I have a technicolor router from idm .. make sure the address is correct (192.168.1.254), if there is a need to get your username and password from the router (you need to change the router entirely), Mokhtar a member on the forum made an app that can help you the thread's name is "Tool for extracting PPPoE username and password" and that app worked on my routerragdoll wroteThanks man.
Okay, so there are three things I've come across so far:
1- Speed is very unstable. Goes from ~195KB/s to 20KB/s and stays there more often than not
2- I can't get into the configuration for the router, whether by WiFi or ethernet
3- I haven't gone above 200KB at all. I'm pretty sure my line can handle more than that.
The router they gave me is the Technicolor one.
I think router with single band go in rotation to each device connected and check for demands.. if you want a better connection get a 5 ghz & 2.4 ghz router dual band and get your laptop a 5ghz adapter .. it will be the sole benefactor of the channel.ragdoll wroteThe phones in the house are given priority over my laptop (the device that uses the connection the most) in a way that when even if two phones are only using WhatsApp or some other IM app, the speed on the laptop drops significantly. Is there some setting for this that I will find if I ever get to the router's config?
ragdoll wroteipconfig tells me the gateway address is 192.168.2.1 though that doesn't work either. It's the same as the DNS and DHCP servers though. Is that normal? My older connections didn't have that.
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I'm starting to get close to 230KB/s, but it's still unstable. Could that still be a cable issue? I had Sodetel's ADSL before and it worked like a charm (all things considered).
Update: Okay. So the speed stability seems to have fixed itself. Though there's still the configuration problem and one more thing I noticed:
The phones in the house are given priority over my laptop (the device that uses the connection the most) in a way that when even if two phones are only using WhatsApp or some other IM app, the speed on the laptop drops significantly. Is there some setting for this that I will find if I ever get to the router's config?
Filters?vengeance666 wroteAre you using filters on your router and phones ?
Third day here. Almost 35GBs.Georges00 wroteWe applied to Ogero, it took them around 1 week to come and install everything.
I'm on the unlimited plan, downloaded 10gb the first day and no speed decrease.
Let's see if it stays like that.
NB: I switched from IDM, stay away from these liars.
Me too, around 80gb on IDM.ragdoll wroteFilters?vengeance666 wroteAre you using filters on your router and phones ?
Third day here. Almost 35GBs.Georges00 wroteWe applied to Ogero, it took them around 1 week to come and install everything.
I'm on the unlimited plan, downloaded 10gb the first day and no speed decrease.
Let's see if it stays like that.
NB: I switched from IDM, stay away from these liars.
Speaking of usage, what's the most that you guys have used up in one month? For me it was around 80 gigs with Sodetel (+throttling :/)
Was it a 1 time thing or do you usually consume that much?Ahmad Toutounji wroteI used around 320 gb In a month .... nothing happened(ogero)
I started having a similar issue around 2 months ago, my SN margin decreased and can fluctuate a lot while my line attenuation also went down a bit (which is weird).DG wroteHad a problem with my DSL back in 2011. Ogero solved it for me after many many months of nagging and getting to highly placed people. After they did, since July 2011, my DSL was great (no disconnections at all, very very few errors).
Last year, after Minister Harb changed plans and speeds started to be increased for several regions/people I started having bursts of errors (CRC, HEC and FEC)... but it was still acceptable.
A few days ago, I started seeing something new: 100,000 FEC errors per hour and some HEC/CRC errors along.
Everything can be fine and, all of a sudden, the connection goes crazy and the errors start increasing like a fuel counter every time I press F5 to refresh my page. Ping and connection stability don't seem to be affected so far but it's clear that the connection is deteriorating over time (I mean more problems surface every year).
Ever since July 2011 I have had a CAT5-e cable installed inside my building (from the electrical room directly to my modem). So I don't think this is the problem.
I contacted Ogero and they said they won't do anything about it (in case it's due to old copper wires) because there's a new network of fiber optic cable along with an active cabinet (much closer to my house than the central office) that are being set in place.
Is anyone experiencing this problem ? A connection can be working fine then suddenly errors start increasing non stop for an hour or two... then it all goes back to normal.
