CA3LE

It seems (to me) more than coincidence that it's symmetric and nearly 10Mbps on the dot. Besides that. Here's what I would do to troubleshoot the problem... First, we need to narrow it down, eliminate variables. Run ONLY your web browser first, get a baseline test (you shouldn't have to run both test types because this problem appears to be effecting everything, so to save yourself time just run the Download Test Once you've established that your connection is running as it should be... start to add the variables back in, one at a time. So load up either DC++ or uTorrent (one or the other)... share for a while, test and see if your connection is having the problem. Repeat with the other program. If it does it with both, then you've established that the problem runs deeper and that it's not something one of those programs may be causing. ... Do that first and let me know, it could be as simple as one of the programs not releasing resources once it's closed. Another thing would be to verify in task manager that nothing related to your sharing is still tying up resources. There could be a secondary process or something tying up resources. (or not... I'm just throwing out ideas here) Nick... you just want to show off that insane upload you have! -- just kidding. You do have an awesome upload speed though.

I've already got enough MiniDVI connectors to hook them all up. Right now though, I'm using it by itself in my kitchen. I feel like a new computer always requires an office rearrangement. You get the full effect of a new computer IMO when you make the surroundings new as well. At least for me... everything serves a purpose. Especially my computer, I have a Seiko Kinetic for bling... my iMac has a purpose. Totally That's a good analogy. You can buy a shitty hammer that will get the job done for a while but it will always let you down in the end. OR you can buy a badass hammer and never have to buy another one. ... Apple is just a workhorse, all the development here in the past couple years has been on Mac. There is no doubt in my mind that I would have only completed about 1/3rd of the work I did if I were still on PC. Windows Fan Boys (hey they call us Mac Fan Boys) always ask, "Why... can't you just set yourself up the way you like on PC, wouldn't it be the same?" -- No, I'm sorry... after working on the Mac this long there is really no comparison for me anymore, at least for what I do. I came from Windows 7 by the way... so it's not like I'm comparing an old version of windows or something. I guess it's a combination of software, form and function. I just do things more efficiently since I switched over. I developed on PC for... well my whole life before two years ago. Having said that, for productivity Mac can't be beat. (IMO) And now I have this Magic Trackpad... OMG it's awesome when you get used to it. I'd played with it in the store a bunch of times and didn't like it, but really it just takes some getting used to. The gesturing that you can do it a huge timesaver and feels very natural. I'm in love. -- haven't touched my mouse since.

I love this idea, I've been wanting to do it for a long time. But I think I've got my database reworked to where I can add this soon. Here's the plan, you'll be able to give each computer a unique name. So for instance, if you have 4 computers on the same connection this will make it possible to further filter your results. This feature will extend to the averages etc... so the averages you're shown will be more relevant to the computer your currently sitting at. This is something that I've been wanting to do for a long time but I've had more important issues to deal with. I think now I'm at the point to get this implemented. I have a few details about exactly how I want to do this that I need to first hash out. But, look for it hopefully by the next version. I love suggestions, thanks. Thank you for your continued Patronage, - CA3LE

Okay, so I added options for that. The other idea I had is going to be more work than I'm willing to put in (on that) today. There is now an Express Combined link in the menu and the Auto test page now has a checkbox that will make it easy to turn that feature on and off... because of your comments I've made this feature disabled by default. It's a cool feature but it may not be ready for default for a while... I have to teach it some more tricks first, lol. Thanks for your suggestion and bug report. As you can see by how quickly I took care of this, I don't mess around.

I see what you're talking about. I had a feeling that I was going to have to go back and rethink that... it's a good idea but I need to build a failsafe to make sure that doesn't happen, actually... just thinking of the word 'failsafe' gave me an idea. ... and I'm pretty sure it's exactly the fix you're thinking about. (damn, I think I have a solution before I've even dug into the code, lol) For now, I've disabled this feature. Once I've worked on the idea a little more and re-enable it I'll make sure that there's a checkbox that will provide you the option to enable and disable this timesaver. Thank you for your input, it's very valuable to me. - CA3LE

Work... continued development here. Not a chance bud... I'm not done with that puppy yet, it's going in the living room. I think I love that too much to ever get rid of it. For instance, my son wants to switch to Mac... and after thinking about it... I would rather buy him a new one than give up mine. It's seriously the first computer that NEVER let me down. Changed my preference in computers forever. When (or if) it stops working I think I'll have it mounted in a glass case.

