Laptop Review: check

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

How to check Streamyx SNR Margin and Line Attenuation reading

Firstly, what you need to know is the measurement and what is the meaning of each number you see. Refer below.

How to know which interval is good???
For SNR Margin:

If your SNR reading is equal or less than 6dB
- bad connection/frequent disconnections(Disconnected in 1-5 minutes) or cant connect at all

If your SNR reading is between 7dB - 10dB
-Consider average connection but still have disconnection issue

If your SNR reading is between 11dB - 20dB
-Good connection with no connectivity problem

If your SNR reading is between 21dB - 28dB
-Excellent line quality

If your SNR reading is greater or equal to 29dB
-Fantastic, never worry about anything!

For me, 11dB-13dB is good enough and you can already connect to the internet without disconnection issue/problem because my house distance is greater than 5KM from the nearest TM. *** For you to achieve SNR reading above 20dB, your house distance from the exchange point(Nearest TM) must be less than 5KM.***

Theres one more thing about Streamyx Line, that is the Line Attenuation, below is the interval guide line (Basically, Line Attenuation is opposite to SNR margin value) :

For Line attenuation:
Greater than 60dB
-Bad Line Quality

Between 50dB - 60dB
-Acceptable

Between 40dB - 50dB
-Good

Between 30dB - 39dB
-Great

Between 20dB - 29dB
-Excellent

Less than 20db (your house must be very near with TM)
-Fantastic!

How to check this information ???
1) First, make sure you connected to your Riger Modem(wired/wireless).

2) Open your browser and on the address bar, write " 192.168.1.1" without the quote and press enter.
*** Note that the192.168.1.1 is common ip address for Riger modem or any modem for streamyx ***

3) You should see the login page. Now fill the Username and Password Field. "Username : tmadmin ; Password : tmadmin"

4) Now, you should be seeing your modem information. Dont change anything, just browse through every tab. Because different Modem will store the Line Attenuation and SNR Margin in different tabs.
*** Note : Please make sure that you are connected to the internet, if not, the SNR Margin and Line Attenuation field will be blank. ***

5) Compare your modem reading with the information I give earlier.

How to check SATA Chipset

This guide will show you how to choose the right SATA driver to install Windows XP. . Also thanks to to other contributors especially Gustav Rock(CQ42) and Vanilla Blue (CQ40/CQ35/Acer).

NOTE:

1. Do this at your own risk.

2. You are recommended to make recovery first:

For windows Vista: Click Here for the guide
For Windows 7 : Click Here for the guide

STEP to be done :

1. STEP 1: Install CPU-Z (to Identify the right SATA Driver)

2. STEP 2: Identify Your Chipset

3. STEP 3: Choosing the SATA Diver and Slipstream Guide.

Note. For certain model such as ACER 4530 please check on your BIOS to enable AHCI mode from IDE mode. Sometimes there are model which do not need to use SATA driver.

STEP 1 : Install CPU-Z

1. First you need to install CPU-Z in order to identify the right SATA Driver For you Model.

2. You can Download CPU-Z here: Download page

3. Then Install it by double click on it.

4. Continue till installation finish.

5. Start CPU-Z

STEP 2: Identify your Laptop/PC Chipset

1. At this point you should have CPU-Z installed in your system.

2. You will see a shortcut on your desktop and double click to run it.

3. Then select mainboard panel and look at the chipset. There you will see AMD or INTEL or Nvidia.

4. This information we will use to determine the right SATA Driver for slipstreaming process.

5. Take note for the Chipset and continue to STEP 3.

6. Go to step 3 For:

Intel chipset go to A
AMD chipset go to B
Nvidia chipset go to C

STEP 3: Choosing SATA Driver and Slipstreaming GUIDE.

A: INTEL Chipset :

1. HM65, HM67, UM67, QS67 or QM67