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That symptom, combined with the extremely frequent IP changes... I think you're being kicked offline and back online. Old telco wiring could definitely be to blame. Lot's of things could be happening. If you need even more ammo, I might be able to start up an early beta of a new, more detailed tool I'm developing... made for your exact situation. Where you can clearly show every instance when your connection drops out. And you'll know when it happens so you can investigate right away.

Have you tried running any speed tests since you signed in? Your IP may have changed since you signed up, I don't see any results under your address. If you ran tests... they're in the database. If you have a record of old IP addresses you can pull them up using TMN IPTools. But if you don't they can be hard to find. But I do have some tricks up my sleeve. I have as old function built into the site back in 2013 that's still tracking all TMN visitor IP changes. I have a frontend for it, would need to search and figure out where it is and develop it. Luckily I can just dig into the database. Searching your current computer ID to find related IDs, which indicates that your IP changed. select * from `related` WHERE `COMP_ID` = '7312112261'; +------------+-----------+------------+-------------+---------------------+ | COMP_ID | User_Name | related | parent | Date | +------------+-----------+------------+-------------+---------------------+ | 7312112261 | | 8458742220 | 73121345303 | 2022-12-28 14:42:17 | +------------+-----------+------------+-------------+---------------------+ Looks like you once had the computer ID 8458742220, Do these results look familiar? (don't know why I'm asking... it's your results, I can even see the 10 minute auto test interval, lol) ?t=c&l=50&q=8458742220's Speed Test Results Pretty cool it's still doing its job after being forgotten about. I'll make sure it's in the next version so you all can track your IP changes, even before you signed up. Your IP address has changed quite a bit, pretty frequently. When I query the common 'parent' we see all the changes select * from `related` WHERE `parent` = '73121345303'; +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ | COMP_ID | User_Name | related | parent | Date | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ | 7312112261 | | 8458742220 | 73121345303 | 2022-12-28 14:42:17 | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ | 8458742220 | | 84587587574 | 73121345303 | 2022-12-27 18:08:43 | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ | 84587587574 | | 19284700210 | 73121345303 | 2022-12-27 06:59:22 | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ | 19284700210 | | 73121432330 | 73121345303 | 2022-12-26 16:31:32 | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ | 73121432330 | | 73121436915 | 73121345303 | 2022-12-26 09:54:17 | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ | 73121436915 | | 73121345303 | 73121345303 | 2022-12-26 09:44:12 | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+--------------------- | 73121345303 | | | 73121345303 | 2022-12-26 09:33:07 | +-------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+ 7 rows in set (0.000 sec) https://testmy.net/compID/8458742220 https://testmy.net/compID/84587587574 https://testmy.net/compID/19284700210 https://testmy.net/compID/73121432330 https://testmy.net/compID/73121436915 https://testmy.net/compID/73121345303 That's a lot of IP changes! I look at other Talktalk users and see them testing for weeks before an IP change. Some other ISPs don't change your IP unless you change your modem or request a new IP. From what I see, in general Talktalk changes user IPs more frequently. As long as you're signed in I'll save your results by username, so it won't matter if your IP changes. Just make sure you sign in. I have some ideas for how I can make this less confusing for my users in the future. For now, anyone else who loses track of previous speed test results -- let me know and I'll try to help. Let me know if this helps!

I see now that the account you're under just signed up 7 hours ago. We're you maybe using a different username?

Did you delete your results? When was the last time you remember seeing your results? I might be able to pull them up from a backup.

That's what I see in your screenshot, blue download and orange upload. Like always, that's why I'm confused. 😆

Hi @91Wagovanman, sorry you didn't get a response back sooner -- send me the model number of your router so I can guide you. Here's a link I found that may help. How to prioritize QOS in an HT Series Satellite Internet Modem/Router! -- may be similar enough to give you an idea. This may or may not help in your situation. The thing is, the bandwidth still needs to be there in the first place. If you're getting under performance for other reasons it will have no effect. For testing, I would just eliminate everything you can from the equation. Temporarily connect only the modem, wired directly to the computer if possible. If you can, bypass the router. If the router is built in, reset it so everything is kicked off the wifi. Once you've tested for a period and proven that the issue exists without the added variables, it would help if you had a second computer to then run the same tests on but not necessary. If you're still experiencing patterns of slowdown maybe HughesNet support can help. Maybe it's an alignment issue. The point is, if you're still having the issue after removing the other variables... QoS won't help. How long have you had HughesNet for? Do you get any cell service to your home?

I'm confused. What do you mean by that? Noticed that ad needed to be blocked. The plague of start button ads! AHHH!

Thank you Fred, Yes, I'm the developer behind all of TestMy.net. I taught myself how to program just so I could build this... and am still learning, every day well over 20 years later. I've had to become an expert in many fields to run this. Programming is just one aspect. Happens to be my favorite one and I wish I could just focus on that. Maybe one day. I look forward to you seeing TestMy.net grow too. The new tools I'm brewing up right now are many years in the making and I can't wait to share them with everyone. - Damon

Try it now and let me know if that helps.

