bluize

Sorry it has taken so long to acknowledge everyone's suggestions, have been out of town. I will try and answer everyone's questions with this post.

I am not using a wireless router, just have the FM router directly connected to PC. As far as how close to other electrical devices in the room, it is about 4 1/2 feet from the PC and UPS.

I usually reset my connections at least once a day.

Thanks for the cablenut settings, will give them a try.

As a side note, I did send a message to Tech Support and got the following response regarding my performance:

Pat has the antenna's adjusted, but has noticed the change in both sides of

networks, he called technical support, and they said that they have received

many calls from other companies with the same problem, of Internet slowness

problems occuring more during the day. The guy has told him that all these

kids are getting out of school, having nothing to do, and just staying

online all day, and downloading music, videos, whatever they want.

Thus, it is causing more strain on the BSR (Base Station Radio), since it

handles each modem individually. (In a period of NANOseconds.) I thought

that was pretty cool, but the fact is, that so many people are using it at

once now, and using higher bitrates, that it is NOT cool.

He has tested this theory by cutting off half the network, and seeing if

everyone elses response times improved, and they did.

He is in the process with a plan to have more radios installed to break up

the network in more sections. (Very expensive may I add)

However, it sounds like your antenna DOES need to be adjusted by the way.

Hopefully with the antenna adjustment and some more equiptment, my speeds will come back up to where they have been.

I want to thank everyone once again for your help and KUDOS to this place!!!

Bluize

Thanks for your help. What would be cablenut settings be if I get the upload, etc. fixed? Any help would be great. Again, thank you for your help ...

It doesn't show up in my drive listings ... Just under the hardware section ...

I will try, I live out in the sticks and there really aren't anyone out this way that even has a computer ...

I have a Maxtor 250G external connected via USB. I have been using this drive for about a year as a backup storage for my backup image of my backup image (I backup my system to a 2nd hard drive and then backup the 2nd hard drive to the external USB Maxtor 250G drive, can't be too careful). Last week the Maxtor filled up completely and won't allow me access, in fact, it doesn't show up as one of my drives at all. I have tried to use Partition Magic 8.0 to lay down a partition and format the drive (system shows that the drive does not have a partition). Everytime I try to create a partition and format the drive, I get a message from Partition Magic saying that it can't create the partition and format it as drive I: (the drive letter that was used when it was added to the system the first time; even tried with diffeent drive letters, but no dice) since the system appears to have the Maxtor in use somewhere. The drive does not show up in my drive listings, however, when I look at my hardware table, it shows the Maxtor drive in the hardware table as a device on my system.

Does anyone know how I can get access to that drive and format it so it can be used (NTFS)?

Thanks in advance for any help or advice ...

Bluize

Thank you for your quick reply. Here are the test results from different things for you. The first is a ping test from my PC to their system. Also, I notice a variability with performance, at times it is faster and other times it is slow. As you can see from my first test results and the ones I just ran for this reply.

Ping statistics for [snip] -t

    Packets: Sent = 19, Received = 19, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 219ms, Average = 65ms

Here is the tracert from my PC to www.testmy.net:

Tracing route to www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms  10.1.4.161

  2    52 ms    23 ms    15 ms  192.168.54.1

  3    57 ms    47 ms    31 ms  12.172.204.1

  4    40 ms    39 ms    31 ms  12.119.121.41

  5    40 ms    31 ms    72 ms  GBr1-a90s12.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.123.17.14]

  6  105 ms  200 ms  128 ms  tbr2-p013701.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.12.89]

  7    49 ms    39 ms    31 ms  ar8-p3110.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.123.16.165]

  8    64 ms    39 ms    47 ms  12.119.136.14

  9    72 ms    55 ms    80 ms  vl32.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.62]

10    40 ms    31 ms    23 ms  vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91]

11    41 ms    47 ms    39 ms  gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69]

12    48 ms    31 ms    39 ms  www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85]

Here is the test results with a bigger file size:

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::

Download Connection is:: 340 Kbps about 0.34 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 42 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/06/17 - 8:10am

Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 24.38 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 72.126 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 77.1 % of your hosts average (204.250)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PO5NLKIMR

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::

Upload Connection is:: 71 Kbps about 0.07 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 9 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/06/17 - 8:18am

Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 113.78 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 347.02656 seconds to complete

Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 29.09 % faster than the average for host (204.250)

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-F8YKD1MQN

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

Thanks,

Bluize

First off, this is a great forum, I have learned a lot here, I recommend this place to everyone I know. Here is my problem. I live in a remote area that isn't serviced by cable or dsl. I am connected to the net via an FM router. Goes from my PC and transmits via FM to a main radio tower and then from there to my ISP's system and then out via a T1 line to AT&T. My connection speeds are supposed to be 512/512 (they actually have the pipe open bigger for me so I have bandwidth higher than the 512/512). I have cablenut and have flushed my cache, run SpyBot, run Ad-Aware, run BugDoctor and am using AV for anti-virus. All tests and checks are clean, nothing found. Below are my speeds. Can someone help me with a good cablenut setting that will push me up to near where I should be. Thanks in advance for all help and advice. Y'all are the greatest ...

