mudmanc4

Seems there was an issue at the hub yesterday morning which was resolved while I was drooling on the pillow. Tech came out and went through everything, great guy as well. Ignore the uncorrectable, left overs.

@CA3LE

Welcome to testmy.net forum @plantj Firstly the timeout could very well be a hop which is configured to not respond to the ping command. Second, it might be your router/ modem, also the 3ms response is quite a bit more than I would think it should be to the first hop. First thing I would do with this little knowledge is change out the cat5 between the router and the above testing machine. You say there are other devices which connect or are connected to the network, it could be helpful if you would post the basic topology aka: modem > switch > xxxx ?

Swapped out the modem this AM, where tech said I was maxing out my upload, which made no sense, considering I removed all LAN connection before calling. Checked wiring through the house to the outside drop. Connected the modem to the drop at the house, same thing. Just one of four channels even registering, and take a peek at the nearly non existent power level. Which fluctuates between at it's highest -1.45dBmV and -0.05 = offline As the DS light is solid amber, but tech says it's my upload causing it, makes no sense to me. They might have a bad card, or worse?

@fey42 , If you look at the time span of each graph, it appears the data points differ: First off it appears what is being requested from the database differs by ~240.44 MB You could try changing how many tests to graph, and what identifiers to graph; Here is what I get by setting 'show max' in 'all identifiers' for view: EDIT: What could be happening is tests that were taken while not logged in, are being shown from the machine ID for him, but not for onlookers. /speculation

@Dushyant I suppose the next issue I would look at is the actual subdomain.domainname.hostname itself. If you have DNS authorization then check the A records are recursively resolvable from/to the server in question. Are you trying to install the database on localhost or is this a remote installation?

First thing we check in this instance is that the file /etc/hosts is correct. What are the contents of /etc/hosts You can run the following to spit out the contents: cat /etc/hosts What output do you get when you run hostname -f And insure the loopback interface is running: ip addr

@Pgoodwin1 Mustard

This is a very good question, I like the idea of it. And as well I'm sorry to say I am not aware of the possible hop count being in the user database. It's possible @CA3LE has something going along these lines. I'm sure he'll chime in on this when there is a moment to address.

@Storyteller2008 , testmy.net has the ability at the least, to test many 1000Mbps connections simultaneously (could be much more by now of this I am not certain) Can you let us know what the speeds are that you are paying for through Centurylink ?

I tend to give more attention to the command line sometimes forgetting that's not everyone's preference. You could also press 'command+r' then type" perfmon While testing you can view live results of different aspects of the machine. Example:

@Philip Lalor Start=>type 'cmd' Then type or paste in the shell: WinSAT formal -v -xml c:\winstatreults.xml This will spit out a load as it's testing. Then cd to: C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore If you enjoy reading / deciphering xml Or you could open the run command and type: shell:Games In the lower right corner there will be a score Windows has given the system as it stands. I suggest you use the following means: Or you could start=> cmd right click and 'run as administrator' then type: winsat prepop When this is finished Start=> cmd type 'run' and right click and run as administrator then type: powershell When the powershell opens, type: Get-WmiObject -class Win32_WinSAT Here is an example output just run on windows 10 in a VM:

@Bob Tallon , The reason I removed the post was simply due to to what gave the appearance of spam, or the attempt to redirect away from testmy.net traffic to a personal conversation platform. I speak for myself, however the general consensus I believe, is we, as in us, you included are on the same page. Many ISP's fail to provide quality service, or even what the customer is paying for on a level not tolerated in many, if any other sectors.

From hovering over on the test result page after the test :"TiP or 'test in progress' measurements are taken during the test and give you and unparalleled level of test result details. Your connections is usually better when there is little variation between readings but sometimes a little variation can clue you in to issues like a bottleneck. This information is logged to the database with all download speed test results" That said, there are many variables that can effect results in this manner. Much of which will be in the network load itself to the resource, or testing server. From basics such as overload, throttling, bad, varmint chomped shielding anywhere along the route,line leakage (terrorizing aviation sensors), node card going bad or overheating, any component in any device associated with the specific route, where said component changes resistance due to {place one of a million 'things' here}........ However for the most part, in my opinion at least, these variables are caused from network load, and the configurations set to attempt data flow control of said overload.

Many HDD encryption software is used for offline encryption. In other words everything is 'encrypted' until powered on and the keys are used to decrypt data. Therefore protecting your personal data if in case the machine is lost or stolen. I have found several occasions where an encrypted drive is somewhat suffering performance wise than before the software was placed, however not as significant as to cause severe crippling of browsing or downloading. I would suggest the reason behind the near identical tests run at your ISP, is due to the test being served within their own network, more or less a direct line to your home. Which as a good first means in defining the quality of line from them to you. Such a test is not meant for real world testing. But for basic local line trouble shooting. Of course the ISP cannot control the quality of service past their own network, however their choices or, available choices of peering partners can and does make every bit of a difference. If your running a windows operating system, you should be able to run an overall performance test on the machine itself, from the machine. Doing this will give you a bland but general idea as to how the machine is performing in consideration with the security software you have chosen.

I'm with @Pgoodwin1 on this one. At the same token, testmy.net is a good tool for letting us know there are 'chinks in the chain'. Check your in home splitters, make sure your pulling off the correct port. And that you have good, clean cables / cat5 Then I might start looking at what programs are running in the background on the machine, how much RAM is free, and what browser extensions are running, various items which might 'clog' up the system resources. A good way to get an idea, would be to start the machine in safe mode with networking. Or better yet grab a live Debian cd / USB and start the machine this way. Run a few tests and see if there is any significant differences in results.

Testmy.net is a free service, no login required to test. However in order to save, or log the results, an account is required. The test group database would be null otherwise. It is possible @CA3LE has something else up his sleeve in reference to this.

What I can say about several other sites testing servers, some of them are located on the top tier 'channel' of the ISP's network, where little to no real world traffic moves through. Top that with their default settings utilizing port 8080, which again, is not the default HTTP port, so very little to no traffic moves over those lines. Giving test results in this manner, in my opinion, is good for internal network throughput only. Not necessarily real world is it. As websites and CDN's are scattered all around the planet, not necessarily on the big pipe with little usage. Which of course by logic will give a more consistent reading, considering.

@pingram3541 , Testmy.net is not designed to grant the users theoretical data throughput capacity (or what the ISP claims is the highest level of data movement) , however more so to give an analysis in terms of network weakness from the modem ( or last mile) to the testing endpoint, exploiting network weaknesses in the route. Testmy.nets testing servers are located at some of the most widely utilized and popular website / datacenters, this gives the user the tools necessary to again analyze at which point the ISP peers are either overloaded, or simply weak. The more tests you take to different area's, the the larger the scope becomes, over timed tests, as well as overall performance. Happy testing

He has a few tests which were done without being logged in

Hey @pingram3541 , The first thing I might suggest is to run quite a few more tests, on various test servers from testmy.net. This way we have a bit more targeted data to scour through. You can change the test server at the top of the home page, and or the test page. I would also suggest running several 24 hour tests, on various servers. This will show differences between high and low bandwidth times per hours tested.

@Bunnie How do you see v2.3.x moving forward ? I use pfSense in production as well as various home applications. Personally I appreciate the fact we have moved to pkg for updates, much more intuitive for keeping the entire system up to date on a regular basis.

Thinking along the lines of testing various geographical locations automatically. Or, an auto test feature. With the default option to query each available test server; Or via test server selection.

@ariyako It appears to be Linode, but I could be incorrect.

@CA3LE could you take a look at the mobile CSS/JS when you get a moment