Hi All,

I have a demon ADSL 8mbs connection. My router reports 3.2mbs download.
I'm guessing I'm too far from the exchange for the full 8mb. Is there
anything I can do to increase this download connection? (other than move
closer to the exchange)

Thanks

Mike

Mike R wrote:
In a nutshell, improve what you can in your own wiring.

1. If you have extension wiring, remove it if it is unnecessary.
2. Replace internal extension cables with CAT5
3. Filter as close to the master socket as you can
4. Place the router nearer the master socket
5. Remove the ring wire from the extension cabling
6. Rearrange or shorten cabling
7. Disconnect your sky box from the telephone line
8. Replace your filters
9. Get a new router

Rationale
1. Unused extension wiring provides a length of cable through which noise can
enter the circuit.
2. Non-twisted-pair cable picks up far more noise than CAT5. For CAT5, read
CAT5e, CAT6, or similar solid-core cable
3. Less unfiltered wire means less noise
4. If you only need a phone line near the PC for broadband, consider replacing
the phone line with ethernet, and moving the router, = shorter cable, see 1,3
5. The phone line is a pair of wires, the ring wire is just one wire, and is not
needed if all analogue equipment is filtered (filters regenerate ring signals).
The signal pair should be two wires from the same pair in any twisted pair
arrangement (if they aren't, your speed suffers bigtime)
6. See 1,3. Consider RJ11 to BT431A leads to plug router direct into socket if
a telephone is not needed at that location. Avoid running cable next to
electrically noisy equipment.
7. Some models of sky boxes can be problematic, but the jury is still out.
8. Filters decay over time; cheap filters decay faster.
9. Similarly to filters, components in routers can decay, and power supply
components in particular; an old power supply may be introducing noise. You may
also find fitting RF chokes on power leads may help in a small way.


Visit www.samknows.com/broadband to see what BT think your line is capable of.
BT's stats are, atleast in my case, pessimistic, they suggest 2Mb, but I get 6
to 7. However, I have done 3,4,6,7,8,9 in the list above, and will shortly do 1.

Jim

"Mike R" <noreturnaddress@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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No, not really. If your modem is syncing at 3200kbps, then thats basically
what the exchange and your routre has settled on being a maximum speed on
your line.

If you think it could be better, you could try using a different (better)
micofilter, they can sometimes affect the maximum speed at which the
connection can sync.

Do a speed test here http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html and give us
the results you are getting...... (choose the 'europe' server.

Regards

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Steve <nospam878678@nospam.net> wrote:

and one consistently synchs at a faster speed than the other.
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Jim Howes <sewoh.mij@moc.gisorp.backwards.invalid> wrote:

This needs clarifying a bit.

It is true that if you use plug-in filters at each extension point where
analog phones are plugged in, the filters generate the ring signal, so it
doesn't need to come from the master.

However, if you go for the technically superior solution of using a
faceplate filter in the master socket, you won't need to use plug-in
filters, and the analog extension wiring won't carry the ring signal unless
you use a third wire. Whether this is actually needed will depend on the
type of phone(s) you are using. Some phones generate their own ring signal
and only need a 2-wire connection. Some don't.

But, in my view, a filtered faceplate plus 3-conductor analog extension
wiring is still better than 2-conductor extension wiring and distributed
filters.
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Mike R wrote:

downstream attenuation value ? Up to about 35 dB you should get full
downstream speed (often 7616 on Demon with interleaving).

Phil

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"Steve" <nospam878678@nospam.net> wrote in message
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Hi Steve,

I'm getting 2399kbps from the europe test.

Thanks

Mike

"Phil Thompson" <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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My downstream att value is 41db with a noise margin of 14db

Thanks Roger,

So, If I replace my standard faceplate in my office with filtered
aceplate - this will improve things? Any recommendations on which one?

Thanks

Mike


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Mike R wrote:
I've found the one sold by ADSLNation to be marginally better than the one
supplied by BT (model number is XT 2005)

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Mike R <noreturnaddress@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

(Clarity etc.)

I'm not sure from your original post whether or not your ADSL equipment
(modem/router/whatever) is located close to the master socket. If it is, any
of the filtered faceplates will do - just plug your modem/router into the
ADSL socket on the faceplate.

If, however, your kit is elsewhere, you'll need to run a *digital* extension
from the faceplate - separate from the analog extension wiring. In this
case, make sure that you get a filtered faceplate which has *both* analog
(filtered) *and* digital (unfiltered) krone connections on the back. The
current Solwise offering has this (even though my earlier one doesn't).
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:58:13 -0000, "Mike R"
<noreturnaddress@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

the 14 dB is probably a 15 dB target after the systems have responded
to instability. If the instability goes away that will eventually
reduce to 12, 9, etc.

you should get 6M at that attenuation, reducing the noise as per the
other posts will help along that path.

Phil

Thanks Phil,

I'm now making some progress...

Firstly, I didnt realise the master socket was next to my computer. I
unscrewed the master faceplate and plugged my router directly into this
socket - removing the rest of the house.

My line speed increase from 3.2 to 5.344M. Still with 13db noise.

I'll post my final improvements one I have replaced the faceplate.

Kind Regards

Mike


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