3rd party router replacement

[Morbious]

@Skull+Treaty 

just noticed on that one its sadly only ethernet connection although its vdsl2 so im getting one from my friends shop Scan Computers now

ASUS DSL AC55U Wireless AC Broadand Router for ADSL/VDSL/Cabl ASUS DSL-AC55U AC1200 ADSL/VDSL WiFi Modem Router, 1167Mbps, Dual-Band, a/b/g/n/ac, USB2.0, for ADSL2+/VDSL2/Cable/Fibre

as that one caters for both connections dsl and cable sockets

[Skull+Treaty]

@Morbious 

Pretty sure that @cookiemonsteruk has used one of those without issue.

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Skull+Treaty 

@Morbious 

Mine is pan euroean model caters for ewan and uk style rj ports. 

[Skull+Treaty]

@cookiemonsteruk 

@Morbious Was looking at the RT-AC85P,  then noted it wasn't a modem/router and is now going to get the DSL AC55U. Isn't that the one you used for a while?

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Skull+Treaty 

Yes, i got it up and running using just the cloned MAC address of the sky router (although not necessary has a higher chance of retaining the same public ip address) and used a reverse DNS PTR to generate an 8 character hex hostname unique to that ip address.   Format [8 character hostname].bb.sky.com. So i used the 8 character as hostname.  A conversation with someone else on this forum confirmed username was mac address router@skydsl and only worked when he used sky router MAC

[Morbious]

i feel im at an aircraft display as all this has gone over my head lol

[Morbious]

hi guys

@Skull+Treaty @mae-3 @cookiemonsteruk 

great news new router arrived noon today from scan computers and connected straight away from one simple isp click lol sky - fibre and no drops or anything so finally got there 🙂

thankyou for all your help 😉

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Morbious 

I noticed that when i installed under isp sky(mer) that username and password weren't really necessary. The main verification was the automatic client identifier dhcp 61

[Skull+Treaty]

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@Morbious wrote:

hi guys

@Skull+Treaty @mae-3 @cookiemonsteruk 

great news new router arrived noon today from scan computers and connected straight away from one simple isp click lol sky - fibre and no drops or anything so finally got there 🙂

thankyou for all your help 😉

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Awesome news - glad its all sorted 🙂

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Morbious 

Here some dsl setting tweaks from Asus tech

1. DSL Modulation

You can choose a proper modulation type. If you do not know it exactly, please leave it as "Auto Sync-Up" (Default value).

02. ANNEX Mode

Please ask for your ISP which Annex mode your line is. If you are not sure, please try to set "A/I/J/L/M" firstly. If DSL LED is not flashing after 60 seconds, please set to "B/J" and try again.

03. Dynamic Line Adjustment (DLA)

This item allows system to monitor the DSL line and it's designed to maintain stability of the line. Based on current line condition, necessary changes will be adopted. However, if you want to configure settings by yourself, please set it to "Disabled".

04. Stability Adjustment (ADSL)

This is for ADSL mode. You can set negative value to for better stability and positive value to for better performance. Unless your line is very stable, otherwise, we suggest you don't set a high positive value. Note that this item will be adjusted automatically if “Dynamic Line Adjustment (DLA)” is enabled.

05. Rx AGC GAIN Adjustment (ADSL)

This item configures Rx AGC (Auto Gain Control) GAIN for ADSL if ADSL connection is still unstable after tweaking the Stability Adjustment (ADSL) setting and has some CRC then could set to Stable mode.

06. Stability Adjustment (VDSL)

This item allows you to tweak the target SNR Margin of VDSL.

Please go to "System Log - DSL Log", find downstream SNR Margin firstly.

For instance,with a downstream SNR Margin at 8dB, you could set to 7dB or lower to maximize the downstream performance, 4dB (Max. performance) but please note the lower value it is, DSL modem router will be weaker to defend the line noise.Therefore, interruption might occur so please adjust with proper value. However, if VDSL connection is unstable or unable to establish a connection, for this case then set to a higher value such as 9dB ~ 30dB.

