pjc0715

funny how you find stuff right AFTER you ask for help news-server.nc.rr.com

what is the news server for Road Runner in Raleigh NC?

3.02, the latest version released just a few weeks ago

well i read those that thread .. my problem isn't quite the same. The router doesn't reboot .. it just randomly can't get to sites. like there's too much noise on the line for the signal to come through. I also thought it might be a DNS problem because there are a couple sites I can get to usually no matter what. Other times I have awesome connectivity and speed. I posted my speeds on another thread and I am sometimes getting almost 8 Mb/s on a 4 Mb/s connection. It's just that when I can't get to those sites sometimes, it really blows. And it usually happens when I am researching something for school. I'll try changing some settings and see if it has an effect. thanks for the info above

yeah thats kickass!

are you paying for extra bandwidth? surely your tweaks didnt get you to 720% over the average customers' bandwidth

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 7870 Kbps about 7.9 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 961 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Mar 04 2005 08:13:35 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 141X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.07 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 152 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-D5JS9AFMU

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 7482 Kbps about 7.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 913 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Mar 04 2005 08:11:08 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 134X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.12 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 139.58 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-KG4DYIPEZ Just keeps going up ..

I dont know the absolute cap, but it is advertised at up to 4 mb/s at $40/month .. premimum service is up to 5 mb/s at $55/month. I pay $40/month.

you can see my initial speeds at the top of this thread, the later speeds are after implementing Vanburen's cablenut tweaks. I can only get these speeds around this time of day though, much lower at night.

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 7228 Kbps about 7.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 882 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Mar 03 2005 13:27:58 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 129X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.16 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 130.93 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-WYUX0Q1S9

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6275 Kbps about 6.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 766 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Mar 03 2005 13:24:24 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 112X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.34 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 100.48 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-4C1NMRLZ6

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5466 Kbps about 5.5 Mbps (tested with 5983 KB) Download Speed is:: 667 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Wed Mar 02 2005 11:20:44 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 98X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.54 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 74.52 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-MSLRGW7X4

after making the change on my NIC, I am still having trouble getting to sites, randomly. Maybe this router is defective?

http://www.testmy.net/topic-2252.new

anyone have ideas on these other issues? I havent really found anything doing google searches. maybe they arent related to the router, but they seem to be

so you had the exact same problems, including the shell crashing and audio controller problem also? If so, that's great! I havent had any problems since changing that setting on my NIC , so if that was the solution, that is good news.

I am having big throughput problems with my dlink DI-524 wireless router. I have XP Pro SP2 and cable modem with Cox. The problem is with my desktop which is hardwired to router. When I first installed it, no problems for about 2-3 weeks. All of a sudden, I started having problems getting to certain sites randomly. Meaning, one second I could get to a site, next second I couldn't. I would test by going to a big site i knew was up like google, but I couldnt get there either. A second later, I could get there. Another big tip was the weather.com extension for firefox would timeout. Anyways, I took the router out of the equation and haven't had any problems. Then I saw that there was a new firmware update for the router put on dlink's site last week which I downloaded and installed on the router. Hooked everything back up and had no problems for about 4 days, then same problems coming up again. In addition, I was having problems (the first time the router went on the fritz) with my windows shell, explorer.exe. It would do some funky stuff, most noticibly, the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop would turn gray. Sometimes it would start blue like normal, turn gray, back to blue, then to gray. Sometimes it was mixed, some sections blue , some gray. Other times it wouldnt load at all. Only way to navigate my hard disk then would be through Ctrl Alt Del and then new task. Also, randomly my audio controller would stop functioning. I went into device manager and it was still listed as working properly, but any audio file I tried opening would trigger an error message (but I could hear windows startup and shutdown sounds). ANYWAY, these problems went away when router was taken out, reappeared when I put it back in. So, anybody have a clue what is the deal here??? Also, I must say I saw on another thread on this site that someone had to change the setting on their NIC to 10baseTX Full Duplex because the auto-sense setting didnt work with the DI-624, which as I understand it, is basically a 524 with a few more features. I tried this about an hour ago and since then I havent had trouble getting to any sites, windows shell loads normally and I'm currently listening to a basketball game over the net, so maybe this was the answer. I just don't see how a router could be causing all these problems, and how something simple like changing that setting on the NIC could fix it.