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I deleted the download data points where there wasn't an upload test point at the same time value and the plot now shows upload and download points at the same point on the X axis. This simply means that the X axis isn't really time.

Cisco currently makes a SG 100D-08 8-port unmanaged gigabit switch. It's about $65 new at B&H Photo. I can't find a spec in any of Cisco's documentation that says whether or not it supports jumbo frames. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps10863/datasheet_C78-582017.html

Can you administer a 2900 series Cisco with a Mac running Safari or Firefox? LOL if it's command line programming, it's a No

Mudman- I do agree though that it's not often that I'm moving the huge GB of data across the network, and it's not that often that the PS3 is running games online while both BluRays are streaming Netflix. But I'm not going to spend all that much money on all of this. The router and switches I'm using were probably designed in the 90s, and I've owned them for years. They've been on 24/7 for probably 50,000 hrs or more, and probabilities tell me they're likely to fail before too much longer. Of course, buying new stuff is a quality crapshoot these days.

good discussion- haha. At times we do have two BluRay players streaming HD video and a PS3 gaming all at the same time, and while all that is going on, the iPhones and iPads are always doing something-syncing/backing up wirelessly. So there's quite a bit of traffic. I also back up files across the network, many times sending 100s of gigabytes from one computer to another's ext HDD. I'm also thinking of hanging a big drive off the Airport Extreme Base Station's USB port and using that as a shared networked volume, although hanging a FireWire 800 drive off the iMac might be a better solution-it's always on. So I think spending a few bucks for the faster equipment would help internally. I don't expect to get much improvement in Internet speed, not with Time Warner RoadRunner as the ISP

Yes. I'm starting to see/understand that that might be a much cheaper option.

TriRan. I thought about that too - getting a wireless on and not using the wireless but there aren't many of them with more than 4 ports either. I'll checkout the ones you mentioned above. thanks I'll go on Cisco's website again. They're product picker on the website isn't the easiest thing to use. I need more than 4 ports Of the RVS4000. I'm sure they make an 8 port.

I can't find many wired 10/100/1000 routers out there. Everyone makes scads of wireless ones with 4 ports. There's lots of ethernet switches but not many routers. Almost all of the routers are only 10/100. Anyone have any suggestions.

Mudman-I'll try that to see if it's periodic.

Don't underestimate the effect of the monitor on your experience. They are not all created equal in terms of brightness, contrast, linearity, speed, color accuracy. I haven't researched them for a few years so I don't have any recommendations.

Thanks TriRan. Those were the same thoughts I had about the router-more up to date with a better computer in it. I hadn't thought about the local transfer speed improvement though but that's right, they would be better. Now I just have to pick one. I do see significant slowdowns at times here but they never last long enough to nail down the problem. I don't really know if it's inside or outside my network that's varying.

The DI-604 router is only 5-ports as is the Netgear Switch. I've had the router for a long time and the network has grown considerably (wireless devices added plus a couple of added computers). I was thinking of replacing the DI-604 and FS105 Switch with a 10/100/1000 wired router - 8 port. Given the number of connections going through it, I was thinking that a faster router might speed things up some. I realize that the limiting factor at the port to the outside world (the cable modem) is 10/100 and Time Warner only really guarantees 10 Mbps download. I also realize that the Airport Extreme could be used in place of the DI-604, however, the D-link and modem is in the basement where the house ethernet distribution system box is - a long way from any wireless devices. And the Airport Extreme Base Station is upstairs fairly close to the wireless devices. So I'd rather keep it upstairs. The six wireless things at the bottom are almost always doing something. The Dell laptop is my wife's work laptop (encrypted data traffic) - she works at home but interfaces all over the country all day. The MacBook Pro and i3 iMac are part timers (home use) with substantial use. The other computers are not used much. The BlueRay players stream Netflix and are on simultaneously at times. For downloads: the MacBook Pro averages about 7 Mbps, the i3 iMac averages about 8.3 Mbps, The iPads average about 5 Mbps, and the iPhones average about 1.7 Mbps. I haven't measure the Dell laptop speeds, but would imagine they are similar to the MacBook Pro times - although I don't know what impact encryption has on network throughput. For uploads: the MacBook Pro averages about 0.9 Mbps, the i3 iMac averages about 0.9 Mbps, The iPads average about 0.7 Mbps, and the iPhones average about 0.5 Mbps. Questions: 1. Would upgrading the router and switch to a single higher speed router improve performance? 2. What 8 port 10/100/1000 router(s) would you recommend? - they're require Mac software compatibility

Yes. The values are correct, I only meant that the upload points aren't plotting at the right time value on the x axis.