07. Rx AGC GAIN Adjustment (VDSL)

This item configures Rx AGC (Auto Gain Control) GAIN for VDSL, if tweak the Stability Adjustment (VDSL) setting still could not get desired downstream.Try to set Rx AGC GAIN Adjustment to High Performance mode. However, if your VDSL connection is unstable and has some CRCs then could set to Stable mode.

08. UPBO - Upstream Power Back Off (VDSL)

This item allows you to control whether to Enable/Disable UPBO (Upstream Power Back Off) for VDSL. DSLAM could use UPBO to reduce the Tx Power of your xDSL modem router. In some cases,abnormal UPBO control from DSLAM could lead to sync up issue (such as no enough Tx Power to sync with minimum rate). Thus with this feature now you could disable UPBO and won’t get affected by DSLAM setting.

09. ESNP - Enhanced Sudden Noise Protection (VDSL)

This command is helpful for some impulse noise environment and to enhance line stability. Note that this item will be adjusted automatically if “Dynamic Line Adjustment (DLA)” is enabled.

10. SRA (Seamless Rate Adaptation)

Enable SRA (Seamless Rate Adaptation) for consistent data transfer rates and to prevent weak and lower connection but down/up speed would be somewhat decreased.

However, if your connection is very stable and you notice a drop in download or upload speed, you can disable SRA.

11. Bitswap (ADSL)

This item enables Bitswap feature. It adjusts bits allocated for bins/channels.

Busy or congested bins/channels are assigned fewer bits while available channels are allocated more bits to handle.

12. Bitswap (VDSL)

This item enables Bitswap feature. It adjusts bits allocated for bins/channels.

Busy or congested bins/channels are assigned fewer bits while available channels are allocated more bits to handle.

13. VDSL Profile

This item configures VDSL Profile to be used for VDSL, and its default is 30a multi-mode which is compatible to 17a/12a/8a mode. However , in order to work around the non-standard 30a multi-mode VDSL DSLAM sync issue, which deployed by some of Germany ISP, set to 17a multi-mode might be needed in order that the VDSL line to sync up. For users of other regions, there is no need to change this setting. 8a multi-mode implies 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d ;12a multi-mode implies 12a and 12b.

14. G.INP (G.998.4)

G.INP stands for Impulse Noise Protection. It works on ADSL2, ADSL2+, and VDSL2 only. It is enabled to provide enhanced protection against impulse noise or to increase the efficiency of providing impulse noise protection. If your DSLAM does not support it, please disable it.

15. G.vector (G.993.5)

With G.vector, crosstalk among the signals in the same cable could be cancelled, such as far-end crosstalk (FEXT). It significantly improves Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) that leads to higher achievable bit rates. However ISP must deploy vectored VDSL2 DSLAM for this feature to work. If you find it doesn't work well or you know the G.vector of your ISP is non-standard, please enable both of this option and Non-standard G.vector.

16. Non-standard G.vector (G.993.5)

This item supports Non-standard G.vector for specific regions. Please note if you know the G.vector of your ISP is standard, please Do NOT enable this option for optimized performance.

[Morbious]

@cookiemonsteruk @Skull+Treaty @mae-3 

hi guys i woke up to an issue you may have come across ?

yesterday the speeds were brilliant no issues at all it stays connected , however the incoming speeds have drastically dropped from 15 meg to 3 meg and when i place original back on it jumps back upto 15 meg !

any ideas please ?

thankyou

[Morbious]

i have looked about and seems these settings need changing ?

can you advise which need changing

[cookiemonsteruk]

@Morbious 

Are you defo superfast fibre fttc vdsl or essentials adsl ?

[Skull+Treaty]

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@cookiemonsteruk wrote:

@Morbious 

Are you defo superfast fibre fttc vdsl or essentials adsl ?

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FTTC VDSL2 - first page of the thread shows router stats using Sky Hub

[Morbious]

@cookiemonsteruk im on cable to the cab which is 1 mile from my house and from cab to house is standard phone line atm but we are due to have cable to the pole soon but yes im on cable.

when i setup the router for first time there was no option for sky mer just sky - fibre