Thanks,

Bluize

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 264 Kbps about 0.26 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Download Speed is:: 32 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/06/17 - 6:31am

Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 32 sec

Tested from a 386 kB file and took 12 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 56.65 % of your hosts average (204.250)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-938VSNAJF

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [!]

Upload Stats

Upload Connection is:: 39 Kbps about 0.04 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 5 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/06/17 - 6:39am

Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 204.8 sec

Tested from a 97 kB file and took 20.37024 seconds to complete

Upload Diagnosis:: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (204.250)

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-3XJYO6G2C

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [!]

Also, here are my speeds via SpeakEasy to a server in Dallas, TX (I live 150 miles from Dallas)

Last Result:

Download Speed: 144 kbps (18 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 27 kbps (3.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Also here is the number that I get from a XPeedoMeter speed test on their site. It measures the speed from my house to their boxes. The number is 179 kbit/s.

For the ones that want to test them yourself, you can go to their website at www.etwisp.net and click on the Speed Test button in the upper right hand part of the screen.

Hope y'all can help and again, thanks in advance and great work everyone.

Bluize

Thanks for you suggestion, I'll give it a try ...

I am connected to the internet via FM radion tower. I am supposed to be getting 512 Up and Down. Can someone take a look at my results for various tests and let me know if my Cablenut setting are right (attached) or what I need for them to be.

Thanks in advance,

Bluize

Test Results from - http://theamericanforce.com/speedtest/  Download speed - 267 kbps  Upload speed - 254 kbps

Quality of Service - 5% Round Trip time - 36 ms and Max Pause - 2915 ms

Test Results from - http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/  are below: (I live in NE Texas if that makes a difference)

To Seatle -            Down = 365 kbps                                  Up = 446 kbps

To SF -                  Down = 365 kbps                                  Up = 473 kbps

To LA -                  Down = 415 kbps                                  Up = 561 kbps

To Dallas -            Down = 213 kbps                                  Up = 284 kbps

To Chicago -          Down = 296 kbps                                  Up = 382 kbps

To Atlanta -            Down = 293 kbps                                  Up = 321 kbps

To New York -        Down = 323 kbps                                  Up = 491 kbps

To Washington -    Down = 224 kbps                                  Up = 226 kbps

Speed Test Results from this site:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 202 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Download Speed is:: 25 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (main)

Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 3:54pm

Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 40.96 sec

Tested from a 386 kB file and took 15.625 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 2.8; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1)

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 61.21 % of your hosts average (204.249)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-REQWZS65Y

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 294 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 36 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (main)

Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 3:55pm

Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 28.44 sec

Tested from a 386 kB file and took 10.75488 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 2.8; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1)

Diagnosis: Looks Great : 10.11 % faster than the average for host (204.249)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6MAH5DPU2

I am looking for an excellent System Backup Software. I want to be able to not only do a complete image but also do incremental as well. The software must be able to write to a USB Drive, CD, DVD or another hard drive. I want the maximum flexibility for backup and restore and full recovery. I don't what to have to reload my base XP OS that came with my system and then have to go through the whole upgrade of patches. The recovery software should have the complete system with all patches as well as all my programs and data. I want to be able to just lay the system back on my drive and be up and running at the point where the crash occurred.

I was using Norton Ghost 9.0, but two weeks ago I had a hard drive failure and when I put the original HP Recovery disk in to lay out the base system prior to playing back my full system and incremental, for some reason it overwrote part of my backup on my external drive. I took my external USB drive to a computer store that specializes in data recovery and they found that one of my two full system and incremental had been overwritten. However, the one from the week prior was there all 56 Megs and its incremental, however, the last 98 KB of data on the full system was over written. Since it wasn't intact, Norton wouldn't bring back the 56 megs. and incremental. I lost everything, tax returns, a book I was writing, etc.

Can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance,

Bluize

thanks will do ...

