Hey guys! First post on DSL Reports, hopefully I'm in the right forum for this xD.
Long story short, my modem used to be upstairs, in my room ~200ft of old/cheap phone wiring. So I moved my modem into the garage on the other side of the NID, and ran a cat6 cable to it (only about 15-20ft). I haven't drilled a hole in the garage wall for the cable yet, so for now it's outside and running underneath the garage door while I test. For a week and a half, I had a cheaper cat5e cable from Home Depot - more on that later). My SNR went from 7dB to ~20.4dB (going from modem upstairs, to garage). I then have a couple of powerline adapters from tp-link that go from the garage power outlet to my room up here. This system seems to work surprisingly well except I have had a few issues with the powerlink suddenly losing connection.
However, I'm concerned about these RS FEC errors I'm getting. A couple weeks ago when I did the cat5e, my SNR went up to fantastic levels, but I was getting random bursts of FEC errors. I'd have 0, then suddenly spike to 500+. Thinking maybe my cat5e install was sketchy, or the wire was cheap, I ordered some great cat6 off amazon - but same result it would appear.
I'm starting to wonder. Maybe it's the modem? Or between the DSLAM and my NID? I have had the modem since they brought a fiber overhaul out here about 3 years ago. I don't know if the C1000Z I have now is degrading, and it's time to upgrade.
Here's some photos of the install and stats on the line: http://imgur.com/a/hPJvf
Ultimately my connection seems stable enough, I'm just a nerd with too much free time looking to try and squeek out as much performance out of my connection as possible - and future proofing my setup a little.
EDIT: Here's a photo of my DSL app that I made a copule hours hours into recording. https://i.gyazo.com/14cee77d9871fd9544ad4a1b09a27380.png. Added the FEC errors graph.
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