One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

HELP!!!
I have just had VM installed and have run a CAT4 cable to a switch to which is connected 2PCs and 1 printer. One PC is running fine when connecting to the internet but the second is suffering from considerable lag and slow page download when browsing. The webbased broadband speed checkers take a few minutes to download then give me a good download speed reading.

I have run Win MTR and the readings look bad but I have no idea what they mean. Can anyone advise please. Desperate.

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 10.213.28.1 - 8 | 69 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 5 |
|watf-cam-1b-ge92.network.virginmedia.net - 0 | 88 | 88 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 6 |
|watf-core-1b-ge-010-0.network.virginmedia.net - 47 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 6 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|popl-bb-1a-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net - 77 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| dy-in-f99.1e100.net - 0 | 88 | 88 | 28 | 30 | 54 | 29 |
:confused:

Any help from anyone please?

---------- Post added at 11:21 ---------- Previous post was at 11:20 ----------

Sorry typo - that was CAT5 cable.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Are you connected to a modem then from that onto a switch, then onto the pc's ?

I had no end of troubles when I had a router connected on the end of the modem then onto the network.

---------- Post added at 12:13 ---------- Previous post was at 11:59 ----------

Actually reading back..

Do you have a Switch or a router?
There are differences.

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Routers for home networks (often called broadband routers) also can join multiple networks. These routers are designed specifically to join the home (LAN) to the Internet (WAN) for the purpose of Internet connection sharing. In contrast, neither hubs nor switches are capable of joining multiple networks or sharing an Internet connection. A home network with only hubs and switches must designate one computer as the gateway to the Internet, and that device must possess two network adapters for sharing, one for the home LAN and one for the Internet WAN. With a router, all home computers connect to the router equally, and it performs the equivalent gateway functions.

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Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Yup. Virginmedia Hub (combined modem-router). Cable from back of this to a switch. 2 PCs and 1 printer via cable into back of switch.

From what you say, should I be running the 2 PCs from the back of the Virginmedia HUB?

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

I'd try that, presumably it's got 4x ethernet ports at the back?

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

techguyone,

I am very grateful for your suggestions.

I have tried running a single cable from the back of the Virgin Media HUB to the offending PC with no other PC or printer connected to the HUB and the problem continues. The Win MTR stats are similar.

I suspect that the PC is the problem. I have run AdAware and Norton 360, reset IE8 to default advance settings and uninstalled and reinstalled the network adapter. I went to PC World (always a challenge) and spoke to the tech guy there who was stumped but did not think that buying a PCT ethernet card (the one in the PC is attached to the motherboard) will help, and besides they did not stock them.

Oi Vey.

Is this time for a new PC? Nothing I can rip out and replace?

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

In case the offending PC has both a wired NIC and a wireless NIC installed make sure the wireless NIC is disabled.

Try setting both PC's to Auto-Negotiate in Network settings.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Hard to say, normally ethernet components are very robust, its unusual for one to fail.

What specs are the PC? is it something thats old? what OS is it running?

A stand alone ethernet card won't be expensive, and assuming the rest of the PC is ok, would be the cheapest option, regardingwhat you can rip out and reuse on a new PC would depend on how old the last one is, a lot of components on current PC's aren't compatible with the previous generations.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

3-4 years max.
Vista SP2
3G memory
Dual core processor (not at home at present)

What is bizzare is that, as I don't have to give up the Sky 2Meg service via the phoneline to have Virgin installed, I took the precaution of some overlap in service..just in case. The offending PC is nice a speedy on the old sky connection but reallllly slow on the new "fast" virgin connection.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

I'd try a new NIC, you have updated all the drivers on the existing card haven't you ?

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Given the existing NIC is passing data at correct speed and with no loss, I'd say the problem has nothing to do with the network card.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Options please, qasdfdsaq?
Slash and burn (dump and buy)?

