RT-AC86U 384.16 Hi, I updated to the latest Merlin firmware this morning (about 9 am) and since doing so my NE CRC count has gone up to 326598 over 5 hours. ...

[Mrk26]

I won’t be suprised if modem with broadcom chipset will be better on his line, hope that these FEC errors don’t turn in to CRC as there will be no FEC on downstream if he manage to jump on fastpath.

You need to login in order to vote

[UK Sentinel]

Mrk26 wrote:

I won’t be suprised if modem with broadcom chipset will be better on his line, hope that these FEC errors don’t turn in to CRC as there will be no FEC on downstream if he manage to jump on fastpath.

Given @Bully line history, I think also Broadcom should be more robust with his noisy line –

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

You need to login in order to vote

[Bully]

Not had chance to swap modems yet.

Todays stats –

———————- ATU-R Info (hw: annex A, f/w: annex A/B/C) ———–
Running Mode            :      17A       State                : SHOWTIME
DS Actual Rate          : 35000000 bps   US Actual Rate       : 10760000 bps
DS Attainable Rate      : 44789800 bps   US Attainable Rate   : 10862952 bps
DS Path Mode            :  Interleave    US Path Mode         :        Fast
DS Interleave Depth     :     1520       US Interleave Depth  :        1
NE Current Attenuation  :       20 dB    Cur SNR Margin       :        5  dB
DS actual PSD           :     6. 4 dB    US actual PSD        :    12. 2  dB
NE CRC Count            :        1       FE CRC Count         :     4047
NE ES Count             :        1       FE  ES Count         :     2647
Xdsl Reset Times        :        0       Xdsl Link  Times     :        1
ITU Version[0]          : fe004452       ITU Version[1]       : 41590000
VDSL Firmware Version   : 05-07-06-0D-01-07   [with Vectoring support]
Power Management Mode   : DSL_G997_PMS_L0
Test Mode               : DISABLE
——————————– ATU-C Info ———————————
Far Current Attenuation :       27 dB    Far SNR Margin       :        6  dB
CO ITU Version[0]       : b5004946       CO ITU Version[1]    : 544ed086
DSLAM CHIPSET VENDOR    : < IFTN >
> vdsl status more

———————- ATU-R Info (hw: annex A, f/w: annex A/B/C) ———–
Near End        Far End    Note
Trellis      :      1               1
Bitswap      :      1               1
ReTxEnable   :      0               0
VirtualNoise :      0               0
20BitSupport :      0               0
LatencyPath  :      0               0
LOS          :      0               0
LOF          :      0               0
LPR          :      0               0
LOM          :      0               0
SosSuccess   :      0               0
NCD          :      0               0
LCD          :      0               0
FECS         :   44719510            53836 (seconds)
ES           :      1            2647 (seconds)
SES          :      0              31 (seconds)
LOSS         :      0               1 (seconds)
UAS          :     33            83077 (seconds)
HECError     :      0               0
CRC          :      1            4047
RsCorrection :      0               0
INP          :      0              40 (symbols)
InterleaveDelay :      0            1500 (1/100 ms)
NFEC         :    255              61
RFEC         :     16              16
LSYMB        :   2887            11974
INTLVBLOCK   :    255              61
AELEM        :      0            —-
> vdsl status counts

[ Counters: Showtime ]
Near End        Far End    Note
ElapsedTime  :   150452            150452 (seconds)
CRC          :      1            4047
FEC          :   44719578            53836
HEC          :      0               0
CRC_P        :      0               0
CRCP_P       :      0               0
CVP_P        :      0               0
NCD          :      0               0
LCD          :      0               0
ES           :      1            2647
SES          :      0              31
LOSS         :      0               1
UAS          :      0               0
LOFS         :      0               0
[ Counters: 15Min ]
Near End        Far End    Note
ElapsedTime  :    573             573 (seconds)
CRC          :      0               0
FEC          :   1390               0
HEC          :      0               0
CRC_P        :      0               0
CRCP_P       :      0               0
CVP_P        :      0               0
NCD          :      0               0
LCD          :      0               0
ES           :      0               0
SES          :      0               0
LOSS         :      0               0
UAS          :      0               0
LOFS         :      0               0
[ Counters: 1DAY ]
Near End        Far End    Note
ElapsedTime  :   86073            86073 (seconds)
CRC          :      0               0
FEC          :   40171738               0
HEC          :      0               0
CRC_P        :      0               0
CRCP_P       :      0               0
CVP_P        :      0               0
NCD          :      0               0
LCD          :      0               0
ES           :      0               0
SES          :      0               0
LOSS         :      0               0
UAS          :      0               0
LOFS         :      0               0

