ADSL Modem Router questions

Windows XP Home Edition
Demon home 500 broadband
Ebuyer Modem Router (link below for actual product)
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48448


New to the subject of Modem Routers. Recently bought this as it had great
reviews and a very good price. Quick and simple to set up. However, I have
a couple of questions.

The following figures are returned. Can anyone please tell me if they are
OK?

Downstream Upstream
SNR 39 30
Attenuation 35 21
Data Rate 576 288

Secondly. I have connected via network cable and all works fine (USB also
OK) but sometimes when I come out of standby the mail will respond (not
always though) but access to web browsing is often dead. Sometimes this
returns after a short period and sometimes not. I had changed the setting
that allows All Traffic will reset Idle Timer. Is there something I am not
doing? Have to say that otherwise I am pleased with the purchase. Can't
find a massive amount of difference than with the supplied free speedtouch
330 (maybe a small increase in speed) which always worked fine and would
simply reboot when coming out of standby and connections were then fine.

Many thanks for any advice posted.

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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:42:43 +0100, "§meagol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ebuyer Modem Router (link below for actual product)

>http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48448

When giving links to products, it is sometimes easier to say item 48448
on www.ebuyer.com than giving a massive URL. Anyway you certainly don't
need "rb=6318835566&&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV 3"

Hmmm, I thought I had a bargain at 22.99 (though there was free delivery
at the time I bought mine) a few months ago. 19.99 is a nice low fee!

>Can anyone please tell me if they are OK?
>
> Downstream Upstream
>SNR 39 30
>Attenuation 35 21
>Data Rate 576 288

They're fine. I'd be more concerned if there were errored seconds clocking
up or loss of signal was increasing (might be caused by poor filters and if
someone then picks up the phone...) You'll see people query the amount of
attenuation when they want 2000 kbps and higher... at 35 dB you are easily
below the 40+ dB and 60 dB levels at which some higher speeds might fail.


>Secondly. I have connected via network cable and all works fine (USB also
>OK) but sometimes when I come out of standby the mail will respond (not
>always though) but access to web browsing is often dead. Sometimes this
>returns after a short period and sometimes not. I had changed the setting
>that allows All Traffic will reset Idle Timer.

>Is there something I am not doing?

I don't seem to be able to find such a setting. Maybe it's in a menu I've
never bothered to check !!! On mine, in WAN configuration, I've got the
'Automatic reconnect' enabled under PPP settings on the right hand side.

>Have to say that otherwise I am pleased with the purchase. Can't find a
>massive amount of difference than with the supplied free speedtouch 330
>(maybe a small increase in speed) which always worked fine and would
>simply reboot when coming out of standby and connections were then fine.

However, with NAT in effect, you could (a) add a second or multiple PCs
[if you plugged a hub into the router, and the PCs into the hub] and
(b) your firewall (assuming you had break-in attempts being reported)
should show few or no attempts on your system now, compared with a USB
modem, which leaves your PC available for anything to connect to... NAT
will block unsolicited incoming traffic from reaching the LAN side of
it, so your PC is fairly simply screened off from outsiders. Peter M.
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"Peter M" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:42:43 +0100, "§meagol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Ebuyer Modem Router (link below for actual product)
>
> >http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48448
>
> When giving links to products, it is sometimes easier to say item 48448
> on www.ebuyer.com than giving a massive URL. Anyway you certainly don't
> need "rb=6318835566&&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV 3"
>

In my ignorance I simply gave the address as displayed. I would be most
grateful if you could explain just how difficult it was for you (or anyone
else) to click on the link or what other seemingly insurmountable problems
this may have caused in order to avoid inconveniencing folk in the future.

Thanks.
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
§meagol <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Peter M" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:k2bha1lsruvc2acufaf5kf32m0osv2n8e8@212.159.2. 88...
>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:42:43 +0100, "§meagol" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ebuyer Modem Router (link below for actual product)
>>
>>> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=48448
>>
>> When giving links to products, it is sometimes easier to say item
>> 48448 on www.ebuyer.com than giving a massive URL. Anyway you
>> certainly don't need
>> "rb=6318835566&&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV 3"
>>
>
> In my ignorance I simply gave the address as displayed. I would be
> most grateful if you could explain just how difficult it was for you
> (or anyone else) to click on the link or what other seemingly
> insurmountable problems this may have caused in order to avoid
> inconveniencing folk in the future.
>
> Thanks.

I haven't been following this thread - so don't know exactly what you
posted. However, long links which wrap onto several lines don't always get
completely transferred into the browser address box when you click on them -
necessitating a certain amount of manual cutting and pasting - for anyone
who can be bothered.

The alternative is to convert it to a tinyURL - see http://tinyurl.com/

Once installed, you will have an icon in your browser toolbar which - when
clicked on - converts the current URL to a very short one, and (depending on
which browser you use) can put it on the clipboard ready to be pasted into a
message.
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:36:39 +0100, "§meagol" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I would be most
>grateful if you could explain just how difficult it was for you (or anyone
>else) to click on the link or what other seemingly insurmountable problems
>this may have caused in order to avoid inconveniencing folk in the future.

in this instance it worked OK, often it breaks in two due to
newsreader client settings then people will shout that the link
doesn't work.

Can you set the idel timeout to 0 to disable it, also set the DHCP
lease time to a larg enumber (or indefinite or maybe zero) to avoid
that needing to be re-assigned after a "standby" period.

Phil
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In uk.telecom.broadband, Tiscali Tim wrote:

>The alternative is to convert it to a tinyURL - see http://tinyurl.com/

If you really want to piss people off.

The best way is to enclose the link in <>, viz:

<http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=6318835566&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2 92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48448>


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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Nigel Molesworth <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In uk.telecom.broadband, Tiscali Tim wrote:
>
>> The alternative is to convert it to a tinyURL - see
>> http://tinyurl.com/
>
> If you really want to piss people off.
>

Why? Please explain!
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In uk.telecom.broadband, Tiscali Tim wrote:

>>> The alternative is to convert it to a tinyURL - see
>>> http://tinyurl.com/

>> If you really want to piss people off.

>Why? Please explain!

Off the top of my head, I'm sure I could think of more

[1] it is pointless, just use <>
[2] it creates more Internet traffic
[3] you can't see where the link is going


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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Nigel Molesworth <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In uk.telecom.broadband, Tiscali Tim wrote:
>
>>>> The alternative is to convert it to a tinyURL - see
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/
>
>>> If you really want to piss people off.
>
>> Why? Please explain!
>
> Off the top of my head, I'm sure I could think of more
>
> [1] it is pointless, just use <>
> [2] it creates more Internet traffic
> [3] you can't see where the link is going

None of which are particularly compelling reasons for not using it!
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In uk.telecom.broadband, Tiscali Tim wrote:

>> Off the top of my head, I'm sure I could think of more
>>
>> [1] it is pointless, just use <>
>> [2] it creates more Internet traffic
>> [3] you can't see where the link is going

>None of which are particularly compelling reasons for not using it!

[4] It makes you look like a twat
[5] AOL

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