Onibus

February 25, 2005

UPDATE

I believe i found the problem. When i used commview to watch traffic on my connection/router, i noticed a lot of hits on port 8331. Probably not a big thing to worry about, but i read your sticky and saw the sygate firewall (which i heard a lot about). Lo and behold, when i installed it, my connect jumps from 3Mbps to 4Mbps =D

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

Connection is:: 4271 Kbps about 4.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)

Download Speed is:: 521 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Thu Feb 24 2005 18:34:22 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)

Bottom Line:: 76X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.97 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 38.49 % faster than the average for host (Comcast.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-OG5SD3ETA

I'll test w/o a firewall in a sec

edit: I just killed the firewall, and it seems my speeds are still hitting the 4Mbps. Iono what happened, but it's ok now =D. I followed a couple of the steps in the sticky, but it was mostly the ccleaner i did. The only problem is that the results page is taking forever to load =(

February 24, 2005

I've done that, I have the latest drivers from realtek. I don't know if system specs matter, but I'll say what I have.

My comp

AMD 64 2800+

MSI K8T800

80GB 8mb cache Western Digital (separate IDE to board)

120GB 8mb cache Western Digital (separate IDE on PCI ATA controller)

her comp

AMD 64 3200+

Abit Uguru

Western Digital 74GB raptor

VIA Velocity gigabit onboard ethernet

I've also tried setting the rwin to the lowest possible, but it seems nothing will kill the connection =( (i'm using 4000/384 v5 in cablenut).

February 24, 2005

that's how my card's been set up from the beginning =P, 100Mbps full duplex

and it was 8169 and 8139, my bad, i wrote that at 1am in the morning =P.

February 24, 2005

You may remember my post about the slow speeds i was getting. I think i found the problem. My sister recently got a computer that has a "VIA Velocity" onboard ethernet card and when i use testmy.net to test speed, i get the full 4Mbps. However, when i use my onboard RealTek 6169 on my comp, i'm only hitting 2.5-3Mbps. Same thing w/ my other card (Realtek 6139). Could it be Realtek that would be the problem? I updated the drivers for both of them, but to no avail. BTW: used version 5 of cablenut settings... i even used a slower setting on my sister's and it still is hitting 4Mbps ><. We're connected to a router, and the modem's right beside me. I've done almost everything I can, but I would like to know if the speeds could be affected by realtek's ethernet card. I also noticed there was something called "High speed interrupt" setting under hardware settings...

Thanks van (or anyone who answers).

My computer (realtek)

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

Connection is:: 2781 Kbps about 2.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)

Download Speed is:: 339 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Thu Feb 24 2005 00:53:44 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)

Bottom Line:: 50X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.02 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 89.71 % of your hosts average (Comcast.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-XQD65ACIS

Her computer

http://home.Comcast.net/~meiw2/remote.jpg

(vnc'd into it)

February 20, 2005

1.9-2.3 in firefox

1.5-1.8 in IE

February 20, 2005

I believe they render webpages differently as firefox is built on standards and IE is built on their OWN standards. That could be a reason. Howver, i still love firefox because it's cleaner and less messy when opening new windows. God do i love tabbed browsing

February 20, 2005

yes

February 19, 2005

I've had the same results going to google. Anyways, should I not worry about the TRC sync?

(I'm heading off for some sleep, so i'll respond in about 2 hours)

February 19, 2005

Yep, basically tricks your modem into thinking you're the TFTP server... But has reno has said, use at your own risk. If you get caught, you might get a warning, have your cap lowered, or lose your connection. Not to mention you might land in court.

If you do decide to do it, don't be an idiot and set the cap to something OBVIOUS (like 7mbps while everyone else is 3mbps). They may monitor usage how how much traffic is passing through the system. Another advice would be to not leave the new cap rate on forever. Maybe temporarily (like 2 days or so) so you won't run into trouble.

February 19, 2005

nope, i'm directly connected. if you wish to know, i have a SB3100D series surfboard modem.

Here's some signal stuff on the modem:

Upstream Value

Channel ID 1

Frequency 33008000 Hz Ranged

Ranging Service ID 280

Symbol Rate 2.560 Msym/s

Power Level 39 dBmV

-

Frequency 405000000 Hz Locked

Signal to Noise Ratio 34 dB

QAM 256

Network Access Control Object ON

Power Level 0 dBmV

-

And i doubt this is important, but i did find something interesting under logs:

050212233338 7-Information H501.6 HFC: TRC SYNC Recovery OK

050212233337 3-Critical H501.4 HFC: LOST TRC SYNC- trying to recover

050212233337 7-Information H501.12 HFC: FEC LOCK recovery OK

050212233337 7-Information H501.15 HFC:FEC LOCK recovery OK

050212233230 7-Information M552.0 Unit Update - No need to update. Image is current.

050212233230 7-Information I503.0 Cable Modem is OPERATIONAL

050212233229 7-Information F502.1 Bridge Forwarding Enabled.

050212233229 7-Information F502.3 Bridge Learning Enabled.

050212233229 7-Information B0.0 Baseline Privacy

050212233229 7-Information I500.0 Registration Completed

050212233229 7-Information I0.0 REG-RSP Registration Response

050212233229 7-Information I0.0 REG-REQ Registration Request

050212233229 7-Information D509.0 Retrieved TFTP Config File SUCCESS

-

The TRC lost sync is something new...

As i've said before, the avg i've been hitting is 3.3mbps. Seldomly I'll hit 3.8mbps, but then it'd go back down. I live in KY btw.

