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ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

mbmaplethorpe — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:18:44 GMT

Hi all,

Moved into a new property and have just had my BT Fibre 1 transferred & enabled. I've kept my ASUS DSL-AC68U in use, though I notice the attached stats show quite heavy interleaving at present and no G.INP (at least so far).

My question is that is there any benefit to going to the Smarthub and whether my line interleaving is likely to improve?

Would be interested to hear any thoughts.

Thanks

Mark

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

imjolly — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:13:14 GMT

Can't think of any benefit in moving back to SH2

your connection time is short was that due to just being setup of have you been making changes with router off and on?

you need to maintain connection and if your cab is G.INP enable then you will get boost after 7/10 days stable

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

mbmaplethorpe — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:36:29 GMT

Thanks for that. The short connection time is down to the service only being enabled yesterday and the power adapters seemingly interfering with the line. I've enabled Lower PLC-to-VDSL to resolve that.

Guess I will wait a couple of weeks and see how it goes.

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

DavidM — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 07:39:12 GMT

Please get back and let us know how you get on @mbmaplethorpe.

We'd be interested to hear how things go.

Cheers

David

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

mbmaplethorpe — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:32:50 GMT

Looks like the line changed profile in the early hours based on the uptime. It has switched on G.INP and FastPath too. I guess this is pretty much the max I'll get from this as I'm not near he cabinet.

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

TimCurtis — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:13:25 GMT

@mbmaplethorpe

If your line is very stable then the SNR could drop down to 3dB giving you a few more meg on the downstream.

My AC68U holds steady at below 3dB , even down to 2.2dB at times.

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

brookheather — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:27:58 GMT

@mbmaplethorpewrote:
It has switched on G.INP and FastPath too.

The modem will not have both activated - G.INP may be applied when you have interleaving on (it reduces the delay caused by interleaving the packets) - you are on FastPath so no interleaving is applied. I believe OpenReach disabled G.INP support for modems with Mediatek chipsets like the Asus DSL-AC68U some years ago. I used to use this router but once OpenReach gimped its performance I changed to a Vigor 130.

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

mbmaplethorpe — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:25:28 GMT

Interesting, I'll have to see how mine goes over time.

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

mbmaplethorpe — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:28:21 GMT

@brookheather

I hadn't realised they'd disabled it for certain chipsets. I thought my line had it enabled based on it not showing under DSL modulation in the router one day and the appearing the next. If I thought it'd be beneficial I'd consider trying with the Smarthub

Re: ASUS DSL-AC68U vs Smarthub

TimCurtis — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 14:47:17 GMT

@mbmaplethorpe

I'm inclined to think that G.INP does work as the router does state that it has a G.INP connection and from my experience it does seem to get a better connection , speedwise, when it says it has a G.INP connection.

Regardless of that the Asus gives you far better stability and functionality over the SmartHub and no external BT users getting a connection whilst allowing you to access BT Wifi when out & about. Also the Asus mobile app allows you to see what's going on and if necessary make adjustments when you're not at home.