(Ted Harding) wrote:
On 11-Jun-06 Ian bell wrote:
I currently have an Origo (cheap) wireless modem (802.11b) which was fine until my ADSL connection was upgraded to MAX ADSL (8Mbps max). It is fine much of the time but seems to perform less well with time. A reboot fixes it for a while.
So I thought I might upgrade to an 802.11g wireless ADSL modem. I don't actually need any ethernet ports as all PCs in my network (2-off) are connected wirelessly. So I am looking for product recommendations, especially ones known to cope well with the current higher ADSL speeds. (some extra range would be nice too).
Ian
Are you sure it's the modem?
No.
Compared with old ADSL, MAX tends
to fluctuate a lot, and you can easily get temporary disconnections when it switches to a different sync rate. This especially occurs during the first few (can be up to double figures) days.
I am well past the upgrade cycle. I get lots (several tens) of disconnections a day, some lasting a second and some lasting several minutes. Sync rate has settled down though.
When you reboot, it's all fresh and easy-going for a while, until it decides to fiddle with things. For all that MAX claims to home in on your "maximum stable rate", a lot of people have found it to be persistently *un*stable.
That's me. In some ways I was happier with my 2Mbps link - at least it was pretty consistent.
Even when it holds the sync rate steady, the actual download throughput can vary considerably.
I am aware of that. At present I get a steady deterioration. Ealier this evening it was down to 190kbps - then after a reset it was back to its normal 3800kbps.
For protracted discussions of this sort of phenomenon, have a trawl throught the Zen Broadband Support Forum:
There has been a lot of discussion of this too on my isp's (ukfsn) forum.
Ian