>>>>> "fi" == Florin Iucha <florin at iucha.net> writes: fi> On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 10:16:02AM -0500, Bill Layer wrote: >> >> If you are running the 'nsrouter' version of 2.4.1 or 2.4.2, could >> you please test your speed and let me know? This seemed like a >> direct cause & effect relationship (from my end) but it still seems >> like an easy coincidence... fi> I am running nsrouter version of 2.4.3 and DSLreports gave me fi> 534/228. I'm still running 2.4.1, but I'd had the same sort of slow download speeds that Bill appears to be having now. In my case, it appeared to be related to the signal strength. Nowadays, here's what I see: cbos#show int wan0 wan0 ADSL Physical Port Line Trained 640 Kbps down; 272 Kbps up; 136 down baud; 136 up baud Line Quality 28 dB TX Power +7.1 dB Remote TX Power +14.3 dB GTI FW Rel B.91 My "Line Quality" is now a pretty healthy 28dB. When my DSL circuit was first installed, I was lucky if I got 18dB, and often times it was as low as 16 or 15 dB. It was my (perhaps flawed) understanding that anything under 20dB was starting to get iffy in terms of working versus not working well. I don't know what the minimum signal strength is, but I've seen my circuit work at 15dB. {shrug} If I recall correctly, about a year and a half ago, US West did something to their DSL equipment that caused my signal strength to jump up 10+dB. At the same time, I broke the ~240Kb/s download barrier. Onvoy claimed they didn't make any changes to their ATM configuration, so I guess I the bandwidth change was related to something US West did. {shrug} As you can see at http://www.snookles.com/mrtg/scott_wan0_lq.html, there have been periods when the signal strength is down near the old levels. I don't know what causes the fluctuation. I haven't seen a strong correlation between errors and signal strength. I would've guessed that I'd see more errors with lower signal strengths. It's weird, but I've decided to be grateful that it works at all: analog modems suck. :-) -Scott