I had the HP Recovery disk format my drive and lay a complete system down as it was when I bought it. Then I booted from the Norton Ghost cd and had it lay my system down as it was before I started having the problems.

I'm not familiar with that ... How should I proceed? This is really bugging me. I did a complete system recovery, formatted the drive and had the HP Recovery lay a complete new system down as it was when I bought the thing. I then restored my system with the Ghost and it is staying up longer, but will eventually lock then go to the blue screen with a core dump ...

I would appreciate any advice or help. First off, I have not installed any new hardware or software within the last month. Two days ago, my system just locked up with the disk access light lit. I rebooted and got the following error message: NTLDR is missing, do a Ctl+Alt+Del to restart. I did and it came back with the same error message. I am running Norton Ghost 9.0 and had a complete backup that was done at 6AM. I even tried booting in Safe Mode, but that didn't work. I did a complete recovery of my system and the problem still persisted. The system would finally come up, but after about 15 or so minutes, it would go to the blue screen and post a message with the following error message - Kernel_stack_inpage_error.

I have ran virus scans, nothing there. I have had the disk checked for errors, nothing there. I even did a chkdsk /F and it was fine. I went to the MS webpage and searched tech docs and got no help there. Even emailed MS and got their standard contact your hardware manufacturer and if problem still persists, call and pay for support.

The system runs fine for a while, then it will just seize up and I have to power off and then back on.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Ben

Thanks so much, downloading now ...

Sorry I don't have a solution, but I too am seeing a significant slowdown as well. Mine are about 20-30% slower since using the Suite. Any help would be great.

I am connected to the internet via FM signal to a wired router to my PC. Performance is horrible. Here are my stats:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 265 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Download Speed is:: 32 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (main)

Test Time:: 2006/03/08 - 3:03pm

Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 32 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 79.58 % of your hosts average (204.249)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Z59WGC1X4

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 220 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 27 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net  (main)

Test Time:: 2006/03/08 - 3:06pm

Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 37.93 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 80.29 % of your hosts average (204.249)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BAT6JPORC

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance ...

bluize

I thank you so very very much for all your help ... Great Job ... KUDOS

Ben

Here is the download test results:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 599 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 748 kB)

Download Speed is:: 73 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2)

Test Time:: Wed Jan 18 17:03:12 CST 2006

Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB download in 14.03 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 28.54 % faster than the average for host (204.249)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BZYXLID4U

Here is the Upload results:

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 607 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 74 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1)

Test Time:: Wed Jan 18 17:07:39 CST 2006

Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 13.84 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 45.22 % faster than the average for host (204.249)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-I47PJB9TO

Here is the current tracert to testmy.net

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:Documents and SettingsAdministrator>tracert testmy.net

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms  10.1.4.161

  2    45 ms    31 ms    39 ms  192.168.54.1

  3    24 ms    88 ms  232 ms  12.172.204.1

  4    57 ms    31 ms    40 ms  12.119.121.41

  5    57 ms    48 ms    47 ms  gbr5-p51.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.123.16.250]

  6  370 ms    96 ms    31 ms  tbr1-p012401.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.12.65]

  7    41 ms    31 ms    31 ms  12.122.82.37

  8    40 ms    31 ms    39 ms  12.119.136.14

  9    48 ms    88 ms    47 ms  vl32.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.62]

10    80 ms    47 ms  176 ms  vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83]

11    42 ms  448 ms    56 ms  gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69]

12    33 ms    47 ms  216 ms  85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85]

Trace complete.

Actually they are faster with the router ...

I did the tweaks, disconnected the Vonage Router and connected directly from the wireless to my PC. Couple of interesting things. When I checked my network connection after removing the Vonage Router, the network connections showed the wireless connection was 10 Mbps ... Did the tracert and looked at the times ... Had one that was way out of line with the other, in excess of 300ms .... Others were less than 170ms ... Hooked everything back up (Vonage box) checked network connection and it now showed 100 Mbps!!!! ... Did the tracert and the times were much better with the Vonage box  ... Highest was 225ms but others were around the 150ms or less range ... Any ideas?

Thanks I'll give that a try ...

Richcornucopia,

I did a screen refresh and the file attachment showed up ... Sorry about that ... I'll do as requested.

Thanks for your help and I'm glad I found this place ... Lots of great info here ...

I don't see a file attached? Am I missing something ... After the modem it goes to the Vonage Linksys Broadband Router Model RT31P2 from there it goes into the PC on the Ether Port ...

Thanks richcornucopia ...