You need to login in order to vote

[UK Sentinel]

Lots of FEC’s – does look as thou your DS Actual Rate is stuck at 35000000 bps – both @Mrk26 and I are looking forward to your modem swap  ;-)

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

Liked by:

You need to login in order to vote

[Bully]

I noticed while I had the HG612 powered on to check I had unlocked it and to change its IP address for about an hour it got fairly hot, is that normal?

You need to login in order to vote

[Mrk26]

@Bully

Leave him on, it may get a little warm. Check stats from telnet or dsl stats program (gui give wrong info) and see if there is excess amount of errors. If it’s really hot and there will be a lots of errors than it may be no good, but if amount of errors will be low with warm modem it will mean that just working hard 😉

Edit,

With 40 milions of FEC per day you have really low chances to get any better.

You need to login in order to vote

[Bully]

Tried a quiet line test (not in test socket) and there is noise on the line.

You need to login in order to vote

[Mrk26]

I believe you need to do on test socket where everything else is disconnected, if you do on filtered faceplate your other telephone (extension) may cause false results.

You need to login in order to vote

[Bully]

I will pick up an old corded phone tomorrow and try that in the test socket, if there is noise I will have to contact BT.

You need to login in order to vote

[Mrk26]

Yes, as the noise on line will indicate a fault. Did you do test on phone which is connected to extension with modem connected?

You need to login in order to vote

[UK Sentinel]

Bully wrote:

I will pick up an old corded phone tomorrow and try that in the test socket, if there is noise I will have to contact BT.

Line noise via wifi phone or corded phone should not matter, good news that you heard like a hissing / crackling noise, whilst you was listening, did the tone change of the noise as this can indicate water on the DSL line etc.?

BT responsibility ends (includes) at the master socket, . I picked up a corded phone from Argos (£8) and both wifi and corded phone had same noise.

If you do re-test make sure only corded phone is plugged into phone slot on master socket (if pos) on face plate (not test socket) unless u get bored .

Regarding BT HG612 (B) modem, they do get warm, but not hot, make sure it is not sitting on top anything generating heat and has good ventilation (not in cupboard) – the version (2) got hot but (3) were OK

If noise on line continues, I would plug back in DrayTeK 130 modem and ask BT to test line and to send an Engineer out etc .

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

You need to login in order to vote

[Bully]

I have not plugged in the HG612 yet to use as modem.  It does get more than warm after an hour just being turn on and not doing any work.  It is the B version.  I am hoping to do the quiet line test straight after dinner tonight.  If the noise is there I will hopefully call BT tonight.

Do I have to unplug modem to do line test?

You need to login in order to vote

[UK Sentinel]

Bully wrote:

I have not plugged in the HG612 yet to use as modem. It does get more than warm after an hour just being turn on and not doing any work. It is the B version. I am hoping to do the quiet line test straight after dinner tonight. If the noise is there I will hopefully call BT tonight. Do I have to unplug modem to do line test?

Yes!

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

You need to login in order to vote

[Bully]

The quiet line test was not as bad at the master socket with the corded phone, but can just about hear some hissing.  Tried to call BT and they are extremely busy and saying only call if it is an emergency. Not sure whether to bother them with my fault or not as although the speed has dropped and i’m getting extremely high FECS i’m not getting disconnects and it is still functioning.

You need to login in order to vote

[UK Sentinel]

A decision for your conscious I am afraid, but does sound as though there is some noise on the line which needs to be looked at, just depends on how long you can put up with it ?

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

You need to login in order to vote

[Author]

Posts