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

It won't be the PC hardware at all. I suspect it's some silly softwre conflict or bad setup. Reinstalling the machine (as a last resort) will almost definitely fix it. There's absolutely no need to buy a new computer.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Presumably the network card is set to auto detect the connection settings in it's properties, but is it autodetecting correctly? Have you tried simply using a different cable, or swapping the ports in the switch / router. Numerous times I've seen gigabit connections picked up as only 100Mbit. Can you force the card's properties to a different setting i.e. full duplex?

You say in post one that you are using Cat 4 cable. Is that a typo?

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Typo CAT5.
Tried 3 cables and different ports in switch but not router. Will try fiddling with card's properties.

Thanks to all. Will post to update on developments.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Still almost certainly not the network card, cable, or connection. If it were any of the above we'd see reduced speeds and/or packet loss, evidence suggests there is none of either.

Only connection setup time is affected.

You could try Netalyzr:

http://netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/

and either post the results or a link to them (stripping out your IP address), this test shows both connection setup time and DNS lookup time in addition to pure speed.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

I have not heard back from Netalyzr. Is there someone else who can interpret the results?

I must be the only one with Sky broaband upstairs and Virgin on the laptops downstairs!

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

I don't see you having posted the results anywhere for us to look at...

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Ah apologies. I sent it direct to the Netalyzr people. I will run it again and cut and paste the results onto this forum. Thank you to everyone.

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

Right..I have run the test twice- firstly on the Sky service, which runs fine and secondly on the Virgin "faster" service, which runs very slowly on this computer.

So a rather large cut-and-paste: starting with the sky then the next one with Virgin.
SKY BROADBAND:
Result Summary
+/– (help)
5ac4d0e7.bb.sky.com / 90.196.208.231
Recorded at 19:13 EST (00:13 UTC next day), Feb 22 2011. Permalink. Referrer. Client/server transcript.
________________________________________
Summary of Noteworthy Events –
Minor Aberrations
• Network packet buffering may be excessive
Address-based Tests +
NAT detection (?): NAT Detected
Local Network Interfaces (?): OK
DNS-based host information (?): OK
Reachability Tests +
TCP connectivity (?): OK
UDP connectivity (?): OK
Traceroute (?): OK
Path MTU (?): OK
Network Access Link Properties –
Network latency measurements (?): Latency: 110ms Loss: 0.0%
The round-trip time (RTT) between your computer and our server is 110 msec, which is good.
We recorded no packet loss between your system and our server.
TCP connection setup latency (?): 110ms
The time it takes your computer to set up a TCP connection with our server is 110 msec, which is good.
Network background health measurement (?): no transient outages
During most of Netalyzr's execution, the applet continuously measures the state of the network in the background, looking for short outages. During testing, the applet observed no such outages.
Network bandwidth measurements (?): Upload 640 Kbit/sec, Download 880 Kbit/sec
Your Uplink: We measured your uplink's sending bandwidth at 640 Kbit/sec. This level of bandwidth works well for many users.
Your Downlink: We measured your downlink's receiving bandwidth at 880 Kbit/sec. This level of bandwidth works well for many users.
Network buffer measurements (?): Uplink 819 ms, Downlink 2500 ms
We estimate your uplink as having 820 msec of buffering. This level can in some situations prove somewhat high, and you may experience degraded performance when performing interactive tasks such as web-surfing while simultaneously conducting large uploads. Real-time applications, such as games or audio chat, may also work poorly when conducting large uploads at the same time.
We estimate your downlink as having 2500 msec of buffering. This is quite high, and you may experience substantial disruption to your network performance when performing interactive tasks such as web-surfing while simultaneously conducting large downloads. With such a buffer, real-time applications such as games or audio chat can work quite poorly when conducting large downloads at the same time.
HTTP Tests +
Address-based HTTP proxy detection (?): OK
Header-based HTTP proxy detection (?): OK
HTTP proxy detection via malformed requests (?): OK
Filetype-based filtering (?): OK
HTTP caching behavior (?): OK
JavaScript-based tests (?): OK
DNS Tests +
Name IP Address Reverse Name/SOA
www.abbey.co.uk
165.160.13.20 X (pdns1.cscdns.net)

