Rosko

Thanks for the bump tommie! Swimmer I know very little about computers but I never have to dial in. Maybe I dont understand what you mean. The only way I can get it to get online after a period of inactivity is to restart it. Plus, as far as I know only my monitor goes into standby mode. Or power save mode. Whatever it's called.

I've tried restarting the modem. That doesn't work. No router but i do have the westell 6100. Wheres the option and how do i go about changing it?

I usually leave my computer on over night while sleeping. Here recently when i wake up i have to restart my computer before it will get online again. I have verizon dsl. All the lights on the modem are on, steady, and normal. Sometimes it will even "lock up" or whatever it's doing in as short as 30 to 45 minutes of inactivity. McAfee, ad-ware, or spybot find nothing. Have zone alarm installed. Windows xp. It's not a major hassle yet a minor inconvienance i figured i'd ask you guys about. Any idea's let me know.

This is almost getting comical... Changed the wire between modem and phone jack to another phone line i found. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 367 Kbps about 0.37 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 45 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 2) Test Time:: 2006/08/07 - 8:41pm Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 22.76 sec Tested from a 579 kB file and took 12.937 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 6.32 % of your hosts average (verizon.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NKBXOAVYW User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!]

Yeah i'm going to switch to cable soon enough. But check this... A friend told me to switch the phone cord between the modem and the walljack. I did. Then the modem internet light wouldn't come back on. So i put back the original one that was in it before. That for some reason gave me faster download. My test results went from the above to : :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 245 Kbps about 0.25 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 30 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/08/07 - 8:09pm Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 34.13 sec Tested from a 579 kB file and took 19.328 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 4.22 % of your hosts average (verizon.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RFUDT7KWP User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!] 5kbs difference from unplugging it and plugging it back in? Maybe i'll keep doing it...

Hey everyone. Found this forum last night and was amazed with the information. Thanks for taking the time. I read the sticky's that were posted and have done everything from start to finish. Even started off not two days ago with a fresh copy of windows. Have Mcafee virus scan installed/updated. ZoneAlarmPro installed/updated. Lavasoft adware, Spybot S&D, spyware blaster, and CCleaner all updated. My computer skills doesn't compare with most on this site but would consider myself the average user. Keep that in mind when replying please lol. Anyways guys heres my problem. Several months ago i got verizon dsl. The 768/128kb's package. Had the computer in my front room. Was extremely slow. Dial up slow. After trying what i knew to do and contacting verizon nothing worked. Well one night i got bored and decided to do some rearranging and moved it into the bedroom. Didn't change a thing with my system but my speeds went from dial up to my max now which is 24 or 25kb's. Was satisfied for a while since it was faster then before. But not now. My max speed with a 768kb's download should be in the 80's i believe. Thats what i read at least. I've reinstalled verizon, windows, uninstalled zone alarm... im stuck with no clue. Just got off the phone with verizon and was told everything was fine and normal. Running windowsxp with a 2.2g celeron. Gig of ram. Geforce5600 video card. Asus P4P800s mother board. Using the Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet that came with it. It's a westell 6100 modem that was sent from verizon. I tried a few of the tweaks that were posted but will admit i dont really understand how that works. The adjuster program i mean. Here are my results from the testmy.net: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 205 Kbps about 0.21 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 25 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/08/07 - 5:30pm Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 40.96 sec Tested from a 579 kB file and took 23.188 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 3.53 % of your hosts average (verizon.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-OP1U6IV74 User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!] :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 140 Kbps about 0.14 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 17 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/08/07 - 5:32pm Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 60.24 sec Tested from a 579 kB file and took 33.78048 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 17.35 % of your hosts average (verizon.net) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DZHQC24JT User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!] I dunno guys... should be faster right? Whats wrong? If any more information is needed let me know and i'll post it. Would appreciate some help. Take care.