Yet another "Router keeps dropping internet" post

[Opticaltrace]

Hi Hopefully someone clever can help. I've looked at loads of discussions here but I don't know what to do still My router keeps dropping connection to the internet constantly (it even just did it when I was trying to post this. I go through the "You connection has dropped" routine and let it restart the router which sometimes works and often doesn't. All cables and connections have been checked thourouly. It's just a cable from router to filter and into BT socket. It wasn't bad until sky sent us a new router SR203 and now it's a constant battle. Please ask if you need any further info. It wouldn't let me post my activity log because it said there were too many 01 -01 00 it's also wont let me post stats properly and has removed invalid html (whatever that means)

Router Statistics

System Up Time: 00:40:28

Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collision Pkts Tx b/s Rx b/s Up Time WAN Down 0 0 0 0 0 00:00:00 LAN Down 0 0 0 0 0 00:00:00 WLAN (2.4 GHz) Up 3676 60 0 619 56 00:02:13 WLAN (5 GHz) Up 229266 182830 0 1397527 80859 00:02:09

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Broadband Link Downstream Upstream Connection Speed 3046 kbps 797 kbps Line Attenuation     Noise Margin 0.2 dB 16.0 dB

[TimmyBGood]

@Opticaltrace 

Has this connection ever been better?

3Mbs inbound and 0.8Mbs outbound is really bad.

[jamesn123]

@Opticaltrace 

A noise margin of 0.2 suggests something is up. Even on a perfect line it shouldnt be that low

[Opticaltrace]

Hi

3Mbs is standard for me I'm afraid. I'm in a very rural out of the way area. It's either that or carrier pigeons.

[Opticaltrace]

So is the noise thing something I should be speaking to Openreach about?

[Highlinder]

@Opticaltrace  No you need to contact Sky as they are your Ineternet provider. Openreach are the network provider,

[Opticaltrace]

Thanks for the replies, it's much appreciated.

So I spoke to sky this morning and got the usual "we can't see any issues". I asked them to look at my router activity log and they would clearly see all the times it keeps dropping it's  connection to the internet. "sorry sir, I can't do that"

I then tried to tell them about this noise thing that has been mentioned here (I don't really understand this) and the lady just said that if I have a noisy phone line then I need to speak to Openreach. I tried telling her I don't have a noisy phone line but she just kept repeating that there were no issues at Sky end.

I'm really thinking of ditching Sky now, they seem bloody useless.