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Which stats are important when looking at DSL line quality, and what do they mean?
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I've started getting periodic packet loss on my DSL connection lately, and am trying to understand what conditions are causing this. My DSL modem has a stats page with values for "SN margin (dB)" and "line attenuation (dB)". I think SN refers to signal to noise ratio, but I would expect that to be …
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Brief You want the Line Attenuation as low as possible and the Signal to Noise Margin as high as possible. A signal-noise margin of less than ~8dB may be problematic. Attenuation of above about ~40dB will probably start to limit your speed. Line Att…
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