ad.doubleclick.net
74.125.230.155 X (ns1.google.com)

www.alliance-leicester.co.uk
194.130.105.121 X (alice.ioko365.com)

www.amazon.com
72.21.214.128 X (dns-external-master.amazon.com)

www.ameritrade.com
216.105.251.204 X (mike.lynn.tdameritrade.com)

www.bankofamerica.com
171.159.228.173 X (primarydmz.bankofamerica.com)

www.bankofscotland.co.uk
195.171.171.21 X (ns0.bt.net)

bit.ly
168.143.172.53 X (ns1.dn.net)

www.capitalone.com
208.80.48.112 X (chia.arin.net)

www.careerbuilder.com
208.82.7.22 X (smokey.careerbuilder.com)

www.chase.com
159.53.64.105 X (ns1.jpmorganchase.com)

chaseonline.chase.com
159.53.60.54 resources-cdc1.chase.com

www.citi.com
192.193.219.58 citibank.com

www.citibank.com
192.193.219.58 citibank.com

www.citimortgage.com
192.193.218.222 citimortgage.com

www.cnn.com
157.166.226.26 www.cnn.com

www.desjardins.com
142.195.132.100 www.desjardins.com

www.dnssec-failed.org
68.87.64.48 speedlab-app03.[...].bo.comcast.net

www.e-gold.com
209.200.169.10 unknown.prolexic.com

www.ebay.com
66.211.181.11 hp-core.ebay.com

encrypted.google.com
74.125.230.140 X (ns1.google.com)

www.etrade.com
12.153.224.22 www.etrade.com

www.facebook.com
66.220.156.18 www-11-01-tst1.facebook.com

www.fdic.gov
167.176.17.84 www.fdic.gov

www.friendfinder.com
208.88.180.81 X (ii53-30.friendfinderinc.com)

www.google.com
74.125.230.112 X (ns1.google.com)

www.google-analytics.com
209.85.143.101 dy-in-f101.1e100.net

www.halifax.co.uk
212.140.245.97 www.halifax.co.uk

www.hsbc.co.uk
193.108.74.126 X (ns3.hsbc.com)

www.jpmorganchase.com
159.53.60.105 X (ns1.jpmorganchase.com)

mail.google.com
74.125.230.149 X (ns1.google.com)

mail.live.com
64.4.20.174 dp1.mail.live.com

mail.yahoo.com
217.12.8.76 l1.login.vip.ukl.yahoo.com

www.mbna.com
209.135.59.10 X (ns1.usi.net)

www.mbna.net
209.135.59.10 X (ns1.usi.net)

www.meebo.com
74.114.28.110 X (ns1.meebo.com)

messenger.yahoo.com
98.139.200.98 myc1.msg.vip.bf1.yahoo.com

www.microsoft.com
207.46.131.43 X (msnhst.microsoft.com)

www.nationwide.co.uk
155.131.127.82 X (ns0.nationet.net)

www.networksolutions.com
205.178.187.13 www.networksolutions.com

www.newegg.com
204.14.213.185 X (pdns1.ultradns.net)

online.citibank.com
199.67.180.11 citibankonline.com

online.wellsfargo.com
151.151.88.132 percussion-on.wellsfargo.com

www.orange.fr
193.252.122.103 www.orange.fr.b2.fti.net

partner.googleadservices.com
74.125.230.156 X (ns1.google.com)

www.paypal.com
64.4.241.33 www.paypal.co.nz

www.rbs.co.uk
155.136.80.222 X (ns0-08.dns.pipex.net)

www.schwab.com
162.93.227.34 X (d0002cdc.schwab.com)

