[ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?

[Gavin Bauer]

Hi

Seacom has also been having issues with a few damaged intercontinental
cables, last one I know of was in Egypt (Affecting the entire African
Continent). I frequently reboot my router atm as well.

On 01/26/2016 10:39 AM, Ian Fairman wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Ian M Fairman
> Systems Integration & Engineering
> Mobile: +27 72 265 5434
> Mail: ianfairman99 at gmail.com
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> *From: *Alfred Charles Stockton <mailto:alf at stockton.co.za>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:15
> *To: *jan at verslank.net <mailto:jan at verslank.net>; Ubuntu South African
> Local Community <mailto:ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?
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> I am a pretty happy user of a Netgear N300 using either CellC or Afrihost
> 
> WiFi.
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>> Good morning Ubuntu,
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>> 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
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>> port and checked the line, but the router drops its connection every now
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>> and again, seems worse when its been working a while and is warm. If I
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>> reboot it, the connection is restored but then it disconnects again
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>> after a while.
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>> I have been around Price Check and the array of available routers is
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>> confusing to say the least.
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>> I have two computers running via ethernet connection and also require a
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>> Wi-Fi facility.
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>> Any suggestions/comments please?
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>> Best wishes,
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> 
>> Jan
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> Regards,
> 
> Alf Stockton
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Regards
Gavin Bauer
Anmar Baking Systems
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