Craig855S Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 did you turn the wifi off when u plugged the cable in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 did you turn the wifi off when u plugged the cable in? hmmmmm errrrrrrrrr no comment Tbh I always thought once you conected the cable it overuled the wifi? Just switchedd off wifi to try it and it's still identical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 only things you could do is dont use extensions if you have them in terms of where the router is plugged into.Have you tested after midnight? Tested after midnight now and got exactly the same results, at least it's consistant! Been doing more and more digging tonight and it's definately an exchange problem. Everyone in the are is going nuts. On the BT speed checker they only quote an available speed of 1-3meg on this line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluliz Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 only things you could do is dont use extensions if you have them in terms of where the router is plugged into.Have you tested after midnight? Tested after midnight now and got exactly the same results, at least it's consistant! Been doing more and more digging tonight and it's definately an exchange problem. Everyone in the are is going nuts. On the BT speed checker they only quote an available speed of 1-3meg on this line. Then to be getting 2.87 count yourself lucky. There is nothing you can do except move house or pay thousands for a dedicated services, Fibre etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 only things you could do is dont use extensions if you have them in terms of where the router is plugged into.Have you tested after midnight? Tested after midnight now and got exactly the same results, at least it's consistant! Been doing more and more digging tonight and it's definately an exchange problem. Everyone in the are is going nuts. On the BT speed checker they only quote an available speed of 1-3meg on this line. Then to be getting 2.87 count yourself lucky. There is nothing you can do except move house or pay thousands for a dedicated services, Fibre etc. My thoughts exactly, it's suffice for my needs wouldn't have hurt if I could've gave it a wee boost though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 The internet in Scotland = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRic Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 The internet in Scotland = Well I aint moving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 The internet in Scotland = Set up a WISP then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 ADSL is very very sensitive to changes in line condition, noise ECT Best thing to to is access your router homepage and try and find out the sync rate of your broadband - sync is the transfer speed between the router and the DSLAM at the local exchange, the DSLAM pretty much being a fancy modem.To access your router homepage you need to find out the gateway address. To do this press the windows+r keys, a box will pop up. Type cmd into the box and hit enter, The command prompt will pop up. Type ipconfig and press enter. You will be displayed with your IP address ECT. Take note of the Default Gateway and input this address into your web browser. This will bring up your router homepage. You may be asked for a username and password. If its a sky netgear then if I remember correctly the username will admin and the password sky. All going well you should be into a status page. You will see Downstream rate/speed and Upload rate/speed. Take note of the downstream, This is your sync speed and as a general rule of thumb you'll get about 80% of this speed on your speed tests. Few other things to note are Attenuation and Noise Margins - these indicate the levels of noise on the line. Attenuation shouldn't really exceed 60db. Noise margin shouldn't be lower then 7 If all this looks fine and your sync speed is much higher than you are actually getting then you are probably looking at congestion issues/latency over the network. If your sync speed is about as low as the speeds your getting and you know you have had higher then you may be looking at some sort of fault. What happens when instability is detected on your line automated exchange equipment will normally lower your line speed to avoid drop-outs. This can be cause by line faults/dodgy equipment in your exchange or faulty kit at your end. Make sure you have your filter plugged direct to the main socket. Every other socket with a device on it like phone ECT should be filtered as well. Router should then be plugged direct to the filter with the supplied cable. Pretty much if all the above checks out then id call your ISP and ask that they check your line for downstream errored seconds and consistency checks and also ask what your fault acceptance speed is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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