search.yahoo.com
74.6.238.254 syc.search.vip.ac2.yahoo.com

www.secureworks.com
206.55.100.29 atl1www01.secureworks.net

smartzone.comcast.net
76.96.26.12 webmail3.emeryv[...]ail.comcast.net

www.smithbarney.com
192.193.224.11 ssb.com

www.sterlingsavingsbank.com
12.19.55.215 sterlingsavingsbank.com

www.tdameritrade.com
216.105.251.204 X (mike.lynn.tdameritrade.com)

www.torproject.org
38.229.70.16 vescum.torproject.org

us.etrade.com
198.93.34.50 us.etrade.com

www.usbank.com
170.135.216.181 artown.usbank.com

www.verisign.com
69.58.181.89 www-ilg.verisign.net

www.wachovia.com
169.200.89.101 X (sls-ns1.wachovia.com)

www.wamu.com
159.53.84.27 X (ns1.jpmorganchase.com)

www.wellsfargo.com
151.151.13.133 www.wellsfargo.com

westernunion.com
206.201.228.250 www.wuagentlink.com

windowsupdate.microsoft.com
207.46.18.94 X (msnhst.microsoft.com)

wireless.att.com
135.209.168.22 origin-b2b-al[...]eless.att.com

www.yahoo.com
87.248.112.181 ir1.fp.vip.ird.yahoo.com

Name IP Address Reverse Name/SOA
www.barclays.co.uk
212.140.250.32 X (ns0.bt.net)

www.bing.com
90.223.233.19 5adfe913.bb.sky.com

www.deutsche-bank.de
160.83.8.24 X (ns2.db.com)

www.f-secure.com
90.223.233.19 5adfe913.bb.sky.com

www.irs.gov
90.223.216.235 5adfd8eb.bb.sky.com

www.lloydstsb.com
141.92.130.226 X (ns0.bt.net)

www.nordea.fi
193.88.186.178 X (ns01.tdchosting.dk)

www.postbank.de
195.50.155.73 X (ns1.arcor-ip.de)

www.sears.com
2.18.121.99 X (ns-pri.ripe.net)

www.sparkasse.de
212.34.69.3 rev-212.34.69.3.rev.izb.net

www.ticketmaster.com
2.19.212.199 X (ns-pri.ripe.net)

tinyurl.com
216.218.139.84
www.trendmicro.com
2.20.49.214 X (ns-pri.ripe.net)

www.visa.com
90.223.216.139 5adfd88b.bb.sky.com

Name IP Address Reverse Name/SOA
www.bankofthewest.com
204.44.2.241 X
Restricted domain DNS lookup (?): OK
Unrestricted domain DNS lookup (?): OK
Direct DNS support (?): OK
Direct EDNS support (?): OK
DNS resolver address (?): OK
DNS resolver properties (?): Lookup latency 200ms
DNS glue policy (?): OK
DNS resolver port randomization (?): OK
DNS lookups of popular domains (?): OK
DNS external proxy (?): OK
DNS results wildcarding (?): OK
IPv6 Tests +
DNS support for IPv6 (?): OK
IPv6 Connectivity (?): Not Executed
IPv6 TCP connectivity (?): Not Executed
IPv6 and Your Web Browser (?): No IPv6 Support
IPv6 Path MTU (?): Not Executed
IPv6 Traceroute (?): Not Executed
Host Properties +
System clock accuracy (?): OK
Browser properties (?): OK
Uploaded Data (?): OK


Virgin to follow

Re: One slow PC on a wired network. Help!!
 

