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It’s quite a peculiar issue when it does happen (which is rarely), in that the only way I’ve found of resolving it myself is by dropping the line at that modem.
by robotmay 6y ago
It’s quite a peculiar issue when it does happen (which is rarely), in that the only way I’ve found of resolving it myself is by dropping the line at that modem. I’m always hesitant to have the line inspected in the UK because there’s every chance OpenReach will come around and balls it up further.
I’ve been doing this manually for the past couple of years without any negative effects that I’ve seen. I’d say it tends to happen maybe once every two to three months, which makes me think it’s more likely an issue further up the chain. A&A are pretty spry at resolving issues but often I just drop the line myself to sort it out quicker.
- philjohn 6y agoHave you ruled out the Draytek?
- robotmay 6y agoI don’t have anything to swap it out with unfortunately, and due to the infrequent nature of the issue it’d be pretty hard to predict. Intermittent packet loss is something I’ve experienced everywhere I’ve lived in the UK and with different devices. The only constant has been the BT/OpenReach network on which many of our ISPs are based :|
- bcrl 6y agoADSL modems cost less than $10 used. Replacing the modem should have been done well before trying this hairbrained workaround that doesn't actually fix the real problem.
- philjohn 6y agoI've got several of the Huawei (V|A)DSL modems that BT used to fit when VDSL first rolled out, you're more than welcome to have one of them!