Hi Fred, Let me explain first a little on how this part works on the backend. When you first visit TestMy.net uses your IP address, it creates an anonymous "computer ID". This ID is unique to TestMy.net. TMN generates it based on your IP but for your privacy not even TestMy.net can reverse the number back into an IP from the computer ID alone. When you sign in testmy.net stores the same account details as before, except it points the database to your username. Saving tables by username instead of compID. When client results are queried, by compID or username, the database looks to the user's settings to check the timezone for that client. I tried the same test on my own results using my computer ID and encountered a sort of bug. Closer inspection reviled the associated data, pulled from the database, for the GMT offset was showing blank. I then went to a different browser, where I wasn't signed in to check if it was setting the data correctly. The simple action of me hitting that page then fixed the bug by setting that associated data correctly in the database. So it corrected itself. But now I'm like, "what did that?" So I'm not too sure what's happening there. I'm going to have to do testing to find how that got saved in the database as blank. Whatever it is, it effected my own results as well. It's best to make sure you're always signed in when testing and then just share the username results that come up when you click My Results. Sorry I don't have much documentation outside of discussion in the forum here. But I encourage people to hack the variables here to make TMN do different things. Sometimes there are clues like &f=1 but there are hundreds of variables that are hidden. Here's an example where you can output ISP speed test results to csv or json. https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable&csvout=1 (outputs full array in CSV) https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable&csvout=2&monthsback=6 (outputs download, upload and latency averages in CSV) https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable&csvout=1&easycsv=1 (outputs full array in CSV) https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable&csvout=2&easycsv=1&monthsback=6 (outputs download, upload and latency averages in CSV) One of those things I built to help someone in a specific case (researching broadband speed for a project) and never reviled it in the UI. There are entire other layers that tie into that function, it does all kinds of neat things. Where for instance you enter an array of cities (or ISPs, countries, etc) and it aggregates all of the data. Insanely quick too, fully customizable you can aggregate lists of thousands of cities in a blink... where it's pulling the averages for each individual city and aggregating all of the data together. I spent weeks working with that guy, building a pretty amazing function, one that surprised me... and then shared it with that one guy. lol, done this too many times to count. I'll have to pull up that conversation to figure out how all of that works again. 🤔 --- and then share it. There are also cases where I build functionality for myself and then never revile it in the UI. &f=1 is a variable that tells the site the content is framed, inside of an iframe. This remove the header and footer on any existing page. Makes things easier to maintain because all code references one code base. Instead of making a separate program to pull stats in that iframe I use the same program but give you a switch you can flip to cause the page to be generated differently. There are ways I could obfuscate or limit this functionality to the client but I like giving you the control... you might want to use it in a different way than I intended but that's the entire idea to how TMN works.

Correct link structure looks like this... <a href="https://testmy.net/quickstats/johnstonf?clientTime=1">johnstonf's Speed Test Results</a><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://testmy.net/quickstats/johnstonf?clientTime=1&f=1" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" height="435" width="100%"></iframe> I made it so it adds that for you automatically now. If you open your results with the clientTime url the output of the embed button will add that variable to the code for you. I'll make changes to the UI later so that's not a hidden function. Thank you

Hi johnstonf, welcome! When someone else views your results they see them in their own timezone. It may initially show them GMT on the first page load. After the timezone is detected it remembers it in your browser. You can click on "CT" (above the date field in the details below the graph) to display using the timezone of the person who took the test. Here you see I'm in GMT -7, about to click the Client Time link. If you'd like to share results using your timezone append ?clientTime=1 to your results URL. e.g. https://testmy.net/quickstats/johnstonf?clientTime=1 Hope this helps, Happy Testing!

I added a quick reference URL for future CSV exports.

Hi johnstonf, welcome! In the CSV you can see the username, computer id and test id fields. From that we can figure out where to find the results. Example: (open with a normal text editor like notepad or textedit) Date format: D M d Y @ g:i:s a,Type,Test Size,Score Mbps,Score MB/s,Username,Computer ID,ISP / Host,Extra Identifier,Test ID Mon Dec 12 2022 @ 10:54:07 am,UP,15.3 MB,39.01,4.88,CA3LE,6532027578876,comcast_cable,72----monument-co-us,hdqup-kbW Sun Dec 11 2022 @ 12:21:16 pm,UP,14.6 MB,37.99,4.75,CA3LE,6532027578876,comcast_cable,72----monument-co-us,uvyEtSH5i Sun Dec 11 2022 @ 12:21:01 pm,DN,82.8 MB,250.85,31.36,CA3LE,6532027578876,comcast_cable,72----monument-co-us,EcbpI7hnS Form links like this: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE (by username) https://testmy.net/compID/6532027578876 (by computer id) https://testmy.net/db/EcbpI7hnS (by test id -- where you can usually find more linked results by looking for computer id and user id within the result details) If you post the CSV I'll post back links. I prefer pulling it up using TestMy.net's graphing system whenever possible but here's another way. Open the CSV with a spreadsheet program like Google Sheets, sort the sheet by upload and download field select the date, type and speed in Mbps fields insert [menu] + chart do that for upload and download speed

