Really Slow Internet. Any ideas.

[Nust3r]

Hi, I am using Win Vista Home Pro and Opera browser and am quite often getting a REALLY slow internet, especially when it comes to page loading.
I have noticed that IPV6 is enabled as I have one of those odd looking row of numbers when i do the "ipconfig /all" command in the cmd box.
Is it Opera incompatibility with Vista, just Vista being a bit dodgy or should/can I disable/uninstall the IPV6 protocol?
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx,
Ady.

[David F]

have you tried any other browsers?

[Nust3r]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

have you tried any other browsers?

Yes, IE7 kind of does the same thing although not as bad.
The thing with Opera is that if I get the error (page not found) screen, a refresh will load it ok 90% of the time.
I never had this problem before on XP. Could it be my router isn't compatible? I have a Safecom SBRU-10/100.
Thanx,
Ady.

[Paul]

Have you tried any traceroutes while the internet is slow? Might help highlight where the issue is.
http://www.pingplotter.com/

[Nust3r]

Originally Posted by Paul

Have you tried any traceroutes while the internet is slow? Might help highlight where the issue is.
http://www.pingplotter.com/

just d/loaded it and installed. I pinged Ubi.com as that was giving me loads of hassle last night and got a ping of 104. Not too bad considering its gone through USA and Canada.

[MadGamer]

Spyware/Adware/Malware?

[Nust3r]

Originally Posted by MadGamer

Spyware/Adware/Malware?

Scanned with
Norton 2007 - clean
Spybot S&D - Clean
Defender - Clean

I think I will uninstall IPV6 and see if that makes a difference. It did when I had XP Home so maybe it will work this time. I have VM so maybe they do not use it yet. I am not that knowlagable about ISPs and their protocols.

[Paul]

Did your trace show any areas that were a lot worse than others?

[Nust3r]

Originally Posted by Paul

Did your trace show any areas that were a lot worse than others?

Can't remember that exact ping set so i ave just pinged google. steps 9 to 14 were around the 80-110 mark. All others were at 45 max.
Not all steps had an address written by the ip addy, some were just written like this ---------------. Those tended to be the highest ping.

[Paul]

Looks like a routing issue, might be worth copy and pasting the traceroute into a post, remove your IP from it though.

[Nust3r]

Originally Posted by Paul

Looks like a routing issue, might be worth copy and pasting the traceroute into a post, remove your IP from it though.

Before I post, is my IP the top one?

[homealone]

Originally Posted by Nust3r

Before I post, is my IP the top one?

usually, unless you connect via a router

[Nust3r]

Originally Posted by homealone

usually, unless you connect via a router

Which I do...... I have no idea which ones (other than the top one) to hide
Not sure what to do .. sorry.

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

get rid of the one after the 192.168.*.*

[Nust3r]

I have hidden everything with my ISP by it.



Target Name: www.google.com
IP: 66.102.9.99
Date/Time: 20/05/2007 21:53:00

1 0 ms 0 ms [*.*.*.*]
2 8 ms 7 ms [*.*.*.*]
3 16 ms 9 ms sot3-t2cam1-b-v108.inet.ntl.com [*.*.*.*]
4 19 ms 9 ms sot3-t2core-b-ge-wan92.inet.ntl.com [*.*.*.*]
5 23 ms 10 ms gfd-bb-b-so-720-0.inet.ntl.com [*.*.*.*]
6 16 ms 30 ms gfd-bb-a-ge-000-0.inet.ntl.com [*.*.*.*]
7 15 ms 16 ms nth-bb-b-so-230-0.inet.ntl.com [*.*.*.*]
8 33 ms 29 ms tele-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [*.*.*.*]
9 33 ms 27 ms [212.250.14.66]
10 N/A 43 ms [72.14.238.244]
11 41 ms 40 ms [66.249.95.107]
12 50 ms 44 ms [64.233.174.113]
13 69 ms 43 ms [64.233.174.187]
14 49 ms 46 ms [64.233.174.14]
15 40 ms 42 ms lm-in-f99.google.com [66.102.9.99]

Ping statistics for www.google.com
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0.0%)
Round Trip Times: Minimum = 40ms, Maximum = 42ms, Average = 41ms

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I have just noticed that IPV6 is not installed in the network properties table. Should I install it?