hairyian Posted April 22, 2010 Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 i dont use a modem, have used a router for several years now and its a netgear No modem = no DSL.You either have another box which is the modem, or more likely your Netgear has one built in. Time to look at the manual. OR, give us the model and we may be able to point you to how to find out those line stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Router A Device which acts as an interface betweeen two networks.It forwards packets based on IP addresses between your ISP's router and either your LAN or your single PC.A router learns more about the networks to which it is connected and can be more selective about the packets it passes on.A router can also select the best route for packets to take in large interconnected networks. Modem Modem is a device that transmits and receives data over the plain old telephone system's (POTS) analogue lines.It allows your PC to connect to your ISP using the Internet Protocol.The modem acts as a "bridge" between your PC and your ISP.The dynamic or static public IP address which your modem obtains from your ISP is passed on to your PC. Modem forwards packets based on hardware level MAC addresses between your ISP's router (and the Internet) and your PC. my router is a netgear DG834v.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 ...or more likely your Netgear has one built in.Like he says. The consumer boxes people typically refer to as routers are in fact devices with both router and modem functionality. Many people seem to believe that ADSL uses routers to connect rather than modems. This is not so. It is a classic piece of marketing spin. ADSL needs modem functionality and the router part is generally there to do local things such as integrate WiFi networks etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Not sure why you included the definitions, but the DG834 is an ADSL Modem Router. To find your connection info, go to the Main Menu, Maintenance, and select Modem Router Status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 ADSL Firmware Version 6.01.00.12 Modem Status Connected DownStream Connection Speed 3936 kbps UpStream Connection Speed 448 kbps VPI 0 VCI 38 i included the info because i forgot to delete it, i was just making sure what the diffrence was at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyian Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 ADSL Firmware Version 6.01.00.12 Modem Status Connected DownStream Connection Speed 3936 kbps UpStream Connection Speed 448 kbps VPI 0 VCI 38 i included the info because i forgot to delete it, i was just making sure what the diffrence was at the time Assuming you are on a BT Wholesale circuit, that line speed will give you a local circuit IP profile of 3000 kbps. This is a limit between you and the exchange. So if you are getting 2.89 Mbps throughput, then you are getting a very high percentage of what is possible with that connection. Next question would be is that line speed reasonable?Need the line attenuation and noise margin figures, usually found same place or near to where those line speeds are, to form an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 the line speed varies from time to time, it can be pretty fast then drop off to being very slow. it happens atleast once a day. but i am fairly happy with my line but not my ISP i cannot find the line attenuation and noise margin figures anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyian Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 the line speed varies from time to time, it can be pretty fast then drop off to being very slow. it happens atleast once a day. but i am fairly happy with my line but not my ISP i cannot find the line attenuation and noise margin figures anywhere Maybe this will help: www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php What is it about your ISP that makes you less than fairly happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 downstream upstreamLine Attenuation 47 db 15.5 db Noise Margin 4 db 24 db I signed up for broadband with a company called ADSL24 a few years back because they had a dictonary definition of the word "unlimited" downloads with a no fair usage policy because i download alot of music. this cost me £35 PCM. then without warning they dropped me down to a 20GB PCM package, no emails no letters and no phone calls. i was fairly suprised at this so i phoned them only to have someone shout at me on the other end of phone saying that there were new rules put in place that removed their no fair usage and unlimited downloads, even though i signed up for them with their old rules. Plus to top it off about 1month ago they switched companys so now a netfix group own ADSL24 and their direct debt has changed from the 14th to the 1st of the month, which means i have to struggle to find extra money at beggining of every month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanKZ Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Well, got sent an email from o2 this morning saying If I don't drastically cut down they're disconnecting me this month. So, let me get this straight! They have an "unlimited" bandwidth option, which I pay for. They have no fair usage policy and they said they were going to increase line capacity. They're still charging me for an utterly crap service (it drops to less than 200k sometimes). At most I'm downloading a GB a day. So by their estimates 30ishGB a month is a lot? Jeez. Time to jump ship. Currently got three options:BTPlusnetand Virgin Not sure who I want to go go with yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 ^ Yea we got dumped by o2 too. We're with PlusNet now... we get 80g download from 8am-12am and then proper unlimited from midnight to 8am. The speed is great too, compared to what it was with o2. We even managed to stream the first episode of Ashes to Ashes on the iPlayer last night, something we haven't been able to do for a long, long time. http://www.speedtest.net/result/796900568.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 . Currently got three options:BTPlusnetand Virgin quote] BT are a band of buggers for customer support plus their router is the worst piece of equipment i have ever seen in my days. My mum is with virgin and gets decent speeds but says their support is very hard to get through to. i know a few people with plusnet and have not really heard of any complaints plus its way cheaper than most other ISP. they even said to me that BT are going to be changeing the power station up here so we all can get faster speeds within a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davor Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 I got here using a searcher, i been having problems with my wifi for several days and its getting worst every day. I think everytime i do a adsl speed test my speed decreases. may it be possible? i tried opening some ports as a friend told me, can somebody help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 If you haven't already done it try switching the modem off and on again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 If you haven't already done it try switching the modem off and on again. lol i forgot about that as it seems to be universal for all electronics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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