[ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?

[Ian Fairman]

There’s probably nothing wrong with your router, they tend to either work or not. There have been upgrades to Telkom’s exchanges around the country from ADSL to ADSL2/ADSL2+. The difference is mainly download and upload speeds. However if your router is set for a lower speed and you are working into a higher speed ADSL port at the exchange, you can experience dropped calls due to synchronisation issues in the transport layer.

When signing up to an ADSL or ADSL2+ plan, it’s in your best interest to see if the plan is ‘shaped’ (slowed down) when you reach your download limit, and if so, what speed you’ll be shaped to. Just because a provider has ADSL2+ at your local exchange doesn’t mean the service will always be available for you. Each provider is allotted a specific amount of ports for their customers at an exchange, and if they’ve rented all of them out you may have to look for a different service provider. Some dropped calls are due to capacity and high traffic problems rather than hardware issues. 

Good luck.
Ian M Fairman
Systems Integration & Engineering
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Mail: ianfairman99 at gmail.com


From: Alfred Charles Stockton
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:15
To: jan at verslank.net; Ubuntu South African Local Community
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?

I am a pretty happy user of a Netgear N300 using either CellC or Afrihost
WiFi.
> Good morning Ubuntu,
>
> My 5-year old D-Link DSL 2750U router seems to be on its way out, I have
> checked the firmware - its the latest. My isp, Afrihost, has reset the
> port and checked the line, but the router drops its connection every now
> and again, seems worse when its been working a while and is warm. If I
> reboot it, the connection is restored but then it disconnects again
> after a while.
>
> I have been around Price Check and the array of available routers is
> confusing to say the least.
>
> I have two computers running via ethernet connection and also require a
> Wi-Fi facility.
>
> Any suggestions/comments please?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jan
>


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Regards,
Alf Stockton


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