Alucidnation wrote:
Ah ok, I thought the modem must have had some sort of input but it's just odd the differences on what the ISP sees and what i see.
Thanks/
I don't think that the ISP is seeing anything different than you are seeing. An interleave of 1 is effectively* no interleaving. And the fact that your modem is reporting "Fast path" probably means that what is in the Interleave depth field would not be taken into account anyhow.
(* I said 'effectively' as Interleave with a depth of 1 is the equivalent of Fast path. - You could think of it as the difference between the following two equations
"a=b" and "a=b x 1" - they compute to the same thing. Whilst a and b in the equations do not refer any DSL parameter in particular, you could think of the first equation being "Fast path active", and the second "Fast path inactive with an interleave of 1")
Interleave is the process of spreading a unit of information over a wider time period minimising the risk of interference on the circuit erroring over enough of that unit to prevent it being reconstructed by error recovery mechanisms. An interleave of 1 means that the information is all being transmitted in its normal time slot - hence no interleave. I suppose that even if Fast path is active - the interleave vale needs to say something '1' would be a sensible value there as it means the same.
And on the other point - I suppose the modem does have a say, but it's the DSLAM that makes the decisions. The modem has a say by reporting its capabilities and the stats that it detects. If it's reporting those truthfully/accurately, then it's all down to the line conditions and the DSLAM's assessment of the information available to it..
