FallowEarth

the speeds are VERY close to the same on both computers. Much frustration... I'll run the tests tonight and post em here for you, though.

Please do.  It's nice to have some numbers to look at.

A Goodnight

 

  Go to sleep--though of course you will not--

to tideless waves thundering slantwise against

strong embankments, rattle and swish of spray

dashed thirty feet high, caught by the lake wind,

scattered and strewn broadcast in over the steady

car rails! Sleep, sleep! Gulls' cries in a wind-gust

broken by the wind; calculating wings set above

the field of waves breaking.

Go to sleep to the lunge between foam-crests,

refuse churned in the recoil. Food! Food!

Offal! Offal! that holds them in the air, wave-white

for the one purpose, feather upon feather, the wild

chill in their eyes, the hoarseness in their voices--

sleep, sleep . . .

Gentlefooted crowds are treading out your lullaby.

Their arms nudge, they brush shoulders,

hitch this way then that, mass and surge at the crossings--

lullaby, lullaby! The wild-fowl police whistles,

the enraged roar of the traffic, machine shrieks:

it is all to put you to sleep,

to soften your limbs in relaxed postures,

and that your head slip sidewise, and your hair loosen

and fall over your eyes and over your mouth,

brushing your lips wistfully that you may dream,

sleep and dream--

A black fungus springs out about the lonely church doors--

sleep, sleep. The Night, coming down upon

the wet boulevard, would start you awake with his

message, to have in at your window. Pay no

heed to him. He storms at your sill with

cooings, with gesticulations, curses!

You will not let him in. He would keep you from sleeping.

He would have you sit under your desk lamp

brooding, pondering; he would have you

slide out the drawer, take up the ornamented dagger

and handle it. It is late, it is nineteen-nineteen--

go to sleep, his cries are a lullaby;

his jabbering is a sleep-well-my-baby; he is

a crackbrained messenger.

The maid waking you in the morning

when you are up and dressing,

the rustle of your clothes as you raise them--

it is the same tune.

At table the cold, greeninsh, split grapefruit, its juice

on the tongue, the clink of the spoon in

your coffee, the toast odors say it over and over.

The open street-door lets in the breath of

the morning wind from over the lake.

The bus coming to a halt grinds from its sullen brakes--

lullaby, lullaby. The crackle of a newspaper,

the movement of the troubled coat beside you--

sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep . . .

It is the sting of snow, the burning liquor of

the moonlight, the rush of rain in the gutters packed

with dead leaves: go to sleep, go to sleep.

And the night passes--and never passes--

William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)

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What model of Linksys do you have?  Are you hard-wired or wireless? 

We want to see some numbers!  We are machines, not ppl ppl.  Ping, Traceroute, Speedtest.  ....please.

Also: http://www.testmy.net/t-2097

^^start at the top and don't stop.

Tried all that except for CableNut, but have no clue how it works. Besides the other issues now, it seems I can't stay connected wirelessly from my laptop for more than a short time before it kicks me, saying that the network can't be found. Then I have to wait for it to be 'found' again, which takes anywhere from a few seconds to a couple hours, regardless of how many times I search for it. ALl the while, mind you, the hardlined computer is working fine. Now - my wireless card on the laptop is fine - I connect to numerous networks frequently, and none of them have any issues with speed OR connectivity. On another note, the keys and such to connect to the network are input correctly. Ideas, anyone?

Can you show us to compare speed tests from each computer?

Hey guys, new here. Nice to meet you all. I'm having trouble getting my connection to work. Well actually my dad's friend is so he brought it to me, and I usually know what to do, but this time I don't, so I'm going to need your help. The ISP would be Cox Communications. I've attempted updating NIC drivers. The NIC is a Realtek RTL8139/810X Family Fast Ethernet NIC. Nothing was happening at all before the driver updated. I get "Network cable unplugged" when viewing Network Connections. After updating drivers, and viewing the connection's properties, usually 6 packets are sent and none are received. Eventually, the 100Mbps, drops down to 10Mbps, and then when it's down to 0, I get "Network cable unplugged" again. When typing ipconfig in cmd, it says "Windows IP Configuration. An internal error occured: The request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help. Additional information: Unable to query host name." I get then when I click repair too under network connections and when trying to install drivers for the modem with the Cox cd. My dad's friends have never gotten it to work. They have only bought Cox pretty recently, and couldn't get the connection going, so he just brought it over here to try it with our modem which does indeed work. I couldn't get it fixed, does anybody have a solution? Thanks for your time.

