BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

V_R · 30 Sep 2018 at 13:19

Yeah you can, Its what I use (unlocked) Its an amazing modem, rock stable. FWIW I use an Asus AC86u.

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Stats recorded 30 Sep 2018 13:18:12

DSLAM type / SW version:    BDCM:0xb12d (177.45) / v0xb12d
Modem/router firmware:      AnnexA version - A2pv6C038m.d24j
DSL mode:                   VDSL2 Profile 17a
Status:                     Showtime
Uptime:                     160 days 7 hours 39 min 57 sec
Resyncs:                    0 (since 30 Sep 2018 13:18:09)
          
                Downstream    Upstream
Line attenuation (dB):      14.1        0.0
Signal attenuation (dB):    Not available on VDSL2     
Connection speed (kbps):    79999        20000
SNR margin (dB):            6.3        13.8
Power (dBm):                13.5        4.4
Interleave depth:           16        1
INP:                        48.00        0
G.INP:                      Enabled        Not enabled
Vectoring status:           5 (VECT_UNCONFIGURED)     

RSCorr/RS (%):              0.0335        0.0000
RSUnCorr/RS (%):            0.0000        0.0000
ES/hour:                    0        0

Lartyconshayo · 30 Sep 2018 at 13:21

Do you need to unlock it to use it or it's just for line stats ?

bremen1874 · 30 Sep 2018 at 13:27

Just for the line stats.

RIZZEE · 30 Sep 2018 at 15:36

Is it relatively easy to set-up? Not too familiar with networking.

Lartyconshayo · 30 Sep 2018 at 19:34

RIZZEE said:
Is it relatively easy to set-up? Not too familiar with networking.

I would say so - I did a similar thing where I put my old ISP router in bridge mode using it as a modem and attached an ASUS router to it. I have a huawei modem and keep meaning to replace my new VDSL router with it as I prefer my ASUS router but I'm lazy. Not sure if I need to unlock the modem as I don't really go to that level of detail. All you're doing is having an ethernet cable out of the modem into the router - that's it

bremen1874 · 30 Sep 2018 at 19:38

Router + HG612 is trivially simple.

Connect them together and create a PPPoE connection on the router. No need for any special firmware or unlocking.

The only obvious exception is Sky because they use different authentication and you need to make sure the router supports it.

SupraWez · 1 Oct 2018 at 16:39

SupraWez said:
I have emailed Zen regarding the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme, they are showing up as a supplier so be interesting to see what they come back with, when I last spoke to them about FTTPoD they were not interested.

https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk

HEADRAT said:
Interesting, let us know how you get on.

They called me earlier today and sadly Zen are only offering Gigabit Voucher Scheme for leased lines and not FTTPoD, which they are still not offering

DragonQ · 1 Oct 2018 at 18:03

Noticed my downstream connection is now at 3.1 dB instead of 6.x dB. My sync speed has jumped from ~72 to ~78 Mb/s but actual download speeds haven't changed, still max out at ~70 Mb/s.

digitalwolf · 4 Oct 2018 at 12:23

I've moved house and from an Huawei cab with a HG612 running a 3db SNR and G.INP to a small ECI cab.

There is no G.INP on ECI cabs is there? I've not even bothered plugging in my HG612 and just stuck in the HH6 for now.

V_R · 4 Oct 2018 at 13:15

DragonQ said:
Noticed my downstream connection is now at 3.1 dB instead of 6.x dB. My sync speed has jumped from ~72 to ~78 Mb/s but actual download speeds haven't changed, still max out at ~70 Mb/s.

Probably have to wait for DLM to raise your profile?

digitalwolf said:
I've moved house and from an Huawei cab with a HG612 running a 3db SNR and G.INP to a small ECI cab.

There is no G.INP on ECI cabs is there? I've not even bothered plugging in my HG612 and just stuck in the HH6 for now.

No I don't think you get G.INP on ECI cabs. Yet.

Uhtred · 10 Oct 2018 at 20:40

I've been playing about with grafana and collecting some data from my trusty HG612 3b. So far I'm collecting SNR, power and attenuation. Is there anything else worth recording? FEC perhaps?

andy_mk3 · 10 Oct 2018 at 20:52

That's cool. I'll have to see if I can get anything out of my Draytek Vigor. I you pulling that via telegraf on snmp?

Uhtred · 10 Oct 2018 at 20:59

Unfortunately the HG612 doesn't have SNMP, or anything else clever that I can see, so instead I have a script to login via telnet, send the output of the stats command to a log file and parse it. It's a complete hack but the end result looks smart

andy_mk3 · 10 Oct 2018 at 21:13

Ah nicely done. I'm in the process of making a grafana graph, it's bloody time consuming though.

MG42Maniac · 31 Oct 2018 at 14:46

BT emailed me and asked if I wanted to join the Smart Hub 2 trial. I thought what the hell and accepted so should be getting my new Hub next week. What I really wanted was an email for a 1gbps trial but I can wait

Caged · 31 Oct 2018 at 22:55

MG42Maniac said:
BT emailed me and asked if I wanted to join the Smart Hub 2 trial. I thought what the hell and accepted so should be getting my new Hub next week. What I really wanted was an email for a 1gbps trial but I can wait

That would be the trial that you sign an NDA to be part of

robj20 · 6 Nov 2018 at 07:55

Anyone have an email for Openreach, i'm curious of the work they're doing in our street. New boxes at the top of each pole, alongside the current one. Part of m thinks G.Fast but i thought they had ditched that in favour of full fibre.

Simps · 6 Nov 2018 at 10:01

robj20 said:
Anyone have an email for Openreach, i'm curious of the work they're doing in our street. New boxes at the top of each pole, alongside the current one. Part of m thinks G.Fast but i thought they had ditched that in favour of full fibre.

Do they look like the boxes in this blog post (Someone shared it on here a while a go) http://andysworld.org.uk/tag/fttp/

robj20 · 6 Nov 2018 at 11:59

Will try and get a photo when i get home so i can have a look. My luck they're just replacing the standard but that would seem wasteful with FTTP being rolled out.

TJM · 6 Nov 2018 at 13:56

robj20 said:
Will try and get a photo when i get home so i can have a look. My luck they're just replacing the standard but that would seem wasteful with FTTP being rolled out.

It's likely to be FTTP. G.Fast, like FTTC, doesn't require any new infrastructure between you and the location of your local green cabinet.

What do Roadworks.org and the Openreach checker say?