Does this look okay?
DSL Status: Up
DSL Modulation Mode: GDMT
DSL Path Mode: FAST
Downstream Rate: 8128 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 448 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 9 db
Upstream Margin: 26 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 17
Upstream Line Attenuation: 8
Downstream Transmit Power: 0
Upstream Transmit Power: 0
PVC Connection
Encapsulation: RFC 2364 PPPoA
Multiplexing: VC
QoS: UBR
PCR Rate: 0
SCR Rate: 0
Autodetect: Disable
VPI: 0
VCI: 38
Enable: Yes
PVC Status: Applied
Of the ones tht mean anything to me, seems fine to me.
Cool, Im trying to tweak my connection - Im convinced it could be a little quicker.
Have u tried something like this
http://ifreedownload.blogspot.com/2007/08/benutec-network-mechanic-v25.html
?
Just given it a go, didnt seem to make a difference.
Speedtest.net is being a pain for me atm, so tried a different test, encouraging results! : http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/11908165271251212793.html
What i got on that test
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/119083724653058722039.html
You could try the swedish test
http://www.tptest.se/documents/tptest/klient/tptest5_0_2_setup.exe
Tried to get it to work, but I couldnt figure out which ports to open, the manual was in what I assume is Swedish :lol:
Tried 80 & 1641.
Hmmm I just installed and it worked did not need to open any ports, just push starta test.
In this one you can choose servers I belive
http://www.tptest.se/documents/tptest/klient/tp312swe.exe
I am using 5.0
Could it be working on swedish nets only ?
Saw something on google.about tptest server on port 1634
edit
I looked closer on 5.0 and if you go arkiv/avancerat and then the "verktyg" tab (tools) and hit "uppdatera" you vill get a list with severs and ports
In regular mode there jis just a start test button.
This is what I get :
(http://www.whitegiant.co.uk/misc/sweerror.JPG)
It sais: (the big red) No measuring values, (the popup) The measuring took to long time and was terminated.
I do not know why, perhaps it is just supposed to work in sweden.
Ah well, cheers for the help anyway. :-)
Ok here are my tips for a getting a good connection:
* Firstly ignore anything like Benutec Network Mechanic, they will hurt your connection more than they help. Altering MTU sizes for instance shouldnt be done unless you know whats further upstream - which you dont.
* Go to your ISPs site and find out their recommended settings for your router, and use them! Sometimes you might need to ring them to find out things like the modulation type.
* Next head over to OpenDNS and manually set the DNS servers on your machine to the ones on there. Dont set it on the router - most routers do some DNS proxy thing and its normally crap :) The reason for this is that most ISPs DNS servers are rubbish. NTL/Virgin are particularly poor.
* Ignore anything you get from speed tests. Find some big files to download and set them going - wait for the speed to settle down and then that will give you a good indication of your line speed. Obviously try 3 or 4 big files from various different locations.
* If you are experiencing some slow down to particular sites then do a tracert (traceroute on linux) and find out which hops are the slowest.
* Consider changing ISPs, then main thing that matters is who they peer with. Avoid anyone that peers with telewest, they are notorious for routing loops. (Again doing a tracert will tell you this)
Thats all for now
Cornet
Oh one last thing, if youre up for it, ditch your router - buy a plain ethernet adsl modem and connect to a linux box and use that as your router. Install a caching proxy server (squid) and run your own DNS (using Bind).
Quote from: cornetOh one last thing, if youre up for it, ditch your router - buy a plain ethernet adsl modem and connect to a linux box and use that as your router. Install a caching proxy server (squid) and run your own DNS (using Bind).
Very good idea :) I use ipcop which uses linux on a PII 350 works a charm :)
Quote from: cornetOh one last thing, if youre up for it, ditch your router - buy a plain ethernet adsl modem and connect to a linux box and use that as your router. Install a caching proxy server (squid) and run your own DNS (using Bind).
There is a free DNS server for windows as well I used to run it quite successfully :) Believe its called "Acrylic". Rather easy to set up and did improve DNS times, took IRC login times from about 30 seconds, down to say 20.
http://mayakron.altervista.org/support/browse.php?path=Acrylic&name=HomeCan be found on Sourceforge.