Often with NIC problems, a simple uninstall & reboot will fix the issue.  If you are running XP or better, Windows will reinstall the NIC on reboot.  If there is a driver problem, this is a good step to try (at least rule out).

The speeds you're referring to (100Mbps, 10Mpbs) are not necessarily the speed of the connection, but the speed of the NIC.  You may want to specify the speed and duplex of the NIC, as it is probably set to "Auto" by default.

Step 7 from [sTICKY] STOP! Before you post your problems read this!

7. Never Connect to your modem via USB ! Always connect to your modem via ethernet (NIC) and make sure you have the latest drivers for your NIC. Set your NIC duplex mode to 10mb half duplex for Cable, for DSL it depends on the ISP service unless you are using a router, if so then set it to 100mb full duplex for both Cable & DSL. If you are using a router make sure you have the latest firmware.

Just ask if you have any further questions on this.

paulC -- you need help. 

Please start here: http://www.testmy.net/t-2097

Reply to everything with juicy details.  Make it easy for us lazy folks.

Well, I think it's safe to say that it's not a line or signal issue -- that leaves your software.  Have you cleaned out spyware/virus?  Have you disabled browser extensions/toolbars?  Cleared cache/cookies?  Disabled Firewall?  Shut down P2P apps and IMs?  Restarted?  Tried cablenut?

A lot of ppl jump straight to the tweaking.  This is really a "bonus" step after all other preliminary stuff is out of the way.  Check out: http://www.testmy.net/t-2097

Post back with answers to all questions, like this:

1.  Windows 3.1

2.  AOL 56k

3.  CN/DrTCP

etc. etc.

Post results for tests where requested.  The more info you throw at us, the more ammo we've got to help you out.

How about showing a traceroute?  And a ping too?  From command prompt:

tracert -d testmy.net  (post all results)

ping -n 50 testmy.net  (post ping statistics)

What the hell is a Fallow Earth?

I am the one and only FallowEarth.  There were none before me; none shall follow in my steps.

I hope that was being sarcastik....hahahha.....ima speed freak ( not drug wise ) and I want my upload speed back, DL speed is a bit over rated imo..lol

You're getting what you're paying for.

Looks ok to me.  After the 2nd hop on your trace was fixed, it's all good.  Other than the Sprintlink network bouncing you around for 14 hops, your connection seems fine.

Lookin good!

I must say that's looking a lot better. 

retiredat44, it looks like the problem is between your 1st and 2nd hop.  192.168.0.1 usually indicates a router.  Are you running a router?  Have you tried a trace without it in place?

teedizz, what speeds are you paying for and what are you getting?  Can you show us some speedtests?

how many svchost.exe's do you guys have runnin on your computers?

I have 6 running now.    is this normal?

Also i'm getting alot of little lag shots, in a system wide sense..maybe the 2 are related?

What version of windows do you have?

retiredat44, have you tried cablenut?

http://www.testmy.net/t-2097 (step 15, but check out the whole thing)

There are usually a few processes named svchost.exe.  If you're worried about trojan activity, check this out. 

Win XP?

-Open task manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

-Processes tab

-View > Select Columns

-enable "PID (Process Identifier)" and click ok

-now go to command prompt (start > run > "CMD" > ok)

-type netstat -ano

You can match the PID to the svchost in task manager.  Not sure what the IP is?  WHOIS

You can also try booting into safe mode or safe mode with networking to see if it does the same dance.

What's a stupid question?

Curiosity killed the cat.

A traceroute will usually indicate packet loss and latency.

To perform a traceroute, type this in the command line:

tracert -d testmy.net

Sounds to me like it may be a TCP/IP setting on your PC.  The trouble is, if you change it so that it works when you connect directly to the modem, it may no longer work when you connect through the router.

Can you provide some more details:

• What is the operating system on your PC
  
• What kind of modem and router do you have?
  
• How do you connect to your router (ie. wireless or ethernet)?
  
• Which connection shows limited or no connectivity (ie. Local Area Connection or Wireless Connection)?
  
• Who is your Internet Service Provider?