I just noticed that the upload plots no longer reflect the actual numbers the test results report. The .csv file looks OK. The download plots look OK. The upload plot looks like it's missing the last 3 data points in mine. It looks a lot like the plot above. I noticed in the csv file that there are more download test data points than upload points - i.e. I ran download successive times. But it looks like the upload plot is shifted in time.The time stamp in the data file looks like the up and down pair time stamps are correct, but the plot doesn't match the data

the iPad must be feelin' good this morning. more likely the Twitter heads aren't on line yet on Time Warner the iPAD average is: the iMac did pretty good too. it's average is I just noticed my averages are falling (my signature averages are better)

Apple's App Store was on overload Dec 26. It took about 10 minutes to update 4 dinky apps. They sold a bazillion phones. My few shares of Apple stock are up $45 in less than 2 weeks.

yeah. they've worked on the box out in the front near the street two times in the past two weeks for signal level issues for my neighbors. Too bad about the last owners of TWC. I guess I'll hope for things to improve, but I'm not holding my breath. the bean counters always win. The tech said they have thermostatically controlled temperature in their outside gear, but every time it gets cold, they start having problems because the heaters don't work. LOL and I you're right about the oversold nodes. Just in the last six months I've noticed more (and worse) slowdowns when people get home from work, and in prime time.

this is for my iMac, ethernet to Time Warner on a fairly good day :::.. Combined Test Results ..::: Download Connection:: 11914 Kbps or 11.6 Mbps Download Test Size:: 7.4 MB or 7578 kB or 7759462 bytes Download Speed:: 1489 kB/s or 1.5 MB/s Upload Connection:: 883 Kbps or 0.9 Mbps Upload Test Size:: 579 kB or 579 kB or 592920 bytes Upload Speed:: 110 kB/s Tested At:: http://TestMy.net version:12 Test Time:: 2012-01-06 11:40:21 Local Time Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/TO7E4Zu.JNRVqAu User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_ AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 Safari/534.52.7 [!] that last post was actually quite a bit faster than normal. here's the iMac with Time Warner, connected via wireless and ethernet wireless :::.. Combined Test Results ..::: Download Connection:: 8726 Kbps or 8.5 Mbps Download Test Size:: 8.7 MB or 8909 kB or 9122611 bytes Download Speed:: 1091 kB/s or 1.1 MB/s Upload Connection:: 883 Kbps or 0.9 Mbps Upload Test Size:: 579 kB or 579 kB or 592920 bytes Upload Speed:: 110 kB/s Tested At:: http://TestMy.net version:12 Test Time:: 2012-01-06 11:46:52 Local Time Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/KmViA8D.ViCt8Wh User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_ AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 Safari/534.52.7 [!] ethernet ::.. Combined Test Results ..::: Download Connection:: 9198 Kbps or 9 Mbps Download Test Size:: 5.7 MB or 5837 kB or 5976883 bytes Download Speed:: 1150 kB/s or 1.1 MB/s Upload Connection:: 880 Kbps or 0.9 Mbps Upload Test Size:: 579 kB or 579 kB or 592920 bytes Upload Speed:: 110 kB/s Tested At:: http://TestMy.net version:12 Test Time:: 2012-01-06 11:48:07 Local Time Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/Uw9DzyX.Gu3chPl User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_ AppleWebKit/534.52.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.2 my average times have never been as high as the rr.com averages. Anyone with Cincinnati Time Warner meeting the averages on testmy? Had a Time Warner technician at the house this morning. Last night I had upload speeds that were 25% of what they are normally. The online and guy on site today found the signal levels coming from the street to be out of range high, no lost packets. I've been fighting intermittent download and upload speed swings for a month or so, that are giving me mood swings. They checked the modem - it was OK but they replaced it anyway because of the intermittent nature of the problem. They'll send another guy out to work on the outside equipment.

RyanS. I too had the same compromised experience with my iPhone. It was great, but at the same time frustrating. the iPad is the perfect solution. No more pinching and stretching and hitting links. It's size, weight,, everything about it is pretty much perfect. I've never tried an Android tablet so I can't talk to it's strengths and weaknesses. I literally use it all the time. My phone is a phone again with email and a camera which it's great at.

Good. That's what I see with the iPad. I just couldn't figure out how to put the graphic into the forum post using the iPad - because the Image button isn't there. The period in the graph about 25 % from the left is the really crappy period that occurs intermittently.

Hi TriRan. I've kinda jumped around in this thread, so I'm not sure what you were referring to when you said "I do" above.

Blako. My averages on rr.com are pretty similar to yours on my computer.

No problem mudmanc4. It's not a big deal about the iPad forum interface being different. That's part of the downside of the whole mobile environment. It's early. LOL. Actually, the response time behavior of this forum on the iPad is a lot snappier than some other forums. Some of them are snail like even entering text on a mobile device. And this forum isn't the only iPad/iPhone user interface where the attach file button is grayed out. When you guys select this URL, do you see my results graph? https://testmy.net/stats/?&t=u&d=01032012&x=14&l=100&z=16&q=Pgoodwin1

On the iPad, when I hit the More Reply Options button, the Attach File button is grayed out. And there's no Image button on top to add a graphic URL from the Results pages

On the iMac it looks like this: