SCU33ZE Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hello everyone im new to this forum. Im temporarily living in Guayaquil ecuador and i just put "broadband" internet. but i would like to know what type it is becuase i want to get every byte of speedd i can out of it with some program like cablenut etc.... i will describe the setup I have a white square antenna on my roof which connects to coaxial cable. That leads to a little "device" that connects to a power supply (antenna power maybe?). the device has to connection sides: one saying "modem" and the other saying "transciever") on the output side of the little "divice" a coaxial cable heads to a Motorola SB5101 cable modem. i know this isnt normal cable internet since the ISP's cable network doesnt get to this area. and the speed is slow even when the speed test says my ISP's average is 120Kbps (only running at 43% of ISP average) Any help would be very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 Welcome to the forum Sounds like wireless plant extension being used. Probably your local cable company. What it does is 1 transceiver up-converts the CATV plant frequencies to the 5.8 / 5.3GHZ bands (in the US, anyways) from the CATV plant and transmits to the remote site. The remote transceiver then down-converts the signals back to the original plant frequencies and then onto a coaxial cable then to the modem. This works the same for the upstream and downstream. Works pretty slick. You can try cablenut, but it would help to know what speeds your are paying for. BTW, what is the name brand on the wireless gear? Arcwave possibly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCU33ZE Posted April 30, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 I just went and checked the label. It says Vcom 3.5 GHZ subscriber transceiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 either wirless ( microwaves) or sat. perhaps? do a tracroute and post it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 nvm i got it.. it is sat. IP Location: Ecuador - Pichincha - Quito - Satnet Gye Cm Reverse DNS: 97.satnet-6*-2**.gye.satnet.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCU33ZE Posted April 30, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 wow im sorry im not too good in this.please bare with me Can you explain what exactly i have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 Looks like they are a wireless carrier, not the CATV plant extension like I thought earlier. This brochure will help explain it, SCU33ZE. http://www.vcom.com/public_dl/tp_bwindesc3.5_11.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCU33ZE Posted April 30, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 yeap, judging by the diagrams thats the same equipment i have. So what option will i have to use on cablenut then? Sat or cable/dsl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 So what option will i have to use on cablenut then? Sat or cable/dsl? very good question... lol cause you do have both .. hmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 This might be a job for VanBuren. What does a tracert look like to SCU33ZE's IP, .s1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 Looks like a wireless setup to me. A satelite is shot 22,500 feet up before returning. Called lag. This only goes across the ground. So I would guess whatever works on Wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 yeap, judging by the diagrams thats the same equipment i have. So what option will i have to use on cablenut then? Sat or cable/dsl? Why don't you post some speedtest results (Download and Upload) and post a tracert result to testmy.net. ie: go to command prompt, type "tracert testmy.net" after prompt. Copy results and post beck here, this will help give us an idea about your connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 welcome to the forum SCU33ZE first follow all these steps and provide the info asked for http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-2097 VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCU33ZE Posted May 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted May 23, 2006 Sorry for the long wait....... Anyways, I call these Arses and they made an error.. I WAS Paying for the 128/128kbps plan but they put me on 64/32kbps. Anyways here are my test results. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 129 Kbps about 0.13 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 16 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/05/23 - 4:10pm Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 64 sec Tested from a 97 kB file and took 6.141 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.48 % of your hosts average (satnet.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-3EZU6XWDS :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 123 Kbps about 0.12 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Upload Speed is:: 15 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/05/23 - 4:15pm Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 68.27 sec Tested from a 386 kB file and took 25.72416 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 96.85 % of your hosts average (satnet.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LQ4NXPDAB These are my results. Why is my ISP average for DL 138kbps? can i get up to that speed withsome tweaking? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted May 23, 2006 CID Share Posted May 23, 2006 Wow, pretty high on the prices. http://www.satnet.net/frame.php?cuerpo=html/servicios/cm.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted May 23, 2006 CID Share Posted May 23, 2006 You might, but definately remember to save your present settings. As they are not bad at all. As you are over your advertised speed already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted June 6, 2006 CID Share Posted June 6, 2006 Wow, pretty high on the prices. http://www.satnet.net/frame.php?cuerpo=html/servicios/cm.php Remember hes in equator not the usa so its not the same qurancy What currency they use on Equator anyway????? And whats its conversion rate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 6, 2006 CID Share Posted June 6, 2006 i would not mess with those settings. Your speed are right on cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted June 6, 2006 CID Share Posted June 6, 2006 You are right Dark06 Ecuador to US currency. 39.90 Ecuador Sucre = 0.001596 US Dollar US to Ecuador 1 US Dollar = 25,000.0 Ecuador Sucre Pretty cheap by our standards. But you have to also consider average income. Ecuador 2180 United States 41400 So you put that all togather and you get that we make 19X as much as they do. So I would guess it to be equivalant to about $.03 per month. If I did not figure wrong. But that might still be quite a bit in his country. For their actual cost of living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCU33ZE Posted June 7, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 7, 2006 actually Ecuador has been using USD since 2000. the sucre made things great for awhile. 1USD=25000 s/ so one dollar would take you pretty far heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted June 7, 2006 CID Share Posted June 7, 2006 Damn and I was thinking of moving over there. Oh well, nothing good ever last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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