VIRGIN
Result Summary
+/– (help)
cpc1-watf1-0-0-cust543.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com / 82.0.170.32
Recorded at 19:26 EST (00:26 UTC next day), Feb 22 2011. Permalink. Referrer. Client/server transcript.
________________________________________
Summary of Noteworthy Events –
Major Abnormalities
• Your DNS resolver returns results even when no such server exists
Minor Aberrations
• Certain TCP protocols are blocked in outbound traffic
• The measured time to set up a TCP connection was somewhat high
• Network packet buffering may be excessive
Address-based Tests +
NAT detection (?): NAT Detected
Local Network Interfaces (?): OK
DNS-based host information (?): OK
Reachability Tests –
TCP connectivity (?): Note
Direct TCP access to remote FTP servers (port 21) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote SSH servers (port 22) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote SMTP servers (port 25) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote DNS servers (port 53) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote HTTP servers (port 80) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote POP3 servers (port 110) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote RPC servers (port 135) is blocked.
This is probably for security reasons, as this protocol is generally not designed for use outside the local network.
Direct TCP access to remote NetBIOS servers (port 139) is blocked.
This is probably for security reasons, as this protocol is generally not designed for use outside the local network.
Direct TCP access to remote IMAP servers (port 143) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote SNMP servers (port 161) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote HTTPS servers (port 443) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote SMB servers (port 445) is blocked.
This is probably for security reasons, as this protocol is generally not designed for use outside the local network.
Direct TCP access to remote SMTP/SSL servers (port 465) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote secure IMAP servers (port 585) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote authenticated SMTP servers (port 587) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote IMAP/SSL servers (port 993) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote POP/SSL servers (port 995) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote OpenVPN servers (port 1194) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote PPTP Control servers (port 1723) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote SIP servers (port 5060) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote BitTorrent servers (port 6881) is allowed.
Direct TCP access to remote TOR servers (port 9001) is allowed.
UDP connectivity (?): OK
Basic UDP access is available.
The applet was able to send fragmented UDP traffic.
The applet was able to receive fragmented UDP traffic.
Direct UDP access to remote DNS servers (port 53) is allowed.
Direct UDP access to remote NTP servers (port 123) is allowed.
Direct UDP access to remote OpenVPN servers (port 1194) is allowed.
Direct UDP access to remote MSSQL servers (port 1434) is allowed.
Traceroute (?): OK
It takes 20 network hops for traffic to pass from our server to your system, as shown below. For each hop, the time it takes to traverse it is shown in parentheses.
1. None (0 ms)
2. ec2-75-101-160-178.compute-1.amazonaws.com (0 ms)
3. None (0 ms)
4. *
5. *
6. *
7. ge-4-1-0.mpr1.iad10.us.mfnx.net (1 ms)
8. xe-3-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net (3 ms)
9. xe-1-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.above.net (18 ms)
10. xe-2-2-0.cr2.lga5.us.above.net (7 ms)
11. ge-1-2-0.mpr2.lga5.us.above.net (7 ms)
12. so-0-1-0.mpr2.ams5.nl.above.net (89 ms)
13. xe-3-2-0.mpr1.lhr2.uk.above.net (88 ms)
14. so-5-3-0.mpr1.lhr3.uk.above.net (89 ms)
15. xe-2-0-0.mpr2.lhr3.uk.above.net (102 ms)
16. None (93 ms)
17. popl-bb-1b-as1-0.network.virginmedia.net (94 ms)
18. watf-core-1b-ge-000-0.network.virginmedia.net (94 ms)
19. watf-cam-1b-ge-wan32.network.virginmedia.net (95 ms)
20. watf-cmts-01-ge02.network.virginmedia.net (95 ms)
Path MTU (?): OK
The path between your network and our system supports an MTU of at least 1500 bytes, and the path between our system and your network has an MTU of 1500 bytes.
