Access the Management and Diagnostic Console
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Reviewing Bitloading
The Bitloading pane shows the bits loaded per tone for the upstream (tones 6 to 31) and downstream
(tones 32 to 255) spectrum. A single hex-digit for each tone shows the numeric value (0 to F) in addition to
the bar-graph depiction.*
Max
Maximum rate achievable at the time of the initial connec-
tion based on the quality of the line (specifically, the
uncapped rate).
Mgn
Noise margin (in dB) at the start of the connection.
Attn
Measured attenuation (dB) of the line.
Pwr
Transmit power (dB).
*CRCs
Total uncorrected errors for this connection.
*FECs
Total corrected errors for this connection.
Mode
The DSL mode used.
Vendor
Vendor ID of the DSLAM (for example, ALCB indicates Alca-
tel DSLAM in G.DMT mode).
Rx Gain
Indicates the current receive gain setting, which will
depend on the length of the DSL line.
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