Router suddenly dropping sync

[imjolly]

upstream probably recover at next reset but hopefully that won't be today - stable connection first preferably

[Sylvernitas]

It stayed up for 24 hours, then dropped and resynced at a higher speed:

Connection information
Line state: Connected
Connection time: 0 day, 00:32:31
Downstream: 18,342 Kbps
Upstream: 888 Kbps

ADSL settings

VPI/VCI: 0/38
Type: PPPoA
Modulation: G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type: Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up): 3.1 dB / 11.6 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up): 15.5 dB / 8.1 dB
Output power (Down/Up): 0.0 dBm / 12.0 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up): 199366 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up): 0 / 0
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
HEC Errors (Down/Up): 0 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0

So, hopefully this was just a temporary fault and everything is just sorting itself out now.

[imjolly]

looks ok now

[Sylvernitas]

Unfortunately, it's started disconnecting every ten minutes again 😞

I'll deal with this after Christmas, is the only way to raise it with BT via a phone call, or can the mods start things off from here?

[imjolly]

normally you would start with customer services and get engineer visitand if after that still problems then mods would try and help - probably another engineer visit

still find the pppoE errors strange as if there is a setting on router not correct

[Sylvernitas]

OK, thanks.

The PPPoE error was on the other router, I'm just using a BT Home Hub now.

Right, enough of this for now, going to enjoy Christmas. Thanks for all the help!

[Sylvernitas]

Just thought I'd update this after a few months.

My wife tried to report a crackling line fault with BT - she went through the automated phone thing, it ran some line tests and said there was no problem. After waiting on hold for 40 minutes, she gave up.

We just left it, the broadband had stabilised at a reasonable speed, and we had other stuff going on in our lives to deal with.

After a couple of months stable around .8 down/12 up, the broadband dropped while I was using it. Suppressing my rage, I checked the connection, and was surprised to see it had risen to 15 meg down.

I left it alone, and after two weeks stable at that speed, it dropped again and reconnected at 18meg. It's has been connected at that speed for two weeks, and has today dropped and reconnected slightly quicker. Current details are:

Line state: Connected
Connection time: 0 day, 19:53:31
Downstream: 18,627 Kbps
Upstream: 1,115 Kbps

ADSL settings

VPI/VCI: 0/38
Type: PPPoA
Modulation: G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type: Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up): 3.1 dB / 6.1 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up): 16.0 dB / 8.2 dB
Output power (Down/Up): 0.0 dBm / 12.4 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up): 0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up): 10 / 1
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
HEC Errors (Down/Up): 29 / 1
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 1

So, I guess whatever the problem was has been resolved.

Now hurry up BT and install FTTC 🙂

[imjolly]

Sounds like the DLM has been doing it's job now line is stable

[Sylvernitas]

Further updates... the fault came back. I bit the bullet and phoned BT support in India.

An engineer came on Wednesday, tested my line and found a fault. He replaced the master socket, fault still present. He went to the exchange for a bit, but couldn't fix it. He said the fault was in the underground cable, and someone else would fix it soon.

On Thursday, the fault tracker on the BT website moved from "in progress" to "fixed". I got home from work to find the router constantly dropping and reconnecting. It stabilised to the slow speed (400Kbps up/14Mbs down), with thousands of errors showing in the connection stats. My wife said the phone had been completely off for a bit, so I guess someone was doing something to the line somewhere.

Obviously it's still not fixed, so I pressed the "Not Fixed" button on the fault tracker. It doesn't work, it just shows a spinner on screen, before saying "Required Field" in red and going back to where I started. I've tried this on Chrome, IE, Firefox on Windows, and Chrome on Mac.

Is there any other way of flagging this fault as not fixed, other than calling tech support again? I really struggled last time, I could only understand about half of what the guy was saying (my hearing is terrible).

Thanks!

[imjolly]

you need to report the fault again and get another engineer visit