(Ted Harding) wrote:
That's a lot of disconnections! Whle (on a relatively poor line) I was getting up to say 20/day during the first 3-4 weeks, t did later settle down to say 3-6. But sync rate tended to fluctuate (until I did something about it), mainly I suspect because "BT" reckoned I could be speeded up during good line conditions, only to drop me a bit later when this proved unsustainable. Now I've set a config parameter in my router which caps its sync rate,
Which paramter would that be and which router do you have?
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I've tried a few times to find a forum on UKFSN's website -- since I'm interested in reading what their users say -- but never found a link to one on their website. Is it restricted to UKFSN subscribers, or am I simply missing something?
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I don't know if it is limited only to ukfsn users though.
Frankly, this Max is proving a bit bewildering to many people. It has a tendency to perform unsatisfactorily, and it seems to be impossible to probe into the background reasons. In particular, it always raises the question of whether it's BT, or the line, or the user's own equipment.
Precisely. I have moved the router from a convenient phone socket to the (less convenient) master socket. This improved the signal/noise by a dB or so but little else has changed. I need to eliminate my own wiring before blaming BT. Next test is to disconnect internal phone wiring altogether at the master socket. If the problem persists I'll complain to BT. I complained pre ADSL becuase e have always had a lot of hum on the line. BT came out and checked it, said the hum was ecceptable and anyway that the Overstrand Exhange was known to hum - go figure.
I've also seen people asking for advice on whether there are better routers than the one they're using; but few replies have really addressed the question.
Jason Clifford, who runs UKFSN, replied to this same question as follows:
QUOTE I recently switched to the PTI-845G router on the linuxadsl website and it is a significant improvement over what I was using before.
My line had a maximum speed of 1Mb before MAX and then about 3Mb. With the new router I'm getting over 6Mb sync and nearly 6Mb/s download.
I don't have any stock in at present however I'm going to try and get some in this week. I'm also getting in stock of the other wireless router we sell a lot of.
Jason
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So even the guy running the ISP has problems with it.
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