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on 28-08-2024 02:53 AM
This issue has been ongoing for some time and I'm all out of avenues for a resolution. So if anyone can look at the info below and come to any solution that'd be much appreciated, as my current one is "wait for fibre". (satellite internet / cellular options aren't viable)
The issue:
The internet is 95% of the time completely fine. Until I try to play a online game where I'll be loading say more than 4-5 other peoples data in-game (happens noticeably more frequently). The router will randomly completely lose it's connection and the lights flash orange. It will automatically reconnect. It can then immediately re-occur when reconnecting to the game or happen 6-7 more times spread out or not at all and be fine. The disconnects will happen everyday without fail but is fully capable of running the games for multiple hours without a problem.
I've never had an issue like there where the internet fully stops, usually you'd get high latency as the bandwidth drops, which happens easily when downloading with my speeds. Side note, sometimes crashes do occur while not on a game, but this is exceedingly rare.
Details:
Attempts to resolve:
Thanks for reading, any help appreciated.
on 16-09-2024 01:41 PM
If the connection is stable after an engineer visit but then deteriorates again after a few days, this is usually because DLM has been reset and is then moving to faster profiles but that isn't the case here, your line profile hasn't changed since the 9th and the previous 2 profiles were slightly faster
Chris
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on 16-09-2024 12:44 PM
The stable period does appear to follow an Openreach engineer visit. It doesn't seem a plausible fix to have an engineer visit every 8 days.
on 16-09-2024 10:55 AM
The only thing that we can really do is arrange another engineer visit
Chris
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on 16-09-2024 10:48 AM
I only play games in the evening so I'll know then.
Are there any other things that can be done to look into a fix or is it exhausted?
on 16-09-2024 10:39 AM
OK thanks. How has it been so far todays?
Chris
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on 16-09-2024 10:04 AM
I recorded what I was doing for each crash:
on 16-09-2024 09:59 AM
Hi Shaun,
Did the connection drops occur again when accessing online games?
Chris
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on 16-09-2024 09:45 AM
It was nice while it lasted, 9 days of no router crashes.
Sunday just gone I had 5 router crashes at the following times: 15:01. 15:08, 17:13, 17:15 and 17:55.
on 12-09-2024 06:41 AM
Morning Shaun,
Ok, thanks for letting us know.
Michelle
on 11-09-2024 05:04 PM
So far still no disconnects, unsure what's causing the spree of stability. I'll continue to monitor as this has happened before.
on 11-09-2024 01:28 PM
Hi Shaun,
How are you getting on?
Thanks
Michelle
09-09-2024 01:25 PM - edited 09-09-2024 01:25 PM
OK thanks Shaun. Could you see how it goes over the next couple of days and we'll check in again with you on Wednesday to see how it's been
Chris
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on 09-09-2024 12:24 PM
Borrowed a phone and there was not anything untoward noise wise on dial up or during a call. Tried a couple times at various hours.
Side note: I've not had a disconnection since Friday. I don't think its fixed as this happens sometimes, just odd that it can be stable for random brief periods of time.
on 06-09-2024 02:32 PM
Hi
Any landline phone will do.
Karl.
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on 06-09-2024 02:29 PM
Hi Karl,
That sounds like an interesting angle to look into.
I shall try and acquire a phone to test this out. Does it need to be anything specific or any landline phone that plugs into the master socket?
on 06-09-2024 12:43 PM
Hi
are you able to borrow a phone from a friend or neighbour for 2 minutes just to test your line to see if there is a clear dial tone or any noise or static.
Whilst the usual broadband and phone tests are passing and showing clear, I've been looking at some more in depth testing across the line and am showing an increased voltage on the line >7 volts.
A-Earth & B-Earth AC voltages too different, ratio > 0.03 (mfl) one or more DC voltage(s) higher than expected, volts > 10.0 volts (mfl) from discharge (mfl) length too different from expected one (mfl)
So we could go down the route of a line engineer, but I would like to see what noise i detected at your end.
Thanks
Karl.
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on 06-09-2024 12:03 PM
Looks like it may just be a router, that is unfortunate. It would seem I'm stuck with disconnecting internet then. I'm out of ideas to troubleshoot.
on 06-09-2024 07:57 AM
Hi Shaun,
Could you confirm that it does have a built in modem and isn't just a router
Chris
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on 05-09-2024 12:54 PM
I did try to use this guide when I set it up before and had no luck. The issue being it doesn't really say where I need to apply these settings.
When setting up a new connection (as the standard wireless router setup) I get the following options:
All the other settings within Wireless, LAN, WAN etc don't appear to have anything from the guide.
on 05-09-2024 11:34 AM
Thank you for confirming. Did the help guide help?
Michelle