"Quality of Service (QoS) is used to set up priority to specific devices, services or applications within the network through the router, so that the maximum amount of available throughput and speed can be used." https://www.linksys.com/support-article?articleNum=137079 QoS allows you to prioritize bandwidth for specific clients, services or programs. Basically it takes your connection and allocates bandwidth to your target machine before the rest of the network. For example, you might want to prioritize your hardwired PC, you say that's most important. But others may want their VoIP or xbox to take priority. I played with QoS in the early days but I've never had a real need for it. My connections are usually top tier. If your connection is under 50 Mbps (obviously yours is) then QoS might not just help... it might be necessary. Here's a good guide on the subject >> https://www.howtogeek.com/75660/the-beginners-guide-to-qos-on-your-router/ (the ads are extremely painful and they link to the wrong test but good information on QoS options and features) If your router doesn't support QoS I'd recommend the Netgear Nighthawk AC1750. You can get them as cheap as $35 used. Search the Nighthawk AC1750 manual for QoS (page 49) Having explained that. It looks like you've had a little improvement. But it's still spotty. 91Wagovanman's Speed Test Results Maybe weather or dish placement are be to blame. What does HughesNet have to say? You should run an automatic speed test. Here's some settings I might try for your connection. (Considering the bandwidth limitations and data cap.) A longer test will give us more information.

Hi phred!

I see what you're saying. A temporary fix will show "Set Username" at the top (where the sign in / sign up links usually are) when you signup with Google and the username hasn't been set. On normal sign up it's displaying an error instead of prompting you to check your email. The email is still being sent, if you follow the link it works. I'll work on fixing the signup process. It works but is not a good user experience. Thank you for reporting this.

When you first sign up using Google sign in your password is the Google sign in itself. You can set a password by visiting your account settings. Then login by using AstroHarry1596 and the password or Google sign in. I'm going to go through the sign up process and fix any issues right now. May need some adjustment.

Hi deonisys, Yes, the results you see for atman.pl at https://testmy.net/hoststats/atm are tests taken by clients detected to be using atman.pl. Long ago in TestMy.net's history hosts were stored by domain name (e.g. atman.pl). They're now stored by hostname (e.g. ATM). The database is warning you that you're looking at outdated tables. Using TestMy.net you can test your latency to atman.pl - that will tell you how quickly it's responding to your computer's requests. I have other tools for testing the bandwidth against nearly any website (where the other website doesn't need anything special installed in order to work) but they need to be resurrected. I'm curious, what are you testing for? Please explain your use case so I can better suggest something to help.

Go to the homepage, click Test My Internet and whoosh! You're testing. Happy Testing! - Damon

Looking into some things and will get back with you after the weekend. Sorry for the delayed response.

Sweet! That will come in handy.

Your most recent results look better, 31-37 Mbps. The results I was looking at earlier today are gone now, did you delete them? It can be good to keep them for referencing in the future. We may be able to establish a pattern by seeing more results. Try the Automatic Speed Test Here's some settings I might try. Utilizing random time. Open a browser and paste this TMN command https://testmy.net/auto?schType=Up&extraID=A&r_timeRand=1&st=1&r_time=1&xtimes=24&minUFS=25&nfw=1 Test will complete within 24 hours. As long as you're signed in you'll be notified by email. Dallas, the server you're currently using, should provide your best case scenario according to the response times in your screenshot.

I agree and I keep blocking them but they always come back. To be free for everyone TestMy.net needs ads. Or the support of its users. Or the support of the ISPs. In terms of ISPs, I have one major US based ISP that just signed a 5 year contract to give all of its users ad free service here. So it is possible for providers to see the value TestMy.net provides their users. Would be nice if I got enough support like that to just turn ads off for everyone. On an individual basis, you can click Donate at the bottom of this page. Donate any amount on a reoccurring basis, use the email address you have registered here and I'll flag your account for ad free service. I'm going to go through and make a new ad block list. The problem is that the bad actors just make new domains... exact same ads, same graphics, same landing pages, same buttons. Almost always originating from Google's ad network. I have many hundreds of domains blocked, 10 more pop right up. And what shows up on your screen might not show up on mine. So I'm with you, I want only quality ads for products and services my users want to see. The ultimate solution may be to gear the site away from ad support all together (since the ad networks obviously can't fix it). But that means I need to find support elsewhere.

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