I've just acquired a new modem to replace my WAG160N, which quite likes to overheat, and since I'd heard so many good things about the XH9949 I went and purchased one. However the new modem has huge troubles reaching the same sync speed as my old one could (3.2M compared to 0.5M with the DSE one).
The DSE has the following line stats:
Downstream
Upstream
SNR Margin (dB):
12.4
12.0
Attenuation (dB):
77.5
46.6
Output Power (dBm):
15.9
12.4
Attainable Rate (Kbps):
900
496
Rate (Kbps):
561
496
Whereas the WAG160N reports:
--- DSL Information ---
DSL Driver Version: AnnexA version - A2pB022g.d20e
DSL VPI/VCI: 0/100
DSL Status: ShowtimeRetrain Reason: 8000
DSL Mode: ADSL2+
DSL Channel: FAST
DSL Upstream Rate: 934 Kbps
DSL Downstream Rate: 3217 Kbps
Down up
DSL Noise Margin: 12.0 dB 12.1 dB
DSL Attenuation: 53.0 dB 27.3 dB
DSL Transmit Power: 17.9 dBm 12.4 dBm
Both are set to ADSL2+, and I reside in Mangere Bridge, Auckland, so there is a bit of distance to the exchange (Onehunga).
Basically I just want to ask is the DSE one faulty or am I expecting too much from it?