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some days i am able to download at 600k/sec, and on other days (like today) the max is 30k/sec. It makes me think that some neighbour has sneakily boycotted my wireless connection. I just changed the WPA and it has made no difference though. anyone have any idea what may be going on here? It's pissing me RIGHT off. |
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Ring your ISP and tell them to do some tests on your line. |
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could be many things. have you run a virus scan? |
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PS, an easy way to test if someone is stealing your bandwidth is to simply bypass the router entirely and test your connection directly. All the ISP's would ask you to do that anyway, followed by a netstat. |
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i am definitely virus free atm i think i will probably just go with brisk's suggestion and give the guys down at virgin.net a call |
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enable MAC filtering. Add the mac addresses of the wireless devices you want to connect. This way if your mac's not on the list, you're not coming in. btw mac=media access control, not apple. all devices should have unique mac addresses. half of it is manufacturer ID, the other half is a unique ID to that unit set in the factory. it could be something to do with your connection. get the ISP to look into it. Get them to get BT to test your line. Tell BT to check the return loss of your phone line and perform a diagnostic on their DSLAM and ATM switch units at the exchange. If nothing else, you get to sound smart saying all that to an idiot at their call centre. |
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you can connect to your router and see all the clients connected to it.. so that's an easy way to find out. |
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boy·cott /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[boi-kot] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object) 1. to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion: to boycott a store. 2. to abstain from buying or using: to boycott foreign products. –noun |
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I was going to mention the boycotting thing, but decided against it. Good call. |
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chances are the 600 kbps is a misread, cuz its damn hard to get that high a consistant speed over wireless, at least so ive found |
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Are you with Pipex? |
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It also depends on the server yer trying to download from. It could just be the server hasn't got much bandwidth. Every server is different and sometimes the server might have more bandwidth than at other times. But also get download accelerators like I do. I rarely achieve my top speed of 1000+ kb/s without them. |
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you might be living too far away from wherever it is dsl lines go to get a consistent signal, or there might be too many users in your neighbourhood, which are things you cant do anything about. also, consumer grade wireless thingeys almost always suck. use wires instead. if you can get get to some diagnostic page in your modem, check your connection speed there from day to day. if the numbers there are going up and down too, and there's a lot of errors or a bad signal/noise ratio thinger, harass your ISP to do something about it. |
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dsl line speeds are never true We're supposed to have 5 or 6 mbit, but the most I've had going is ~1 mbit. |
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It was probably sold as upto 6mbit, but the maximum data rate is inversely proportional to your distance to the exchange, so you could have 6mbit......if you lived round the corner from the exchange. If the telcos ever pull their finger out and invest in new infrastructure, we could all have fibre to the home, which would make ethernet look slow! |
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is there no cable internets there? i've never tested below about 5mbps, while my line is supposed to be 6 i think. plus i don't think it matters how far you are from the 'exchange' or whatever |
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I live in the second largest city over here, and I think they have a terminal or whatever it's called just around the corner (not literally, but it's not far away) but still it never achieves much speed. |
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It does matter how far away you are. It's probably the most important factor! Longer cables mean more capacitance. More capacitance means the cable acts more like a low pass filter. The higher frequency ADSL tones will be reduced in level to a point where they cannot be used, thus the maximum data rate will be lower than a shorter cable. Drunken: Maybe someone is stealing your broadband signal? Wrap the whole computer in aluminium foil and to be on the safe side make a little hat for yourself too.... Or maybe something on your phone line is old and degrading it. I guess ask your neighbours to see if they get the same problem, if not, then it's probably the cable to your house. |
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i found little guide, which has some helpful tips on improving your connection / troubleshooting stuff |
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