Resetting IP Profile....Possible?

Jimathy

Jimathy

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Just wondering if it's at all possible to force a reset of an IP profile or get a connection to go back into a retraining period.

Reason is I have a connection that's got 6.5km of cable between it and the exchange and it's syncing at 160kbs down 448kbs up and has an IP profile of 233kbs. I ran some tests on a neighbors connection, further down the same line, and he syncs at 750kbs with an IP Profile of 512kbs.

I spoke to Eclipse who wouldn't budge as in their words "There's no fault'.
 
There isn't a fault....And it's beyond their control anyhow (aside from to reset it manually when you request it).

Just be glad your IP profile isn't <160kpbs.
 
Jimathy said:
Just wondering if it's at all possible to force a reset of an IP profile or get a connection to go back into a retraining period.

Reason is I have a connection that's got 6.5km of cable between it and the exchange and it's syncing at 160kbs down 448kbs up and has an IP profile of 233kbs. I ran some tests on a neighbors connection, further down the same line, and he syncs at 750kbs with an IP Profile of 512kbs.

I spoke to Eclipse who wouldn't budge as in their words "There's no fault'.
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Just because he's further down the line than you doesn't mean he should get the same speeds. Every pair of copper is different and is individually terminated several times between you and the exchange kit. Also he might have a better router than you...
Resetting your IP profile won't do anything unless you can get your sync rates up and keep them there, stable. The whole point of profiling is to keep your connection stable by limiting traffic to within a "comfortable" volume.
 
Isn't it a bit weird that he's getting a higher upload sync then download? Surely if the line is that bad then it would impact the upload sync.

To the OP have you tried the router connected to the master socket in the house with all other extension cabling removed? This would give you an idea of the fastest you're likely to get. Also what make of router is it? and does your neighbour have the same type?
 
It's not that unusual. Whether downstream or upstream is affected more Depends on where noise happens. If you have noise close to one end it can affect the signals differently. E.g At the customer end the downstream signals are at their weakest and are more vulnerable to noise than when they are close to origin.

There are also different frequencies at work. noise can affect the upstream frequency range more or less than the downstream sometimes.
 
IAmATeaf said:
Isn't it a bit weird that he's getting a higher upload sync then download? Surely if the line is that bad then it would impact the upload sync.
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As far as I'm aware the upload works on a different frequency from the download, so it's almost always set to 448kbps on standard ADSL. You know you've got a problem when your upload starts going funny though :p
 
Ok the connection used to sync up at 512kbps stable, all day every day. Although the router isn't plugged into the master socket, it is plugged into the the only socket the router can connect into as it is plugged into a microfiltered socket installed by a BT engineer when the connection was first installed, many years ago.

The neighbours line comes off the same pole as this line, and no his router isn't better.

There's still a few things I can try to see if a better speed can be achieved.

My other option is to take the connection from Eclipse (who seem to have gone to the dogs of late) and put it on my Enta reseller account.

Thanks for the input.
 
Jimathy said:
Ok the connection used to sync up at 512kbps stable, all day every day. Although the router isn't plugged into the master socket, it is plugged into the the only socket the router can connect into as it is plugged into a microfiltered socket installed by a BT engineer when the connection was first installed, many years ago.

The neighbours line comes off the same pole as this line, and no his router isn't better.

There's still a few things I can try to see if a better speed can be achieved.

My other option is to take the connection from Eclipse (who seem to have gone to the dogs of late) and put it on my Enta reseller account.

Thanks for the input.
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If your not in at the master socket, it may sound rough but its your doing. Try the test socket behind the filter faceplate, if it gets lower sync your service specific faceplate is ok.

As was stated above the copper (or aluminium) will have different characteristics.

Its not Eclipse and enta have gone to pot - you'll not get a better sync rate with a different ISP.

Option 1 pay BT to lay a new cable
Option 2 move closer to the exchange
 
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