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Speeding up net connection...

#22
ChenNuts44 said:
My next suggest was indeed to bypass the router and connect directly to the modem. If this fixes your problem, you're having a router issue and we'll take it from there.
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All of my numbers look okay though? They seem it. A few others joined in the conversation, so I'm a tad confused as to who is talkin' to who now. :p

It's late, I'm tired, etc. I'll try bypassing the router tomorrow.

In the meantime, any other help is mucho appreciato! :D
 
#23
Sorry to confuse! :D
You're numbers look normal, Eric. Have you done a trace on talkbass yet?
The first one I did took me over the pond and back for some reason.
The second run was much more stable and I didn't have anything over 52ms.

Let us know what happens on the 'morrow. :)
 
#24
could just be the times you're logging on. i usually avoid 3pm-6pm in my neighborhood. those neighborhood kids can eat up a TON of bandwidth.

also, try simply unplugging then plugging in your router and/or cable modem usually does this. the cache on either one could use a clean flush. just remember to restart your own computer to renew the IP on your router, etc. you'd be surprised.
 
#25
jokerjkny said:
could just be the times you're logging on. i usually avoid 3pm-6pm in my neighborhood. those neighborhood kids can eat up a TON of bandwidth.

also, try simply unplugging then plugging in your router and/or cable modem usually does this. the cache on either one could use a clean flush. just remember to restart your own computer to renew the IP on your router, etc. you'd be surprised.
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If his router is the likely culprit (which we'll find out tomorrow), he should do a full reset rather than just a power cycle. While this will clear your configuration settings, it will provide you with a clean slate from which to reconfigure everything. If you have non-default configuration settings in the first place, you obviously know how to configure your hardware and will only spent a few minutes reconfiguring things after the reset. ;)
 
#26
5mbps, :'( i wish we had that over here, theres only one internet provider and they have NO unlimited packages! We used to have them before, but they say that this is the better way to go, and this is a big step forward... yeah right...

here are the only available packages:

2mb = 20 gig threshhold 175$
1mb = 15 gig threshhold 125$
512kb = 8 gig threshhold 80$ and 8 gig threshold.

theres a new 256kb package that costs 30$ and has a 2 gig threshold...
 
#27
Eric618 said:
It's a wireless router, but this system is wired through the router. No wireless here.

System defrags automatically weekly.

2MB of RAM, so I can't see virtual memory as being an issue either.
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Not sure if this is true, but isn't 2MB of RAM pretty small? Maybe I'm confused but don't most newer systems come with 256 or 512?
 
#28
While it's true that both 256 and 512 are bigger than 2, 2 GB is ~4times as fast as 512mb and ~8 times as fast as 256mb :D

2 GB is an excellent choice, and should easily feed the bulldog...

EDIT: I just noticed it does say 2mb not 2 gb, but I'm assuming that's a typo?

I also think the times posted are well within good specs. I think the poster above who suggested a good router enema has the floor....
 
#30
My TB numbers... I'm going to reboot the modem, router, 'puter shortly. How would I do a full router rest?


Tracing route to ns.rackspace.com [69.20.95.4]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms c-WBD-72-28-15-162.echoes.net [72.28.15.162]
2 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 172.29.0.1
3 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.130.14.5
4 8 ms 6 ms 9 ms 172.31.255.2
5 13 ms 13 ms 23 ms POS1-3.GW7.PHL1.ALTER.NET [65.195.226.241]
6 17 ms 16 ms 14 ms 0.so-1-1-0.XL1.PHL1.ALTER.NET [152.63.39.122]
7 17 ms 17 ms 28 ms 0.so-2-0-0.IL1.DCA6.ALTER.NET [152.63.9.197]
8 20 ms 15 ms 15 ms 0.so-1-0-0.IR1.DCA4.ALTER.NET [146.188.13.38]
9 101 ms 100 ms 99 ms so-5-0-0.TR2.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.8.174]
10 98 ms 103 ms 101 ms so-6-0-0.XR2.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.15.46]
11 100 ms 102 ms 100 ms pos2-0.gw1.LND9.ALTER.net [158.43.150.146]
12 94 ms 92 ms 97 ms Rackspace-gw.customer.ALTER.NET [146.188.67.82]

13 95 ms 96 ms 95 ms vl901.core1.lon.rackspace.net [83.138.138.35]
14 96 ms 96 ms 94 ms 212.100.227.129
15 92 ms 93 ms 95 ms ns.rackspace.com [69.20.95.4]

Trace complete.


EDIT... Even though those numbers seem good, some of them took quite a while to register. Like 10-15 seconds for some, even though the numbers come back low... Any significance to that?
 
#36
If you're still having problems you might try disabling any software firewalls on this system and see if the situation improves. Since you're behind a router you probably don't need them running.
You said the troublesome PC is hard wired. Have you hard set the link and duplex for the network card? Duplex missmatch can definitely cause issues.
 

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