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Title: ADSL2+ huge amounts of burst CRC errors (100K+) between 1am and 7am
Post by: goxed on November 15, 2012, 03:16:26 AM
I subscribe to a ADSL service, and usually I hardly see any CRC errors but things are the stark opposite at night. There are like 100,000 to 400,000 CRC errors between the aforementioned time frame and throws my modem off whack.

The telephone termination box where the phone company cable is distributed to the house is located near the 'smart' electricity meters. Other than that I have cat5 telephone cable inside the premises. Any ideas or debug tactics would be much appreciated and welcome.


Title: Re: ADSL2+ huge amounts of burst CRC errors (100K+) between 1am and 7am
Post by: thebaron on November 15, 2012, 03:18:57 AM
Starting happening recently? Right after the sun goes down? Could be the solar storm...


Title: Re: ADSL2+ huge amounts of burst CRC errors (100K+) between 1am and 7am
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on November 15, 2012, 04:23:28 AM
Starting happening recently? Right after the sun goes down? Could be the solar storm...

I heard there was an eclipse in town. Could that do it?


Title: Re: ADSL2+ huge amounts of burst CRC errors (100K+) between 1am and 7am
Post by: meowmeowbrowncow on November 15, 2012, 05:54:44 AM


Would be interesting to know if the modem provides any interface to see what channels are being affected (if any).  ADSL2 should shut down channels that have excessive interference.


Title: Re: ADSL2+ huge amounts of burst CRC errors (100K+) between 1am and 7am
Post by: goxed on November 15, 2012, 09:59:20 AM
Starting happening recently? Right after the sun goes down? Could be the solar storm...

I would say the frequency has gone up in the last one week or so. Every morning I wake up with the modem complaining about the excessive CRC errors.