Thread: Connection Drops and very slow speeds
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Old 17-05-2008, 13:15   #2
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Re: Connection Drops and very slow speeds
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Originally Posted by sallan2000 View Post
Hi,

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

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

Downstream Status
Operational
Channel ID
3
Downstream Frequency
331000000 Hz
Modulation
256QAM
Bit Rate
20480000 bits/sec
Power Level
2.8 dBmV
Signal to Noise Ratio
37.5 dB


Upstream Channel
Upstream Status
Operational
Channel ID
3
Upstream Frequency
25800000 Hz
Modulation
16QAM
Bit Rate
768000 bits/sec
Power Level
50.0 dBmV
I have a Webstar 2100 if that helps.

Thanks for any replies

Steven

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.
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