Class I Router ADSL stats monitor

[Neo]

This little application does a similar job to KaySee's Monitor only it does it for Class I routers.

I started this utility back in June but I forgot about it after that

I know Class I routers have been on the decline (in terms of popularity) for a while now, but this is available just in case there is anyone else out there wants it

Download version 1.0.3

[Shotokan101]

And a great job it does too

[Neo]

Aw shucks

Many thanks to the testers, SyBorg and Shotokan101
KaySee deserves credit for the inspiration

[Kieran]

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[Neo]

Thanks Kieran

I did consider sticky-fying it but I didn't know if this topic was worth it going to the top of the list

[markybrooknow]

Just what I needed!
Great stuff Neo..
Now if only I could modify my home.htm on this Class 1 router to show the max and min DS SNR through a router page rather than a utility. I don't suppose this is possible though....

[Neo]

Glad it's of some use to you, Mark

Getting the max/min SNR values on the router's home page is a little bit tricky. The problem is storing previous values. One could probably get the extremes recorded per browser session, but the values might be reset if you close the browser or navigate to another page. There might be a way of storing the values in the routers firmware, assigning them to some variables in memory (perhaps even using existing variables that are not important), but that would be rather more difficult

Is there any particular reason why you want to have the values on the home page? Perhaps the utility could be modified in some way to suite your needs?

[markybrooknow]

Neo, you might remember that I have modified the standard home.htz for JMK/Billion type Class 1 2M firmwares. This modification provides ADSL connection status plus SNR and attenuation figures on the initial router page to help naive users (that I have provided the router to) give feedback to myself vis a vis the noise and attn. figures when they have problems, normally when they have been MAXed by BT. This file is zipped underneath. As I say it would be great if the home.htz could periodically sample these figures and include them in a table.

[Kieran]

My advice would be to go the way of javascript and cookies for something like this. Prevents the need for tinkering with the router and will be mostly acurate as for the most part people use the same PC to access the router. Having a regular data feed could be a problem (how long is the average person logged into the router and on the home page for instance), but still, could be workable.

[markybrooknow]

Thanks for that Kieran. I appreciate what you say, it is more convenient to use a utility but wouldn't it theoretically be nice if min and max DS SNR were added to a firmware?

[Kieran]

What I am suggesting would be part of the firmware in the sense that the javascript and code to set the cookie would be in home.htz.

[biro]

If the firmware supports the CLI on port 254 and 255 IIRC one of them gives you min/max values.

[Neo]

As a follow up to biro's suggestion see kb.php?mode=article&k=34

Under "2. ADSL MENU" you see the following

Code: Select all

1. ADSL PERFORMANCE STATUS
2. 24 HOUR ADSL PERFORMANCE HISTORY
3. 7 DAY ADSL PERFORMANCE HISTORY

But I don't really see that approach being user-friendly to the novice.

Personally I think the utility has a lot more flexibility (storing data even if the router is powered off, allowing analysis in Excel or whatever, allowing data to be sent to others like yourself etc).

However, if you would still like to have the stats on the home page, then I would follow Kieran's advice and/or perhaps try to get the home page to access the same data as the CLI, since the data must already be stored somewhere on the router

[markybrooknow]

Thanks for those further suggestions.

If the firmware supports the CLI on port 254 and 255 IIRC one of them gives you min/max values.

Although I can get into the hidden menu on my class 1 router, I can't telnet to it. I think many of the firmwares in your list including mine seem to have had their telnet modules removed to make more space inside the squashed 2M firmware!

I am running Conceptronics fw (similar to JMK/Billion/Telewell 2M)
I suppose I just need to find a temp space to store the variable st_dw_snr_margin and then do min/max compares.

[wijjkey]

Thanks! I’m using your link to help others on another site. I hope that is fine