Line speed question

Sukh · 21 Jul 2010 at 11:16

Estimated line speed:
2.5 - Checked on 2010-07-13 12:13:41
Current line speed:
7150

At the moment my router is connected at 160kbs down stream and the above suggests it should be much faster? I've only had the connection switched over yesterday so is it just my ip profile taking time to update?
If so can I make it go faster?

Sukh · 21 Jul 2010 at 22:29

Exchange: LWWRA

ISP: PlusNet Extra

Line Stats:
ADSL Link Downstream / Upstream
Connection Speed 160 kbps / 128 kbps
Line Attenuation 50.0 db / 31.5 db
Noise Margin 19.5 db / 6 db

I will run the BT thing later when everyone has gone to bed

Also is 7150 = 7.1meg?

Sukh · 21 Jul 2010 at 22:45

Thanks, we used to sync at 8mb with old isp (o2) but got booted for fup of 10gig, we have just switched over yesterday and have been told for the first ten days it will vary until they find best trade off between reliability and speed.

The margin is probably due to it being on an extension of an extension in the house and not in the master socket which never helps. But I can't move it now as they said the more you disconnect it, the longer it will take to band the ip profile and hence speed.

Does 7150 = 7.1mb the router doesn't make it clear from the stats in my first post.

Sukh · 21 Jul 2010 at 23:10

It used to get 8mb in the exact same spot so it should be fine. The house is unfortunately wired with cat5 to that spot so moving it wouldn't make much sense.

Sukh · 22 Jul 2010 at 20:50

Nope, I dunno whats up as we used to get a solid 8mb and live less than one mile from the exchange.

We got a second line put in which may be causing issues but everything has a filter, after 72 hours up time I am going to move it to the master socket and see if it makes a difference.

Sukh · 22 Jul 2010 at 21:18

Yeh it feels like dial up

But I have been told that you need 72 hours minimum at a certain connection to move to that banding and the line is currently 7150, so my hope is that it moves towards soon, if not after 72 hour wait I will move the modem/router.

Will let you know how it goes/complain like a baby about why it didn't work tomorrow at ten.

Sukh · 22 Jul 2010 at 22:28

Cheers, I will definitely reconnect at the master socket tomorrow at ten. I read on the plusnet forum that they require a stable line for 72 hours before they can reband, and seeing as the wait will be sleep time I will just wait it out just in case.
I'm fairly certain you are right, but for the sake of waiting till tomorrow morning.

Sukh · 23 Jul 2010 at 10:29

You guys were right, I plugged it in the master socket:

ADSL Link Downstream / Upstream
Connection Speed 7616 kbps / 448 kbps
Line Attenuation 19.5 db / 8.5 db
Noise Margin 12.0 db / 23 db

It still feels really really slow, I have the netgear DG834G V5, have I missed something in config with ping or something? I just changed settings in Basic and ADSL.

Sukh · 23 Jul 2010 at 10:33

Cheers, I have a question regarding my router, I have seen a guide here:

http://www.adsl2forum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8214

I didn't do the autosetup bit, have I cocked it up?
Also should I use these custom firmwares? UBERGT or DGTeam?

I am a complete nub with this and think the autosetup may have been important? (Step 2) I just put my password and settings in as the isp told me they were?

Sukh · 23 Jul 2010 at 10:46

Thanks for the help

Is there anyway I can make it change my ip profile faster? Like use youtube or tax the bandwidth more?

Sukh · 23 Jul 2010 at 11:15

Yeah you were very right

Will just have to be patient for a while as things improve.

benftl said:
Try moving it now, the rate you're on atm is silly and I don't see it improving any time soon.

Sukh · 23 Jul 2010 at 13:48

Download speedachieved during the test was - 214 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :7616 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 6500 Kbps

I just did a BT speed test and found these, something is wrong?

Sukh · 23 Jul 2010 at 16:37

Also its asking to do more tests and login as a bt test user?

Sukh · 24 Jul 2010 at 00:02

I have put a post on their forum as they seem to be pretty good at getting back to people and I will try to find where to raise a ticket tomorrow.
Its really frustrating not being able to use youtube or downloads going along at 20B/s instead of 800B/s.

Sukh · 24 Jul 2010 at 09:42

They seem to think it is because I keep turning my router off and on to do tests, but my profile is fine so BT don't think I have a bad connection/line.
They also suggest it could be my wiring in the house, but it is plugged into the master socket and all other phones (one DECT station with multiple handsets) are filtered. So that's not the answer.