TriRan Posted January 31, 2011 CID Share Posted January 31, 2011 have you been having any speed issues with your cox during peak hours? i've been having intermitent issues where my download speed drops to horrible i've power cycled everything and it works fine for about 30 minutes but then the issue presents itself again its pretty sad when my upload is twice as fast as my download... i'm on the cox ultimate package and i'm pretty sure the noise levels are fine aswell as power level readings >.> that tracert is concerning me abit though :::.. TriRan's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 3751 Kbps about 3.8 Mbps (tested with 6 MB) Download Speed is:: 469 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/QTP4NMHCE Test Time:: 2011-01-30 18:20:39 GMT -7 1MB Download in 2.18 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~37 Minutes - 65X faster than 56K Tested from a 6 MB file and took 13.419 seconds to complete Running at 29% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] :::.. TriRan's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 4031 Kbps about 4 Mbps (tested with 6 MB) Download Speed is:: 504 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/H9I2Q10LG Test Time:: 2011-01-30 18:21:19 GMT -7 1MB Download in 2.03 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~35 Minutes - 70X faster than 56K Tested from a 6 MB file and took 12.486 seconds to complete Running at 31% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] :::.. TriRan's Upload Test Results ..::: Upload Connection is:: 6956 Kbps about 7 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Upload Speed is:: 870 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/JN3GBFPR5 Test Time:: 2011-01-30 18:21:52 GMT -7 1MB Upload in 1.18 Seconds - 1GB Upload in ~20 Minutes - 121X faster than 56K Tested from a 3 MB file and took 3.523 seconds to complete Running at 261% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] :::.. TriRan's Upload Test Results ..::: Upload Connection is:: 6890 Kbps about 6.9 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Upload Speed is:: 861 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/KLJ5YSA78 Test Time:: 2011-01-30 18:22:32 GMT -7 1MB Upload in 1.19 Seconds - 1GB Upload in ~20 Minutes - 120X faster than 56K Tested from a 3 MB file and took 3.557 seconds to complete Running at 259% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] Tracing route to testmy.net [174.120.187.140] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 10 ms 33 ms 16 ms 68.2.8.17 3 18 ms 15 ms 9 ms 70.169.75.86 4 12 ms 13 ms 24 ms mcdldsrj01-ae2.0.rd.ph.cox.net [70.169.76.225] 5 36 ms 35 ms 34 ms dalsbprj02-ae0.0.rd.dl.cox.net [68.1.0.143] 6 37 ms 43 ms 40 ms te2-2.dsr02.dllstx3.networklayer.com [70.87.255. 30] 7 * * * Request timed out. 8 51 ms 50 ms 37 ms e.ff.5746.static.theplanet.com [70.87.255.14] 9 68 ms 45 ms 38 ms 8c.bb.78ae.static.theplanet.com [174.120.187.140 ] Trace complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted January 31, 2011 CID Share Posted January 31, 2011 I sure have Only for very short periods and during peak hours. And only for the past few days. Cox is very good about correcting routing issues like that though, it should be worked out soon. ... Also had my service go out for 10 minutes late at night twice in the past week. ... Oh and that timed out hop in your traceroute is normal on my end. As long as the subsequent hops don't time out that's normal. The problem is most likely congestion on one of their trunks they route through. Not all Cox users are having a problem, your in Phoenix, right? Couple examples others got at around the same time as our tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted January 31, 2011 Author CID Share Posted January 31, 2011 thanks i'm glad its not just me! i've been racking my brain trying to figure out whats wrong and yeah a few nights ago my service went out for about twenty minutes and since then i've been experiencing this issue edit: yes i'm in Phoenix i'm on the west side in Avondale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted January 31, 2011 CID Share Posted January 31, 2011 thanks i'm glad its not just me! i've been racking my brain trying to figure out whats wrong and yeah a few nights ago my service went out for about twenty minutes and since then i've been experiencing this issue edit: yes i'm in Phoenix i'm on the west side in Avondale <a href="http://www.giganews.com/?a=testmy" rel="nofollow"><img align="right" src="http://www.giganews.com/banners/testmy/300x250a.jpg" alt="Giganews Newsgroups"></a> Not like it's just the route to TestMy.net either because this is a download off Usenet... 20 threads. (using giganews) --- I have to open 50 threads before can get my connection going to speed.... + ... not normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted January 31, 2011 Author CID Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) not normal at all mine is still being somewhat sluggish :::.. TriRan's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 11297 Kbps about 11.3 Mbps (tested with 12 MB) Download Speed is:: 1412 kB/s or 1.4 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/03SJTVGU8 Test Time:: 2011-01-30 23:45:37 GMT -7 1MB Download in 0.73 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~12 Minutes - 197X faster than 56K Tested from a 12 MB file and took 8.911 seconds to complete Running at 88% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] i tried downloading a game from a torrent ( a free game not pirated ) that i currently play just to see if it's slow too and it peaked at 2MB/s vs the normal 5-8MB/s i usually get edit: on a brighter note the upload to Testmy.net is smokin today :::.. TriRan's Upload Test Results ..::: Upload Connection is:: 7000 Kbps about 7 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB) Upload Speed is:: 875 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/VEB1DSZ2N Test Time:: 2011-01-30 23:48:55 GMT -7 1MB Upload in 1.17 Seconds - 1GB Upload in ~20 Minutes - 122X faster than 56K Tested from a 3 MB file and took 3.501 seconds to complete Running at 263% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] even on a very large test getting above advertised :::.. TriRan's Upload Test Results ..::: Upload Connection is:: 5352 Kbps about 5.4 Mbps (tested with 17.5 MB) Upload Speed is:: 669 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/5ZQWO76I1 Test Time:: 2011-01-30 23:51:18 GMT -7 1MB Upload