Network Access Link Properties –
Network latency measurements (?): Latency: 110ms Loss: 0.5%
The round-trip time (RTT) between your computer and our server is 110 msec, which is good.
We recorded a packet loss of 0.5%. This loss rate is within the range commonly encountered and not usually inducing significant performance problems. Of the packet loss, at least 0.5% of the packets appear to have been lost on the path from your computer to our servers.
TCP connection setup latency (?): 9100ms
The time it takes for your computer to set up a TCP connection with our server is 9100 msec, which is quite high. This may be due to a variety of factors, including a significant distance between your computer and our server, a particularly slow or poor network link, or problems in your network.
Network background health measurement (?): no transient outages
During most of Netalyzr's execution, the applet continuously measures the state of the network in the background, looking for short outages. During testing, the applet observed no such outages.
Network bandwidth measurements (?): Upload 1.0 Mbit/sec, Download 9.6 Mbit/sec
Your Uplink: We measured your uplink's sending bandwidth at 1.0 Mbit/sec. This level of bandwidth works well for many users.
During this test, the applet observed 5 reordered packets.
Your Downlink: We measured your downlink's receiving bandwidth at 9.6 Mbit/sec. This level of bandwidth works well for many users.
During this test, the applet observed 1895 reordered packets.
Network buffer measurements (?): Uplink 530 ms, Downlink 380 ms
We estimate your uplink as having 530 msec of buffering. This level can in some situations prove somewhat high, and you may experience degraded performance when performing interactive tasks such as web-surfing while simultaneously conducting large uploads. Real-time applications, such as games or audio chat, may also work poorly when conducting large uploads at the same time.
We estimate your downlink as having 380 msec of buffering. This level may serve well for maximizing speed while minimizing the impact of large transfers on other traffic.
HTTP Tests +
Address-based HTTP proxy detection (?): OK
Header-based HTTP proxy detection (?): OK
HTTP proxy detection via malformed requests (?): OK
Filetype-based filtering (?): OK
HTTP caching behavior (?): OK
JavaScript-based tests (?): OK
DNS Tests –
Restricted domain DNS lookup (?): OK
We can successfully look up a name which resolves to the same IP address as our webserver. This means we are able to conduct many of the tests on your DNS server.
Unrestricted domain DNS lookup (?): OK
We can successfully look up arbitrary names from within the Java applet. This means we are able to conduct all test on your DNS server.
Direct DNS support (?): OK
All tested DNS types were received OK
Direct EDNS support (?): OK
EDNS-enabled requests for small responses are answered successfully.
EDNS-enabled requests for medium-sized responses are answered successfully.
EDNS-enabled requests for large responses are answered successfully.
DNS resolver address (?): OK
The IP address of your ISP's DNS Resolver is 62.253.181.23, which resolves to winn-dnsfep-3.server.virginmedia.net.
DNS resolver properties (?): Lookup latency 170ms
Your ISP's DNS resolver requires 170 msec to conduct an external lookup. It takes 160 msec for your ISP's DNS resolver to lookup a name on our server.
Your resolver correctly uses TCP requests when necessary.
Your resolver is using QTYPE=A for default queries.
Your resolver is not automatically performing IPv6 queries.
Your DNS resolver does not use EDNS.
Your DNS resolver can successfully accept large responses.
Your resolver does not use 0x20 randomization, but will pass names in a case-sensitive manner.
We were unable to detect a DNS proxy associated with your NAT.
Your ISP's DNS server cannot use IPv6.
No transport problems were discovered which could affect the deployment of DNSSEC.
DNS glue policy (?): OK
Your ISP's DNS resolver does not accept generic additional (glue) records — good.
Your ISP's DNS resolver does not accept additional (glue) records which correspond to nameservers.
Your ISP's DNS resolver does not follow CNAMEs.
DNS resolver port randomization (?): OK
Your ISP's DNS resolver properly randomizes its local port number.
The following graph shows DNS requests on the x-axis and the detected source ports on the y-axis.

