Needing more speed advice

[Niccko]

To take out the possibility of a virus, i reinstalled my OS to see if my speeds will get any better. so far im runing this speed and lower.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 412 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Download Speed is:: 50 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:52:10 GMT-0600

Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB download in 20.48 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 42.74 % of your hosts average (139.95)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Y476RI2A1

C:>tracert www.testmy.net

Tracing route to www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  ***.***.*.*

  2    *        *        *    Request timed out.

  3    *        *        *    Request timed out.

  4    *        *        *    Request timed out.

  5    *        *        *    Request timed out.

  6    *    ^C

Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:

    Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 0, Lost = 2 (100% loss),

C:>ping www.testmy.net

Pinging www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

this might be because my provider might have this option to tracert turned off i dont know really.

Now things that my provider has done.

Slapped a huge pole on my house and replaced the internet receiver.

Checked the direction of the receiver.

Put me on a high priority server so i get my internet before other people. (so they say)

They've changed my channel-id 3 times, every time they change it my speed goes back to normal....somthing to ponder why.

So im not sure what to do next since theres no traces of any viruses.

retook test in the past 5 minutes....

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 153 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)

Download Speed is:: 19 kB/s

apperantly i have the best signal i could have in my modem stats aswell.

any help is great ill do some more research myself.

[FallowEarth]

Hey, Niccko.  Looks like either a firewall or router blocking the traceroute/pings.  Try disabling FW or bypassing router to see if that helps.

[Niccko]

yeah gettin the same results with the timing out of tracert and pinging. i heard the isp has to do somthing so i can get it maybe..... bypassing the router im gettin this for speed.....

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 497 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Download Speed is:: 61 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:03:14 GMT-0600

Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB download in 16.79 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 52.04 % of your hosts average (139.95)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QISN71FRM

[cholla]

Niccko: I have dial-up I know my ISP blocks ping & tracert.But the message I get is:

C:WINDOWS>ping testmy.net

Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data

Reply from 65.182.79.69: Destination net unreachable.

Reply from 65.182.79.69: Destination net unreachable.

Reply from 65.182.79.69: Destination net unreachable.

Reply from 65.182.79.69: Destination net unreachable.

Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum =  0ms, Average =  0ms

C:WINDOWS>tracert testmy.net

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1  fe-1-2-4-lbb-tnt-5.nts-online.net [65.182.79.69]  reports: Destination ne

unreachable.

Trace complete.

So your ISP is probably not blocking these .

[Niccko]

ah crap. ahha well then. back to the drawing board =p thanks for runnin that test.

[FallowEarth]

Did you check this out: http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-2097.0

[Niccko]

yeah i ran through all that stuff

http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-7422.0

that was my last post. some different things have happend so i made a new thread.

[FallowEarth]

Definitely strange that it fluxuates so much.

You can monitor the connections that are established on your PC.

[Niccko]

i dont have a whole lot open and ive got over 120 with some that say time_wait, last_ack, close_wait.

ill try starting up with nothing runing in startup and try it then.

[netmasta]

It looks like it could a problem with your ISP

Ping from me to you:

C:Documents and SettingsPeter>tracert 67.xxx.xxx.xx

Tracing route to 67.xxx.xxx.xx over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1

  2    6 ms    7 ms    7 ms  10.219.40.1

  3    7 ms    15 ms    6 ms  68.87.151.45

  4    8 ms    9 ms    8 ms  10g-9-4-ar02.woburn.ma.boston.comcast.net [68.87.144.41

  5    8 ms    9 ms    9 ms  12.118.88.9

  6    17 ms    19 ms    15 ms  tbr1-p012801.cb1ma.ip.att.net [12.123.40.210]

  7    16 ms    15 ms    16 ms  tbr2-cl1.n54ny.ip.att.net [12.122.10.22]

  8    14 ms    14 ms    12 ms  ggr2-p390.n54ny.ip.att.net [12.123.3.62]

  9    13 ms    16 ms    14 ms  att-gw.ny.qwest.net [192.205.32.170]

10    14 ms    14 ms    15 ms  jfk-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.230.22]

11    80 ms    81 ms    80 ms  slk-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.93]

12    91 ms    92 ms    97 ms  bse-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.145]

13    87 ms    86 ms    87 ms  boi-edge-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.155.18]

14    97 ms  101 ms  103 ms  65.121.130.xxx

15  473 ms  588 ms  286 ms  67.129.136.xxx

16    *        *        *    Request timed out.

17    *        *    67.xxx.xxx.xxx  reports: Destination net unreachable.

[FallowEarth]

i dont have a whole lot open and ive got over 120 with some that say time_wait, last_ack, close_wait.

ill try starting up with nothing runing in startup and try it then.

Try this program: www.hijackthis.de

Read everything you can at the site, and try back here if you have ?'s

[Niccko]

did the scan and nothing out of the ordinary. when i had that 120+ goin on i was running a bit torrent prog. that might ahve had all that crap up there. after the restart i had 30 running then after a bit it went down to 1-3.

heres another question i have to go along with it. i goto http://www.tetonwireless.com/speed.html and my speeds read: Your current bandwidth reading is: 1.65 Mbps

and right after or before that test i run testmy : :::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 195 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)

Download Speed is:: 24 kB/s...

I spent a good 50 min with my isp's level 3 tech support today. from what there telling me is theres a virus running through the server down in my area thats not allowing some customers there full provisioning speed. they say since they know what it is they will have it fixed with in the next few days. im hoping this holds some truth.

the only way i think i can get my speed to be where it needs to be is to uncap my modem, i dont know the process i know it was mentioned and u can get in trouble. so i might stay far from that idea. its a waiting game for now i suppose.

[FallowEarth]

Yeah, I wouldn't touch your modem caps, you don't wanna deal with it if you get caught, it ain't worth it.

I'd follow up with a call to tier 3 in a couple of days.  Hope that all works out for you.

[Niccko]

thanks m8 ill keep ya posted, hopefully this will be a breakthrough in some peoples cases for the same issues.