ROUTER HELP

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I currently have a DuoPlus 300wr Router from telkom
Will my download speeds increase if i get a better router and which one should i get. I want to use about 2 wireless connections aswell.
thanks mybb
 
Your download speeds might increase if you're using torrents with more than 50 concurrent connections, but otherwise it won't.

If you have like a 10Mbps ADSL connection, and the modem is only synchronizing at like 6Mbps due to poor SNR margins, then a better ADSL modem will most definitely make a difference in terms of speed.
So if you have a 4Mbps+ connection, I would suggest that you post your ADSL statistics here, which you should be able to get off that ADSL modem's web interface.
 
I only Have a 384k line. So It probably wont make a difference than. But thank you. I learn more each day (of how i need a better line)
 
I don't mean to hi-jack this thread but I'd just like to get some opinions since I have a similar issue with my line only being able to sync at 2048/512 on a 10Mbit enabled exchange. From what I can tell according to my line attenuation, I simply live too far away from the exchange to reach a higher speed, but then again I've had this Telkom Marconi vintage router since I got my 192kbps ADSL back in the day... maybe a new router will help? :]

Showtime Firmware Version: 3.30
Line State: SHOWTIME
Modulation: G.dmt
Annex Mode: ANNEX_A
Startup Attempts: 4
Max Tx Power: -38 dBm/Hz
CO Vendor: UNUSED_VENDOR_0
Elaspsed Time: 5 days 1 hours 1 minutes 22 seconds


Downstream Upstream

SNR Margin 16.8 14.0 dB
Line Attenuation 51.3 30.0 dB
Errored Seconds 720 2984
Loss of Signal 3 3
Loss of Frame 0 0
CRC Errors 857 3916
Data Rate 2048 512 kbps
Latency FAST FAST
 
DeatheCore:
You're living too far from the DSLAM/Exchange to have any chance of getting 4Mbps or faster ADSL connection - no matter what ADSL modem you're using.
Why don't you just downgrade to 1Mbps so that you at least have a stable ADSL connection and save some money...
 
Pada said:
DeatheCore:
You're living too far from the DSLAM/Exchange to have any chance of getting 4Mbps or faster ADSL connection - no matter what ADSL modem you're using.
Why don't you just downgrade to 1Mbps so that you at least have a stable ADSL connection and save some money...
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I figured as much... Thanks anyway. Maybe I'll just downgrade for the meanwhile until they revamp my area's interwebs ;]
 
DeatheCore said:
Modulation: G.dmt

Downstream Upstream

SNR Margin 16.8 14.0 dB
Line Attenuation 51.3 30.0 dB
Errored Seconds 720 2984
Loss of Signal 3 3
Loss of Frame 0 0
CRC Errors 857 3916
Data Rate 2048 512 kbps
Latency FAST FAST
Click to expand...

You're still syncing with normal ADSL(G.Dmt)

Your exchange might be 10Mb enabled(Read ADSL2+), but either your modem doesn't support ADSL2+ or you haven't been moved to the new ADSL2+ equipment.

If your modem doesn't support ADSL2+ and you have been move to the new equipment getting a modem that support ADSL2+ might help increase your line speed, not by much though maybe 1Mb or 2Mb as ADSL2+ supports higher speeds over slightly greate distances than normal ADSL. Also a modem with a better/newer chipset might give better Attenuation and SNR values which in turn mean you can sync at higher speeds.
 
grim:
The attenuation won't change with another ADSL modem, unless you mess around with the bin allocation such that your ADSL uses a completely different frequency range, in which case you'll be worse off.

Using ADSL2+ modulation might result in better SNR margins, but so far I've seen the opposite: G.Dmt modulation giving better SNR margins than ADSL2+
 
DeatheCore said:
I don't mean to hi-jack this thread but I'd just like to get some opinions since I have a similar issue with my line only being able to sync at 2048/512 on a 10Mbit enabled exchange. From what I can tell according to my line attenuation, I simply live too far away from the exchange to reach a higher speed, but then again I've had this Telkom Marconi vintage router since I got my 192kbps ADSL back in the day... maybe a new router will help? :]

Showtime Firmware Version: 3.30
Line State: SHOWTIME
Modulation: G.dmt
Annex Mode: ANNEX_A
Startup Attempts: 4
Max Tx Power: -38 dBm/Hz
CO Vendor: UNUSED_VENDOR_0
Elaspsed Time: 5 days 1 hours 1 minutes 22 seconds


Downstream Upstream

SNR Margin 16.8 14.0 dB
Line Attenuation 51.3 30.0 dB
Errored Seconds 720 2984
Loss of Signal 3 3
Loss of Frame 0 0
CRC Errors 857 3916
Data Rate 2048 512 kbps
Latency FAST FAST
Click to expand...

CRC errors indicate a problem somewhere on your line so I would report it to telkom
 
grim said:
Your exchange might be 10Mb enabled(Read ADSL2+), but either your modem doesn't support ADSL2+ or you haven't been moved to the new ADSL2+ equipment.

If your modem doesn't support ADSL2+ and you have been move to the new equipment getting a modem that support ADSL2+ might help increase your line speed, not by much though maybe 1Mb or 2Mb as ADSL2+ supports higher speeds over slightly greate distances than normal ADSL. Also a modem with a better/newer chipset might give better Attenuation and SNR values which in turn mean you can sync at higher speeds.
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Apparently with my line attenuation, ADSL2+ won't make a difference at all.
http://users.on.net/richard.moulynox/whirlpool/adsl2calculatorv1.xls

I've spoken to Telkom too many times, there is nothing that can be done for my area (for now) :[
 
PM telephone DSL number, will get some tests requested before you decide new router.

Some routers "manage" link better based on newer algorithms for SNR/Attn, sometimes they can get worse in ADSL 2+.

Understand GDMt works upto 8 meg using 256 bins or frequencies spaced inside 1.1 megahertz, ADSL2+ upto 27 meg is 512 bins within 2.2 megHz, adjacent workers could influence but because more bins to send info, can be better over short distance and worse over long distance as attenuation gets worse..
 
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note contention for 38K, more users transferring simultaneously will slow individual transfer, managing volume transfers will help.
 
Dosti said:
PM telephone DSL number, will get some tests requested before you decide new router.

Some routers "manage" link better based on newer algorithms for SNR/Attn, sometimes they can get worse in ADSL 2+.

Understand GDMt works upto 8 meg using 256 bins or frequencies spaced inside 1.1 megahertz, ADSL2+ upto 27 meg is 512 bins within 2.2 megHz, adjacent workers could influence but because more bins to send info, can be better over short distance and worse over long distance as attenuation gets worse..
Click to expand...

G.dmt actually does up to 12 megs but your line attenuation and distance to the exchange has to be very good compared to ADSL 2+ requirements.
 
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