Got my new modem today

[Agent47]

Its a Virgin Media 255.

Hooked it up and left it for 10 mins before booting up my PC.

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:44:15 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 14774 ms = 69.3 KB/sec, approx 571 Kbps, 0.56 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 15381 ms = 66.6 KB/sec, approx 549 Kbps, 0.54 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 15351 ms = 66.7 KB/sec, approx 550 Kbps, 0.54 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 32401 ms = 63.2 KB/sec, approx 521 Kbps, 0.51 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 548 Kbps, 0.54 Mbpsefore with my Ambit 100 I was getting rougly 1mb per second.

:mad:

[Retrovertigo]

It's worth rebooting the modem and if you have a router, restart the router as well. Oh and of course, speed tests via the net should be taken with a pinch of salt. Download a reasonably large file for a true indication.

Then of course, phone VM and kick up an unholy stink :)

[Agent47]

It's worth rebooting the modem and if you have a router, restart the router as well. Oh and of course, speed tests via the net should be taken with a pinch of salt. Download a reasonably large file for a true indication.

Then of course, phone VM and kick up an unholy stink :)

rebooted modem twice, tried connection using PC and laptop both wired without using router. Reset router.

Using the ntl newsgroup I get roughly 120k.

[xpod]

Dont even start me about the new modem............:)

My old 120 there suffered a terrible miscarriage of justice it seems as this new 255 is`nt doing any better.First it was upgrade teething problems then it was the NTL120 after all.........now it`s those teething problems again.:erm:

Oh well,i gave it all of 36 hours before i was on the phone having my current billing agreement continued for another 3 months........or until they fix our connection.whichever comes first:)

The tech i had was`nt much use but the lovely Scottish lass who arranged the rest was a wee diamond:)

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:16:38 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 4889 ms = 209.5 KB/sec, approx 1726 Kbps, 1.69 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 4478 ms = 228.7 KB/sec, approx 1884 Kbps, 1.84 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 3100 ms = 330.3 KB/sec, approx 2722 Kbps, 2.66 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 10393 ms = 197.1 KB/sec, approx 1624 Kbps, 1.59 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1989 Kbps, 1.95 Mbps



Of course i dont pay much heed to speedtests but the downloads are not any better just now.....even ftp from Virgin at 98KB`s.

I knew i should have asked for a blue one.:rolleyes:

[Agent47]

Well I have rebooted again and its now giving me roughly 1.4meg per second. Still aint any better than my Ambit 100.

So looks like its VMs network that cant handle the speeds and not the modem.

FFS :mad::mad:

[Toto]

Well I have rebooted again and its now giving me roughly 1.4meg per second. Still aint any better than my Ambit 100.

So looks like its VMs network that cant handle the speeds and not the modem.

FFS :mad::mad:

Try a download, those speed tests aren't worth the mouse click.

[Agent47]

Could someone check these configs, thanks

Ambit 255

Cable Modem Information
Cable Modem : DOCSIS 1.0/1.1/2.0 Compliant
MAC Address : *************
Serial Number : *************
Boot Code Version : 2.1.6d
Software Version : 2.94.1010
Hardware Version : 1.19

Cable Modem Status
Item Status
Comments
Acquire a Downstream Channel 402750000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK
Operational

Cable Modem Downstream
Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 2
Downstream Frequency : 402750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM256
Downstream Symbol Rate : 5360.537 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps32Increment4
Downstream Receive Power Level : -3.2 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 35.7 dB

Cable Modem Upstream
Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 5
Upstream Frequency : 36784000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QPSK
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 54.0 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2

Cable Modem Operation Configuration
Network Access : Allowed
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 20480000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 768000
Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1
Modem Capability : Concatenation Enabled, Fragametation Enabled, PHS
Disabled

Cable Modem Event Log

**********(What do these mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)***********

Time Not Established Time Not Established 8 Critical(3) 68000300
DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response.

Time Not Established Time Not Established 1 Critical(3) 82000200 No
Ranging Response received - T3 time-out

Time Not Established Time Not Established 1 Critical(3) 82000300
Init RANGING Critical Ranging Request Retries exhausted

Time Not Established Time Not Established 17 Critical(3) 82000200
No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out

Time Not Established Time Not Established 1 Critical(3) 84000100
SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM

[xpod]

Thats pretty much how my own modem event logs have been looking too.