in 1.53 Seconds - 1GB Upload in ~26 Minutes - 93X faster than 56K Tested from a 18 MB file and took 27.477 seconds to complete Running at 201% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] Edited January 31, 2011 by TriRan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted January 31, 2011 CID Share Posted January 31, 2011 ... and back to normal :::.. CA3LE's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 55451 Kbps about 55.5 Mbps (tested with 50 MB) Download Speed is:: 6931 kB/s or 6.9 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/L7GZ63NVY Test Time:: 2011-01-31 00:53:09 GMT -7 1MB Download in 0.15 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~3 Minutes - 967X faster than 56K Tested from a 50 MB file and took 7.564 seconds to complete Running at 433% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] :::.. CA3LE's Upload Test Results ..::: Upload Connection is:: 5196 Kbps about 5.2 Mbps (tested with 17.5 MB) Upload Speed is:: 650 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/D465B8UAT Test Time:: 2011-01-31 00:54:32 GMT -7 1MB Upload in 1.58 Seconds - 1GB Upload in ~27 Minutes - 91X faster than 56K Tested from a 18 MB file and took 28.301 seconds to complete Running at 195% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_6; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.237 Safari/534.10 [!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted January 31, 2011 Author CID Share Posted January 31, 2011 you lucky dog! mine is still suffering >.> :::.. TriRan's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 11215 Kbps about 11.2 Mbps (tested with 12 MB) Download Speed is:: 1402 kB/s or 1.4 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/J10UV89YO Test Time:: 2011-01-31 01:17:26 GMT -7 1MB Download in 0.73 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~12 Minutes - 196X faster than 56K Tested from a 12 MB file and took 8.976 seconds to complete Running at 88% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] well crap i just tested a wired pc and it did 48.9Mbps but this machine is only getting what i posted above i wonder whats going on edit: okay finally got it sorted out! from about 50-60ft away not to shabby :::.. TriRan's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 44290 Kbps about 44.3 Mbps (tested with 50 MB) Download Speed is:: 5536 kB/s or 5.5 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/SQLEAMJWX Test Time:: 2011-01-31 01:40:14 GMT -7 1MB Download in 0.18 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~3 Minutes - 772X faster than 56K Tested from a 50 MB file and took 9.47 seconds to complete Running at 345% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlikLizrd Posted February 2, 2011 CID Share Posted February 2, 2011 you lucky dog! mine is still suffering >.> :::.. TriRan's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 11215 Kbps about 11.2 Mbps (tested with 12 MB) Download Speed is:: 1402 kB/s or 1.4 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/J10UV89YO Test Time:: 2011-01-31 01:17:26 GMT -7 1MB Download in 0.73 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~12 Minutes - 196X faster than 56K Tested from a 12 MB file and took 8.976 seconds to complete Running at 88% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] well crap i just tested a wired pc and it did 48.9Mbps but this machine is only getting what i posted above i wonder whats going on edit: okay finally got it sorted out! from about 50-60ft away not to shabby :::.. TriRan's Download Test Results ..::: Download Connection is:: 44290 Kbps about 44.3 Mbps (tested with 50 MB) Download Speed is:: 5536 kB/s or 5.5 MB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/SQLEAMJWX Test Time:: 2011-01-31 01:40:14 GMT -7 1MB Download in 0.18 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~3 Minutes - 772X faster than 56K Tested from a 50 MB file and took 9.47 seconds to complete Running at 345% of hosts average (Cox.net) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 [!] Hey, neighbor !! I'm over here by Desert Sky Pavillion -- on Cox Cable @ 20/2 tier -- Like you, I have a Dir-655 behind an SB6120, but the D-Link feeds my Wife's DELL 3100, (P4@ 3.06 GHz, 2GB DDR2 Ram, Nvidia Graphics, 10,000 rpm Velociraptor,) with a D-Link DWA 552 ExtremeN PCI Adapter and a 3x5db Rosewill standalone antenna. Wifey rocks wirelessly at 25 down and 3.5 up most of the time. My rig (DELL Vostro 230MT, Core 2 Duo @ 2.93 MHz., 4 GB DDR3 @1333, Zotac 1 GB 240GT Graphics, runs off the DIR-655's #1 port switch, with Cat 6 shielded Ethernet cables throughout. I've found that the weather has a decided effect on the Modem's "Signal" as shown on the SB6120's stats. High outdoor temps (110+) tend to see a drop in downstream SNRs -- like from 37 to 35, for example. Upstream power levels tend to rise with the hotter temps -- like from 46 t0 50, for example. While both those numbers are within the "acceptable" range, they both represent a move AWAY from the "ideal". On the SB6120, I find the optimums at a Download SNR of 38, and a Power Level at 0 ( all 4 channels) Upload Power Level best at 45 --- with 55 readings, it's time to call the paramedics !! I've also found (the hard way) that the DIR-655 and SB 6120 work best when they are at least 4 feet apart -- when placed near each other, they generate a bunch of interference that gets them acting all goofy. Regarding your query -- Yes, the speeds do get to jumpin' around when the 'net traffic is high, but unless you're trying to do massive downloads during the evening, you should be good to go !! I'm not a techie or a geek -- just an old freak that likes to see how well our low-budget machines can do against the Big Boys. Good Luck !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted February 2, 2011 Author CID Share Posted February 2, 2011 i recently installed the H50 on my CPU and have it at 4.1GHZ stable with a 52C max under a burn in so i guess you could say my CPU is a big boy now as for the inet me and CA3LE have the same package and from around 5PM to midnight every night our internet resets at 5PM and we get very very slow download rates like 5Mbps then around midnight it resets again and all is well it didn't do this before a week or so ago its a cox issue i was just wanting to see if other users in my area were having this issue btw we're on the 50/5 package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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