xtream_uk
18-08-2006, 00:00
Hi Guys (and Women)
Ive been having some issues with my connection recently. My download rate is averaging <1Mb and my uploads are fine 400kb. As you probably noticed im on the 4Mb service from ntl.
I ran several speed tests and i have recorded a great deal of packet loss which i got a friend to run aswell on ntl im my area and he was spot on, while i still get packet loss and lagg that would make you go crazy.
I spoke to a friend and he looked at my power levels and they are "within tollerance" but no more. Off-hand they were about 0.3db (nearly perfect) and a snr of about 28ish (jumps between 27 and 30).
He suggested that becuase my modem is up the loft (large run of coax) i plug it into the feed coming into the house directly. As is stands, i have the modem connected directly to the feed coming into the house (nothing else on it) and have a run of Cat5 running to my router. My snr still jumps constantly between 27ish to 30ish and my power level jumped to around 12ish when i moved the modem.
For the sake of any router queries, i am presenty running it directly off my network card in the pc.
I cant paste the output from the speed report unless i register it. My current power levels are:Downstream Receive Power Level : 12.65 dBmvDownstream SNR : 28.20 dBUpstream Transmit Power Level : 42.00 dBmv
Service:
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 4096000 bpsMaximum Upstream Data Rate : 400000 bps
Thanks in advance for any help. Tho I will be phoning ntl in the morning to get an engineer out.
Dave
---------- Post added at 22:44 ---------- Previous post was at 22:36 ----------
Just to add, ran this test aswell. Here are the results:
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:43:05 UTC
1st 512K took 2515 ms = 203.6 KB/sec, approx 1678 Kbps, 1.64 Mbps
2nd 512K took 8500 ms = 60.2 KB/sec, approx 496 Kbps, 0.48 Mbps
3rd 512K took 7688 ms = 66.6 KB/sec, approx 549 Kbps, 0.54 Mbps
4th 512K took 3203 ms = 159.9 KB/sec, approx 1318 Kbps, 1.29 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 1010 Kbps, 0.99 Mbps
Cheers,
Dave
---------- Post added at 23:00 ---------- Previous post was at 22:44 ----------
Sorry just to add again, here are some pings to linx.org
(mines)
Pinging linx.org [195.66.232.38] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=242ms TTL=54
Request timed out.
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=351ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=261ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=170ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=241ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 195.66.232.38:
Packets: Sent = 17, Received = 16, Lost = 1 (5% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 351ms, Average = 102ms
Thanks Again.
Dave
Ive been having some issues with my connection recently. My download rate is averaging <1Mb and my uploads are fine 400kb. As you probably noticed im on the 4Mb service from ntl.
I ran several speed tests and i have recorded a great deal of packet loss which i got a friend to run aswell on ntl im my area and he was spot on, while i still get packet loss and lagg that would make you go crazy.
I spoke to a friend and he looked at my power levels and they are "within tollerance" but no more. Off-hand they were about 0.3db (nearly perfect) and a snr of about 28ish (jumps between 27 and 30).
He suggested that becuase my modem is up the loft (large run of coax) i plug it into the feed coming into the house directly. As is stands, i have the modem connected directly to the feed coming into the house (nothing else on it) and have a run of Cat5 running to my router. My snr still jumps constantly between 27ish to 30ish and my power level jumped to around 12ish when i moved the modem.
For the sake of any router queries, i am presenty running it directly off my network card in the pc.
I cant paste the output from the speed report unless i register it. My current power levels are:Downstream Receive Power Level : 12.65 dBmvDownstream SNR : 28.20 dBUpstream Transmit Power Level : 42.00 dBmv
Service:
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 4096000 bpsMaximum Upstream Data Rate : 400000 bps
Thanks in advance for any help. Tho I will be phoning ntl in the morning to get an engineer out.
Dave
---------- Post added at 22:44 ---------- Previous post was at 22:36 ----------
Just to add, ran this test aswell. Here are the results:
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:43:05 UTC
1st 512K took 2515 ms = 203.6 KB/sec, approx 1678 Kbps, 1.64 Mbps
2nd 512K took 8500 ms = 60.2 KB/sec, approx 496 Kbps, 0.48 Mbps
3rd 512K took 7688 ms = 66.6 KB/sec, approx 549 Kbps, 0.54 Mbps
4th 512K took 3203 ms = 159.9 KB/sec, approx 1318 Kbps, 1.29 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 1010 Kbps, 0.99 Mbps
Cheers,
Dave
---------- Post added at 23:00 ---------- Previous post was at 22:44 ----------
Sorry just to add again, here are some pings to linx.org
(mines)
Pinging linx.org [195.66.232.38] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=242ms TTL=54
Request timed out.
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=351ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=261ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=170ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=241ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=54
Reply from 195.66.232.38: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 195.66.232.38:
Packets: Sent = 17, Received = 16, Lost = 1 (5% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 351ms, Average = 102ms
Thanks Again.
Dave