DNS lookups of popular domains (?): OK
80 of 80 popular names were resolved successfully. Show all names.
Name IP Address Reverse Name/SOA
www.abbey.co.uk
165.160.15.20 X (pdns1.cscdns.net)

ad.doubleclick.net
74.125.230.155 X (ns1.google.com)

www.alliance-leicester.co.uk
194.130.105.121 X (alice.ioko365.com)

www.amazon.com
72.21.214.128 X (dns-external-master.amazon.com)

www.ameritrade.com
216.105.251.204 X (mike.lynn.tdameritrade.com)

www.bankofamerica.com
171.161.148.173 wwwao-prodtx.bankofamerica.com

www.bankofscotland.co.uk
195.171.171.21 X (ns0.bt.net)

bit.ly
168.143.172.53 X (ns1.dn.net)

www.capitalone.com
208.80.48.112 X (chia.arin.net)

www.careerbuilder.com
208.82.6.22 X (smokey.careerbuilder.com)

www.chase.com
159.53.64.105 X (ns1.jpmorganchase.com)

chaseonline.chase.com
159.53.64.54 resources-cdc2.chase.com

www.citi.com
192.193.219.58 citibank.com

www.citibank.com
192.193.219.58 citibank.com

www.citimortgage.com
192.193.218.222 citimortgage.com

www.desjardins.com
142.195.132.100 www.desjardins.com

www.dnssec-failed.org
68.87.64.48 cmportal.comcast.net

www.e-gold.com
209.200.169.10 unknown.prolexic.com

www.ebay.com
66.211.181.15 hp-core.ebay.com

encrypted.google.com
74.125.230.139 X (ns1.google.com)

www.etrade.com
198.93.34.21 www.etrade.com

www.f-secure.com
84.53.178.10 X (ns1-2.akam.net)

www.facebook.com
69.63.190.14 www-11-02-ash2.facebook.com

www.fdic.gov
167.176.17.84 www.fdic.gov

www.friendfinder.com
208.88.180.81 X (ii53-30.friendfinderinc.com)

www.google.com
74.125.230.145 X (ns1.google.com)

www.google-analytics.com
209.85.143.101 dy-in-f101.1e100.net

www.halifax.co.uk
212.140.245.97 halifax.co.uk

www.hsbc.co.uk
193.108.74.126 X (ns3.hsbc.com)

www.irs.gov
84.53.178.40 X (ns1-2.akam.net)

www.jpmorganchase.com
159.53.64.105 X (ns1.jpmorganchase.com)

mail.google.com
74.125.230.151 X (ns1.google.com)

mail.live.com
64.4.20.169 dp2.mail.live.com

mail.yahoo.com
217.146.187.123 l1.login.vip.ird.yahoo.com

www.mbna.com
209.135.59.10 X (ns1.usi.net)

www.mbna.net
209.135.59.10 X (ns1.usi.net)

www.meebo.com
74.114.28.110 X (ns1.meebo.com)

messenger.yahoo.com
98.139.200.98 myc1.msg.vip.bf1.yahoo.com

www.microsoft.com
65.55.12.249 wwwco2vip.microsoft.com

www.nationwide.co.uk
155.131.31.81 X (ns0.nationet.net)

www.networksolutions.com
205.178.187.13 www.networksolutions.com

www.newegg.com
216.52.208.185 X (pdns1.ultradns.net)

online.citibank.com
199.67.181.11 citibankonline.com

online.wellsfargo.com
151.151.13.132 psaltery-on.wellsfargo.com

www.orange.fr
193.252.148.241 vip1.dyn.hpo.s1.fti.net

partner.googleadservices.com
74.125.230.156 X (ns1.google.com)

www.paypal.com
64.4.241.49 node-64-4-241-4[...]orks.paypal.com

www.postbank.de
62.153.105.37 X (ns1.postbank.de)

www.rbs.co.uk
155.136.80.222 X (ns0-08.dns.pipex.net)

www.schwab.com
162.93.217.34 X (d0002cdc.schwab.com)

search.yahoo.com
74.6.238.254 syc.search.vip.ac2.yahoo.com

www.secureworks.com
206.55.100.29 atl1www01.secureworks.net

smartzone.comcast.net
76.96.26.12 webmail3.emeryv[...]ail.comcast.net

www.smithbarney.com
192.193.20.126 X (ns.citicorp.com)

www.sterlingsavingsbank.com
12.19.55.215 sterlingsavingsbank.com

www.tdameritrade.com
216.105.251.204 X (mike.lynn.tdameritrade.com)

