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michty_me said:
It could well be very relevant probably depending how close a noisy source is located to the incoming line.
Power lines absolutely cripple my line causing thousands of errors a minute.
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I run the older version of these Tacima SC947 (older version has no test button), they can be picked up around £35

https://www.whathifi.com/tacima/cs947/review

I own I think 4 of the older version, I'm quite into HiFi and they definitely improve the sound (bring the base, and mids out). I'm also pretty certain they improved quality on my triple monitors on my PC (i'm a software dev run 3 monitors).

I also installed one at a friends house who was getting clicks into his Hi-Fi from his fridge, straight away improvement in sound quality, plus all the clicks into amplifier have gone.

Actually did a test with a power-line adapter on one, by connecting a power-line adapter into a mains conditioner, it did not fully filter out the power-line adapter, however it dramatically reduced it's speed, I can't remember what but was watching number in the TP Link power line ultility.

But you should definitely get one for your modem, they are not snake oil they definitely improve the mains. The other thing you should try is a twisted pair RJ11 cable, but only get the shortest run you need.

Another thing you can do! And there is some evidence to back this up, is double filter your VDSL line. Basically what you do is connect another ADSL/VDSL filter into the BT face place filter (so 2 filters in series), I do it and my connection is super stable.
 
JasonM said:
I'll be honest i'm not a Wifi fan, and most devices in my house run on cables. However I do have Wifi enabled on the 2860n and have it's output (TX) set at just 10% power.

I live in a 4 bedroom house that's been extended, what i'm getting at is if i'm managing on just 10% power how bad can it be.
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In the same environment running the same tests the EE provided box was twice as fast and provided a consistent speed throughout the transfers. The Draytek performance was all over the shop during the tests, could not maintain a consistent speed.

Shame really as do like the Drayteks and have used them for years for some things, just found the wireless lacking.
 
JasonM said:
I run the older version of these Tacima SC947 (older version has no test button), they can be picked up around £35

https://www.whathifi.com/tacima/cs947/review

I own I think 4 of the older version, I'm quite into HiFi and they definitely improve the sound (bring the base, and mids out). I'm also pretty certain they improved quality on my triple monitors on my PC (i'm a software dev run 3 monitors).

I also installed one at a friends house who was getting clicks into his Hi-Fi from his fridge, straight away improvement in sound quality, plus all the clicks into amplifier have gone.

Actually did a test with a power-line adapter on one, by connecting a power-line adapter into a mains conditioner, it did not fully filter out the power-line adapter, however it dramatically reduced it's speed, I can't remember what but was watching number in the TP Link power line ultility.

But you should definitely get one for your modem, they are not snake oil they definitely improve the mains. The other thing you should try is a twisted pair RJ11 cable, but only get the shortest run you need.

Another thing you can do! And there is some evidence to back this up, is double filter your VDSL line. Basically what you do is connect another ADSL/VDSL filter into the BT face place filter (so 2 filters in series), I do it and my connection is super stable.
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I'll definitely have a look into this for my connection and little network I hope to build.
I'm already using a twisted pair RJ11 cable. Have done for years. I think before I went away I had 1ES captured on DSL stats over 3 weeks.
 
Ev0 said:
In the same environment running the same tests the EE provided box was twice as fast and provided a consistent speed throughout the transfers. The Draytek performance was all over the shop during the tests, could not maintain a consistent speed.

Shame really as do like the Drayteks and have used them for years for some things, just found the wireless lacking.
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I believe you, why you were getting poor performance I don't know however. Will say I only use WiFi for my smart phone, maybe if I was connecting more devices maybe I would have noticed similar, have used them at work and Drayteks been ok for guest WiFi in office.

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I just had a think about this, the issue you describe sounds like a rate adaption issue. In the Advanced settings on my 2860 one of the setting is old and new Rate Adaptation Algorithm. Did you ever try any of the settings when trying to diagnose your WiFi issues?

As you see there is loads of settings on the Draytek to try and improve performance.

https://www.draytek.com/en/faq/faq-wlan/wlan.wireless-lan/how-to-improve-wi-fi-performance/
 
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Drayteks do tend to be reliable and feature rich but always found performance is lacking.

Used them for a few VDSL installs and in back to back comparison tests with other equipment they fell to far behind, we worked with Draytek to try and improve things, they supplied test firmwares etc but looked more like hardware limitiaitons so with their sign off we're able to return them for full refunds and went with another solution.

The support was great and this was their first generation VDSL units, I imagine things are better now but not tried any of the newer units.
 
JasonM said:
I'll be honest i'm not a Wifi fan, and most devices in my house run on cables. However I do have Wifi enabled on the 2860n and have it's output (TX) set at just 10% power.

I live in a 4 bedroom house that's been extended, what i'm getting at is if i'm managing on just 10% power how bad can it be.

Other then above I've owned my 2860n 4 years now, and not a single issue, lockup or reset in 4 years. I don't think the OP should buy a 2860 or 2862 as there total overkill on features for him, but I do believe there one of the most reliable router/modems out there.
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You can’t really compare the 2860n with the 2862ac because the wireless chipsets are completely different. The 2860n is 2.4GHz only whereas the 2862ac is 4x4 muMiMo 5GHz so it’s quite possible the 2860n does indeed give stonking 2.4GHz coverage but the 2862ac is a touch “meh” in comparison.
 
Historically the wireless in the DrayTek 28nn/29nn series routers has been pretty poor.

I've always bought the wires only versions and arranged something else for wireless. As they've usually been installed into server or comms racks the wireless wouldn't have much chance anyway.
 
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