Connection Drops and very slow speeds
 

Hi,

For the last 3 or 4 days I have intermittany connection drop outs and a consitantly low speed. :td:

I have tried with different machines to rule out an individual machine as well as connecting directly to the cable modem rather than via my router.

Here are my signal levels - can someone offer any advice?

Downstream Channel

Operational 3 331000000 Hz 256QAM 20480000 bits/sec 2.8 dBmV 37.5 dB


Upstream Channel
Operational 3 25800000 Hz 16QAM 768000 bits/sec 50.0 dBmV

Re: Connection Drops and very slow speeds
 

All your power levels are well within the normal operating parameters for your Modem and you are on a 20Mb connection as well.

The best thing to do is call Tech Support on 0906 212 1111 when the fault happens. Or wait till the 1st June and call on 151.

You could try this.

Download this TCP Optimizer and set to 20000

Another thing you could try.

I found Firefox to be the fastest browser going. If you use this, try the following, it really does speed it up even faster:

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really
speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Just Double Click it

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Just Double Click it

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This
means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-30 times faster now.