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In Reply to: Re: Here's a free way to trace how many servers your browser is going through to get to WG?... posted by Jeffro on October 7, 2004 at 10:15 PM: Cable internet is a Shared bandwidth. What that means, is that everyone on the internet using cable in a certain area, all share the same connection. And the more people who sign on to that connection, the slower your connection will get. I've heard some people say that at times, their Cable modem gets slower than Dialup at times of peak useage. I did that same test with my DSL, and got 15 hops too, but my computer is still connecting fast to this site. Here's a link to HowStuffWorks.com, that will explain how cable modems work, and why it's a shared bandwidth. You can also find a link to DSL, and how that works too. They both have pros and cons, and one of the cons of DSL, is that you must be within a certain distance to the provider's central office. I'm lucky enough to be close enough that I get a great connection speed of 1.269Mbps, which is also limited I think because I am going through a wireless connection. Here a link from McAfee.com where you can actually test your connection speed to see how you're running. Since you are using a Cable connection, try this test at different times during the day and night, to see how much of a difference there is at peak hours (generally in the afternoon), and in off peak hours (generally in the middle of the night). i found this post when i was searching about tracert tests. looks like i cant do anything about it if what this guy wrote is true. looks like im gonna have to suck it up, oh now i know what a tracert test is, wow computers are so complicated and i thought i was good with them.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:Documents and SettingsChristian.YOUR-YAPIBZLAGU>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms 10.63.128.1 2 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms srp1-0.phlapahh-rtr2.ucwphilly.rr.com [24.168.12 8.146] 3 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms pos8-1.nycmnya-rtr2.nyc.rr.com [24.168.128.165] 4 8 ms 11 ms 9 ms pos6-0-nycmnyrdc-rtr1.nyc.rr.com [24.29.97.1] 5 312 ms 319 ms 316 ms so-1-0.hsa2.Weehawken1.Level3.net [63.208.104.5] 6 307 ms 380 ms 299 ms so-6-2-0.mp2.Weehawken1.Level3.net [209.247.8.81 ] 7 351 ms 348 ms 345 ms ge-0-1-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109] 8 322 ms 331 ms 329 ms ge-1-1-51.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.6] 9 * * * Request timed out. 10 347 ms 358 ms 380 ms dist-vlan31.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.30] 11 375 ms 354 ms 357 ms dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.76] 12 366 ms 361 ms 370 ms dsr2-2-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8] 13 383 ms 386 ms 368 ms gig1-0-1.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18. 116.70] 14 364 ms 376 ms 383 ms 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6] Trace complete. C:Documents and SettingsChristian.YOUR-YAPIBZLAGU> ok heres my tracert test during the laggy peak hours. and here are the results of my download test. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1074 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 748 KB) Download Speed is:: 131 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 19 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 7.82 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=RVAGR605J

i have no idea what a tracert is can someone fill me on what exactly its doing?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:Documents and SettingsChristian.YOUR-YAPIBZLAGU>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 7 ms 11 ms 5 ms 10.63.128.1 2 7 ms 7 ms 8 ms srp1-0.phlapahh-rtr2.ucwphilly.rr.com [24.168.12 8.146] 3 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms pos8-1.nycmnya-rtr2.nyc.rr.com [24.168.128.165] 4 11 ms 10 ms 10 ms pos6-0-nycmnyrdc-rtr1.nyc.rr.com [24.29.97.1] 5 10 ms 10 ms 9 ms so-1-0.hsa2.Weehawken1.Level3.net [63.208.104.5] 6 18 ms 12 ms 11 ms so-6-2-0.mp2.Weehawken1.Level3.net [209.247.8.81 ] 7 48 ms 48 ms 49 ms so-0-0-0.bbr2.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.0.137] 8 48 ms 49 ms 48 ms ge-1-2-56.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.166] 9 * * * Request timed out. 10 53 ms 52 ms 54 ms dist-vlan31.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.30] 11 54 ms 53 ms 53 ms dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.76] 12 54 ms 54 ms 54 ms dsr2-2-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8] 13 53 ms 54 ms 54 ms gig1-0-1.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18. 116.70] 14 54 ms 55 ms 54 ms 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6] Trace complete. C:Documents and SettingsChristian.YOUR-YAPIBZLAGU> this is during off peak hours.

ok its 9 in the morning and i just did the test. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2791 Kbps about 2.8 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is:: 341 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 50 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 3 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=G5JE6AQ7I results great. see this is really pissing me off.

i dont know my advertised speed but here is the speed during the peak hours. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 606 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 386 KB) Download Speed is:: 74 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 11 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 13.84 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=CRYNYFDTG i will post my regular speed tomorrow in the morning

im new to this forum so please try to use some words that i may understand a little in replying to this post. everytime during the weekdays at 6-11 pm est my connection just stinks. its just as slow as dial up and i get so frustrated. anytime after or before its fast as hell. i think it may be the peak hours but i dont think that it'll hurt my connection that bad? i want to do something about it but i have no idea what. and also i play madden 05 online alot and when i do play it during the peak hours its so laggy. any suggestion will be appreciated. if i cant find what the problem is i may even have to switch to dsl. Oh i have road runner as my ISP, and i live in philadelphia. im currently using a 4 port linksys router. i have windows xp home edition and i have almost no spyware and have a ton of ram cuz i know to make sure that i keep my computer clean.