www.torproject.org
38.229.70.16 vescum.torproject.org

us.etrade.com
12.153.224.21 us.etrade.com

www.usbank.com
170.135.216.181 sweeps.usbank.com

www.verisign.com
69.58.181.89 www-ilg.verisign.net

www.visa.com
84.53.178.40 X (ns1-2.akam.net)

www.wachovia.com
169.200.89.101 X (sls-ns1.wachovia.com)

www.wamu.com
159.53.116.2 X (ns1.jpmorganchase.com)

www.wellsfargo.com
151.151.88.133 www.wellsfargo.com

westernunion.com
206.201.228.250 www.wuagentlink.com

windowsupdate.microsoft.com
65.54.221.118 X (msnhst.microsoft.com)

wireless.att.com
135.209.168.22 origin-b2b-al[...]eless.att.com

www.yahoo.com
87.248.112.181 ir1.fp.vip.ird.yahoo.com

11 popular names have a mild anomaly. The ownership suggested by the reverse name lookup does not match our understanding of the original name. The most likely cause is the site's use of a Content Delivery Network. Show all names.
Name IP Address Reverse Name/SOA
www.barclays.co.uk
212.140.250.32 X (ns0.bt.net)

www.bing.com
84.53.178.35 X (ns1-2.akam.net)

www.cnn.com
157.166.255.19 X (ns1.timewarner.net)

www.deutsche-bank.de
160.83.8.24 X (ns2.db.com)

www.lloydstsb.com
141.92.130.226 X (ns0.bt.net)

www.nordea.fi
193.88.186.178 X (ns01.tdchosting.dk)

www.sears.com
2.18.185.99 X (ns-pri.ripe.net)

www.sparkasse.de
212.34.69.3 rev-212.34.69.3.rev.izb.net

www.ticketmaster.com
2.18.180.199 X (ns-pri.ripe.net)

tinyurl.com
216.218.139.84
www.trendmicro.com
2.17.249.214 X (ns-pri.ripe.net)

One popular name has a mild anomaly: we are unable to find a reverse name associated with the IP address provided by your ISP's DNS server. This is most likely due to a slow responding DNS server or misconfiguration on the part of the domain owner. Show all names.
Name IP Address Reverse Name/SOA
www.bankofthewest.com
204.44.2.241 X
DNS external proxy (?): OK
Your host ignores external DNS requests.
DNS results wildcarding (?): Warning
Your ISP's DNS server returns IP addresses even for domain names which should not resolve. Instead of an error, the DNS server returns an address of 81.200.64.50, which resolves to advancedsearch.virginmedia.com. You can inspect the resulting HTML content here.
There are several possible explanations for this behavior. The most likely cause is that the ISP is attempting to profit from customer's typos by presenting advertisements in response to bad requests, but it could also be due to an error or misconfiguration in the DNS server.
The big problem with this behavior is that it can potentially break any network application which relies on DNS properly returning an error when a name does not exist.
The following lists your DNS server's behavior in more detail.
• www.{random}.com is mapped to 81.200.64.50.
• www.{random}.org is mapped to 81.200.64.50.
• fubar.{random}.com is correctly reported as an error.
• www.yahoo.cmo [sic] is mapped to 81.200.64.50.
• nxdomain.{random}.netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu is correctly reported as an error.
IPv6 Tests +
DNS support for IPv6 (?): OK
IPv6 Connectivity (?): Not Executed
IPv6 TCP connectivity (?): Not Executed
IPv6 and Your Web Browser (?): No IPv6 Support
IPv6 Path MTU (?): Not Executed
IPv6 Traceroute (?): Not Executed
Host Properties +
System clock accuracy (?): OK
Browser properties (?): OK
Uploaded Data (?): OK

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I realise that this is a lot of reading for you helpful lot but it is all gobbledygook to me, so my heartfelt thanks in anticipation.