Thanks

Post a good link to a tutorial vid on changing the hard drive... if you know of one already. I'm sure future readers of this thread... as well as myself will find that helpful.

Which droid do you have? I still haven't done that myself... mine runs so good I don't want to screw it up... haha

So is there just one free extra memory slot? Also, do I get to that and the HDD in that spot under the display with the two screws? I want to throw my SSD in this beast --- give the 1TB drive to my mini I LOOOOOVE this trackpad. They gave me the trackpad and magic mouse. As I was about to leave I said, "On your website it said I can pick between the two." And the guys just said, "We'll just give you both..." Apple rules. -- I really like it though, the gesturing is nice and faster than using a normal mouse I think. ...... this thing is going to help me allot

I think I made the right choice going with the i5. It's a quad core now... plus the base model was allot easier of an idea to sell to my girlfriend... haha

I just got the base. I didn't see a reason to spend $300-$500 more. I'm still happy with my mini, this is a huge upgrade for me regardless.

On my way home from the apple store with my new 27" iMac.... can't wait! I said I was going to wait to get it untill bluray was included... but screw it, I wanted to today. The display is what I'm most excited about... I have a 27" and 25.5" but the resolution on those can't compare to this beauty. I just wanted to brag. Haha

I've expanded the idea to the Auto and Combined tests... let me know if any of you experience any issues, this is very new.

Yeah... thanks for pointing that out, squish! ... little portion of code that wasn't updated to match new variables

I've added a nice express button that calculates a recommended test size based on your last 5 tests This will definitely save me time, people get a nice, specifically sized custom test every time... one click. Enjoy!

Sorry man, I'm actually in there right now working. Thanks for pointing that out. It's good now -D

too bad we haven't got there yet... it's 356 not 365 That number may actually be as much as 50-250 Million higher than that. For years I purged millions of results out of the database (otherwise it would have overloaded the server back then) and there was years where there wasn't a database and nothing was being logged. I seriously have no idea what the exact number is over the entire history, it's not lower than what it says on the homepage though. I have records for all those

That thing is awesome! Now THAT's storage space

First one was fast... pretty much off the bat. Second link fluctuated wildly at the start, dropped to about 600Kb/s the throttled up slowly, ending at about 5MB/s ... I'm not worried about the problem, Cox usually takes care of it without customer intervention. I just wanted to mention this because I'm pretty sure that it's not just me... Pull Cox Test History and display the last 500 or 1000 results and you'll quickly see what I'm saying (see the dip at the beginning of the graph) Do the same with another fast host like Comcast and you'll see that it's not as if this is a site-wide issue either. It's a routing issue I'm sure... I'm not seeing bad speeds everywhere, just lots of places (I'm secretly trying to teach you guys how to use this stuff )

I've been running so good for so long... Here's my results today, https://testmy.net/stats/?&t=u&d=05192011&x=1&l=25&q=CA3LE I always cross reference the competition when I have a chance. https://testmy.net/stats/?&t=u&d=05192011&x=1&l=25&q=CA3LE TestMy.net and DSLReports.com spotted the problem for sure. But not speedtest.net... Server close to me... ... or far away speedtest.net just didn't notice anything. ... and I'm definitely having an issue

Guess they changed their mind

Hey BobH, So, I'm guessing that it was working fine until just recently, right? Can you try it again for me and see if my adjustments have corrected the issue your having. Thank you for your continued patronage, - CA3LE

I'm going to assume this is no longer a problem... no response ?

For sure... all and all his threads have at least a million views, someone had to be linking to them Windows 7 is much better at setting connections up automatically now, for sure. But I still recommend trashing IE in favor of firefox or chrome.