago

(). Then i can simply connect that to my regular existing routing/switching.