Slooow

ou7shined · Jan 05, 2007, 16:46:50

Did anyone else's t'internet turn into treacle last night? It got so bad for me that at one point pages weren't even opening.

It was almost like being with my old isp again.

I'm only asking as it might have been me. I'm trying out a *ahem* new version of XP at the mo and I guess there's a chance that it might be at fault.

Nerval · Jan 05, 2007, 16:49:44

I even started a thread last night containing the word "treacle", treacle.
A quick scan of the forum will show this.

I also mentioned CarpNet in the thread.

I'm wondering if it's a DNS problem with IDNet, tho not sure how to determine whether it is.

Philip · Jan 05, 2007, 16:51:17

its been slow, early evening, all week for me, but returns to normal about 8pm ish

Nerval · Jan 05, 2007, 16:52:05

and slow again now

ou7shined · Jan 05, 2007, 16:57:31

Great minds...eh Nerval.

Well at least it isn't just me then. Mine ground to a halt around 1 or 2 this morning though, so traffic shouldn't be at fault.

Nerval · Jan 05, 2007, 17:01:25

There's a report on AG of somebody getting a DNS failure on one of the servers.

Something's definitely not right, as browsing was fine over Christmas when it should have been really busy.

Philip · Jan 05, 2007, 17:11:29

should betting around 5500kb/s, my exchange has been red since November, but speeds over Christmas were superb

DorsetBoy · Jan 05, 2007, 18:14:09

Speedtest.net to Munich 5684 kbps
Speedtest.net to London 2823kbps
Toast.net to Open Hosting London 2020kbps.

Europe or Canada are fine, London poor, and looking at Speedtest.net many of the servers are missing today.

Speeds have been erratic all day so far.

Philip · Jan 05, 2007, 18:17:19

better now, but like dorsetboy says, very erratic.

maxping · Jan 05, 2007, 18:42:07

I have used this test with the following result -

http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/speedtest.html

Your line speed:

6580.6 Kbps

Nerval · Jan 05, 2007, 21:03:42

Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!
After moaning all day about speeds, I got a record speed tonight

ou7shined · Jan 05, 2007, 21:10:00

It's just starting to get bad for me again. Web pages taking 1-2 secs to come up.

Nerval · Jan 05, 2007, 21:21:21

Know what you mean. It's erratic - sometimes OK others slow.
Can't get over the speedtest though.

ou7shined · Jan 05, 2007, 21:23:31

Here's what speedtest.net say for me.....

ping's pretty rank but speed's only a bit (~1000) lower than what I usually get from this test

Nerval · Jan 05, 2007, 21:28:23

Yes Rich
Pings have always been variable for me - from brilliant to awful and back again.
BT speedtest gives 4.65Mb same as other one.
But browsing still variable.
Oh well.
May just be busy as I'm not normally on at this time so can't say what's usual.

ou7shined · Jan 05, 2007, 22:02:29

LOL I tried BT speedtest. Guess what?

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Good old BT speedtest.

Ooh! 100th post

Philip · Jan 05, 2007, 23:01:27

back to normal now, just seems to early evenings for me.

ou7shined · Jan 05, 2007, 23:15:04

Humph! I'm still surfing through ~~treacle~~ porridge.

Good for you though Doc.

mrapoc · Jan 06, 2007, 14:13:36

Yea, last night many pages wouldnt even load and also kept losing connection to bf 2142 and xfire kept reporting a high latency between me and the servers

ou7shined · Jan 06, 2007, 15:17:08

Huston we have a problem!

DorsetBoy · Jan 06, 2007, 15:28:04

Yup! Speeds of only 212kbps I call a problem and my synch has dropped today,router has NOT been off though.

spiral · Jan 06, 2007, 18:10:36

Yep i'm getting slower browsing too.

old Bill · Jan 06, 2007, 18:23:42

After the last few days of good speeds. They have dropped like a stone tonight. Geting well below 1 meg. Is the whole world on the net again or is there a problem someware ?

Philip · Jan 06, 2007, 18:31:20

on the slppery slope again

ou7shined · Jan 09, 2007, 09:01:52

It's hard to know just where to post this with so many similar posts

I've had more mysterious disconnects. The last being around 1:30am.
Also I'm pulling in (what should be) a healthy torrent but it's taking forever with masses of failed hash checks. Everything feels sluggish still.

Do we have an official comment on the state of affairs yet?

Nerval · Jan 09, 2007, 09:06:19

Quote from: ou7shined on Jan 09, 2007, 09:01:52
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Do we have an official comment on the state of affairs yet?

You'll need to ask of AG if you want an official comment. Simon seems to post much more on there than he does here.

RJM · Jan 09, 2007, 13:37:38

Same here, speeds have dropped and a few disconnections also.

maxping · Jan 09, 2007, 18:17:33

Read Simons post here then can we all use the thread to keep all the speed and ping posts in one thread - thanks.
http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,1095.25.html

ou7shined · Jan 12, 2007, 00:24:06

Well I never! Things are looking up................. for now anyways

(BT) Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test:
IP profile for your line is - 6500 kbps
DSL connection rate: 448 kbps(UP-STREAM) 7392 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 6112 kbps

and no disconnects for 55.5 hrs.

maxping · Jan 12, 2007, 00:30:39

My pings have been spot on for 2 nights.
Pinging idnet.net [212.69.36.10] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=60
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=60
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=60
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 212.69.36.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 25ms, Maximum = 29ms, Average = 26ms

ou7shined · Jan 12, 2007, 00:39:39

Max.
What does the TTL bit mean and how do you cut'n'paste the results from a cmd box?

maxping · Jan 12, 2007, 00:46:48

Quote from: ou7shined on Jan 12, 2007, 00:39:39
Max.
What does the TTL bit mean and how do you cut'n'paste the results from a cmd box?

1] Time To Live.

QuoteShort for Time to Live, a field in the Internet Protocol (IP) that specifies how many more hops a packet can travel before being discarded or returned.

2] Right click in the box , hit "select all" then "Enter" to save it.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Pinging bbc.com [212.58.227.74] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 212.58.227.74:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 25ms, Average = 24ms

ou7shined · Jan 12, 2007, 00:54:17

Aha! Thanks.

<-beer

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 212.58.227.74

Pinging 212.58.227.74 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.227.74: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 212.58.227.74:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 31ms
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

My TTL is alway at least twice yours (edit = ah, except that last time). What does that indicate?

ou7shined · Jan 12, 2007, 01:06:35

LOL
first page of googling for TTL =

Transistor-transistor logic ..................ok
Telescope Technologies Limited............hmm
TTL Consulting..................................boring
Take That Ltd...................................you're 'avin a giraffe
TTL. Through the lens........................och!

Think I'll try Time To Live now.

alan · Jan 12, 2007, 22:28:08

Quote from: ou7shined on Jan 12, 2007, 00:54:17

My TTL is alway at least twice yours (edit = ah, except that last time). What does that indicate?

.
http://kitz.co.uk/tech/ping.htm

ou7shined · Jan 12, 2007, 23:01:15

Cheers for that Alan, the penny has now dropped.