Frequent disconnections...

[mikeyb200]

I'm getting periods where my router (Sagemcom Fast 2) frequently disconnects the broadband. It'll run fine for a few weeks, then we get another episode of instability. We're in one now, hence this post.

Running the TT line test shows no problem with the line - instead it suggests there are Wifi connectivity issues in the house. There aren't!

Looking in the Router Admin, it always shows the Downstream Noise Margin as 0dB. Surely this is the problem - I've always understood the minimum stable noise margin to be about 6dB.

So is it the line or the router? The router has already been replaced by TT twice before - so we're on our third one since moving here 3 years ago.  

All very frustrating!

[mikeyb200]

Hi, siphosethu,

Sorry, I'm just on my way out now and won't be back until about 4:00pm

Can we do it then?

Cheers

Mike

[siphosethu-TT]

Hi there @mikeyb200, please confirm if you are currently a home so we're able to run checks on this for you. Thanks

[KeithFrench]

Hi TalkTalk,

Please can you investigate this intermittent fault? The light on this router, every so often, starts flashing orange.

[mikeyb200]

Hi Keith,

Yes.

[KeithFrench]

Hi @mikeyb200 

Just to confirm, then, when you get the failure now with the current router, do you still get the flashing orange light? If so, that needs investigation first.

[mikeyb200]

I thought the flashing orange was the normal indication of a dropped broadband connection, so I didn't think to mention it specifically.

I should explain about the 3 routers.

The first one died pretty comprehensively - no broadband connection and no wifi either. I could only communicate with it vie an ethernet cable.

It was replaced with a second one which worked, but was extremely slow, with very poor throughput. I didn't have it long  - a TT engineer came and tested the line, declared that router faulty and replaced it with the one I currently have.

This third one works, but, as I say, has these episodes of dropping the broadband. 

[KeithFrench]

I don't think you mentioned the flashing orange light in my our opening post. So this is definitely err other an intermittent line we or f as ultimately it the DLM needs optimisation.

[mikeyb200]

Hi Keith,

Thanks - I'm grateful for your help.

Mike

[KeithFrench]

I never said where the fault lies, merely that the 0db could be a bug. The line has been tested before and is OK, you have had several routers & you say the WiFi is OK. The tracert should prove where the problem is.

I will read your PM a bit later this afternoon and get back to you.

[mikeyb200]

Hi @Divsec ,

Thanks

[mikeyb200]

Hi Keith,

Thanks for picking this up. Yes, I mean the Fast5364, my bad.

I'm PM-ing you the tracert result, but I'm curious as to why you think it's not simply external connectivity that's the problem?

The wifi always works fine - I can, for instance, always jump into the Admin Console on the Router via Wifi  when the broadband itself is down, and see that there is no broadband connection.

And when down, the router flashes its orange light, which AFAIK only means one thing - no broadband connection.

Cheers

Mike

[KeithFrench]

Hi @mikeyb200 

I assume that you mean either the Sagemcom FAST5364 or 5464, the latter also known as the WiFi Hub 2? The Downstream Noise Margin always shows up as 0db, even in an old screenshot that I have. This display might be a bug; I can't prove it as I no longer have an ADSL line.

It should be easy enough to prove if this is a WiFi issue or not. Do you have a Windows PC connected via wireless? If so, run this command from the Windows Command Prompt:-

tracert google.co.uk

Then send me the output, ideally in a PM to preserve your privacy.

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[Divsec]

Hi @mikeyb200 your post has been escalated and you should hear soon