February 19, 2005

When you power up your modem, your modem will contact a TFTP server, which will then request a config file that your modem will read in order to get it's settings. This file contains the upload rate, download rate, etc. Problem is, a lot of broadband modems will automatically update the flash bios, thereby disabling any attempt to upload your own config file because of protection (i've tried).

February 19, 2005

it was the exact same file =P, right down to the time

February 19, 2005

yep, i randomly went through the forums and found a user that had the same speed/service as me and found the 4000/386 files attached. I reconfigured my connection because i was using 4400/386 but just modified a couple settings that were similar to the 4000/xxx file =P. I'm currently using your 4000/386 file.

February 19, 2005

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

Connection is:: 3216 Kbps about 3.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)

Download Speed is:: 393 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Sat Feb 19 2005 08:24:35 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)

Bottom Line:: 57X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.61 sec

Diagnosis: Looks Great : 3.38 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-QBW3AISJ6

so far in the morning, i've been hitting 2.9, but i avg out to 3.4mbps

February 19, 2005

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

C:Documents and SettingsPyuu>ping -n 100 12.119.136.14

Pinging 12.119.136.14 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 12.119.136.14:

Packets: Sent = 47, Received = 0, Lost = 47 (100% loss),

C:Documents and SettingsPyuu>

I stopped at 47, but you get the drift lol =(

February 19, 2005

Ah, i see, so those hops wouldn't have any effect on my speeds? If that's the case, I guess I can rest easy =P.

Thanks van!

February 19, 2005

periods please...

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#download

nuff said.

if you want memory, go to www.newegg.com / www.zipzoomfly.com

They have the BEST prices on memory. To start off, if you don't overclock, grab the 512mb corsair valu-select. I have two in my comp and it works flawlessly. Hell, for $67 bux each, you'd be happy too. If you want more power, go corsair, kingston, crucial, or possibly geil (not too sure about them). Another good site is www.pricegrabber.com to find the cheapest price anywhere, as well as the best stores to shop at.

February 19, 2005

You can remove the cap set in place, however, that would be deemed illegal and would land you in court for stealing bandwidth (don't argue... you won't win in a court battle). I won't say how to uncap your modem, but they are out there.

Aldephia is 3mbps cap, which is typical of many cable internet companies (though some have raised their download speeds to 4mbps). The caps are set in place to distribute bandwidth evenly and effeciently... not where one person uses 10 mbps to saturate the network, therefore slowing others down. However, upping the cap to 4mbps could send Aldephia the red flag (if they monitor) and they'd pull the plug on your service (probably something in the ToS).

February 19, 2005

Hi ya, Comcast recently upgraded to the 4Mbps speed. I normally hit 3.3mpbs (sometimes higher, sometimes lower... but that's the avg), however, I recently noticed something.

When i was looking over some forum posts, i saw the pathping command, so i decided to try it out. The following pathping is NOT the first one i've done, nor is it the one from the day i decided to do it. It's been about a week and I've done it about 6 times. Here is the result:

C:Documents and SettingsPyuu>pathping www.testmy.net

Tracing route to www.testmy.net [67.19.36.6]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

0 neko.paduca01.ky.Comcast.net [69.139.122.252]

1 10.65.204.1

2 172.30.188.81

3 12.124.64.45

4 tbr2-p013801.attga.ip.att.net [12.123.21.101]

5 tbr1-cl1.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.2.89]

6 gar1-p360.dlrtx.ip.att.net [12.123.196.101]

7 12.119.136.14

8 dist-vlan32.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61]

9 dist-vlan21.dsr1-1.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.127.67]

10 dsr2-1-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.7]

11 gig1-0-1.tp-car9-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69]

12 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6]

Computing statistics for 300 seconds...

Source to Here This Node/Link

Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address

0 neko.paduca01.ky.Comcast.net [69.1

39.122.252]

0/ 100 = 0% |

1 37ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 10.65.204.1

0/ 100 = 0% |

2 46ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 172.30.188.81

0/ 100 = 0% |

3 60ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 12.124.64.45

1/ 100 = 1% |

4 --- 100/ 100 =100% 99/ 100 = 99% tbr2-p013801.attga.ip.att.net [12.

123.21.101]

0/ 100 = 0% |

5 --- 100/ 100 =100% 99/ 100 = 99% tbr1-cl1.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.

2.89]

0/ 100 = 0% |

6 --- 100/ 100 =100% 99/ 100 = 99% gar1-p360.dlrtx.ip.att.net [12.123

.196.101]

0/ 100 = 0% |

7 --- 100/ 100 =100% 99/ 100 = 99% 12.119.136.14

0/ 100 = 0% |

8 --- 100/ 100 =100% 99/ 100 = 99% dist-vlan32.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplan

et.com [70.85.127.61]

0/ 100 = 0% |

9 --- 100/ 100 =100% 99/ 100 = 99% dist-vlan21.dsr1-1.dllstx2.theplan

et.com [70.85.127.67]

0/ 100 = 0% |

10 --- 100/ 100 =100% 99/ 100 = 99% dsr2-1-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [1

2.96.160.7]

0/ 100 = 0% |

11 76ms 1/ 100 = 1% 0/ 100 = 0% gig1-0-1.tp-car9-1.dllstx4.theplan

et.com [67.18.116.69]

0/ 100 = 0% |

12 71ms 1/ 100 = 1% 0/ 100 = 0% 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [

67.19.36.6]

Trace complete.

---------------------------------------------

As you can see... I'm getting a bunch of 100/100 on lost/sent... which i don't believe is normal... Could someone offer an explaination about what's up and/or report this to Comcast?

here's some additional info:

Tweak Test

- http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:130ad12?service=cable&speed=4000&os=winXP&via=normal

Line Status

- http://www.broadbandreports.com/speedresults/c886392b4b38/1658793

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