Speed randomly inconsistent

[Andrewcrawford23]

upstream fine im assuming your having problems, if you need to reboot to fix it dnt reboot

[Mr-Hare]

Cable Modem Event Log
First Time Last Time Priority Description
Wed Jan 04 17:17:54 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:54 2012 Information (7) The s/w filename specified in the config file is the same as ...
Wed Jan 04 17:17:54 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:54 2012 Information (7) A software upgrade filename was specified in the config file.
Wed Jan 04 17:17:54 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:54 2012 Information (7) Authorized
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) Registration complete!
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) We registered with a DOCSIS 1.1 config file!
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) Received a REG-RSP message from the CMTS...
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) Sending a REG-REQ to the CMTS...
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) CableModem SNMP configure complete
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) IP init completed ok
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) CableModem TFTP init ok
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Information (7) CableModem DHCP client init ok
Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Wed Jan 04 17:17:53 2012 Critical (3) DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response.
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) MAP w/initial maintenance region received
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) Downstream sync ok
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) MAP w/initial maintenance region received
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) Beginning initial ranging...
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) downstream time sync acquired...
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) Downstream sync ok
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) starting ds time sync acquisition...
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) Locked on the downstream. Waiting for UCDs...
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) Downstream lock ok
Time Not Established Time Not Established Information (7) Sync Start
Wed Jan 04 16:54:39 2012 Wed Jan 04 16:54:39 2012 Critical (3) DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response.
Wed Jan 04 15:38:13 2012 Wed Jan 04 15:38:13 2012 Critical (3) DHCP WARNING - Non-critical field invalid in response.

[thenry]

have you called VM to get a tech out to fit an attenuator ?

[Andrewcrawford23]

ok can you tell me what type of modem oyu have and how logn you have had it? not really a major thing but the fact the mdoem cant geta time is suggestive it might be having a problem in some levle that coudl also cause speed sissues

---------- Post added at 17:47 ---------- Previous post was at 17:46 ----------

Originally Posted by thenry

have you called VM to get a tech out to fit an attenuator ?

i dnt think he has, but the signla is marginal it could be causingthe problem but it suspect it something else more than the downstream power level

[Mr-Hare]

Thanks for the replies lads. No I haven't phoned to get a tech out yet, just wanted to make sure if it was a problem first.

I've had the modem nearly 3 years now, it's the black Virgin media 255/256 cable modem. It's only been these past 3 months it's seemed slow, and it's always on the PS3. The 360 still seems to download fast.

I'll try those other ping tests now, if that'll help further point to a certain problem.

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by Mr-Hare

Thanks for the replies lads. No I haven't phoned to get a tech out yet, just wanted to make sure if it was a problem first.

I've had the modem nearly 3 years now, it's the black Virgin media 255/256 cable modem. It's only been these past 3 months it's seemed slow, and it's always on the PS3. The 360 still seems to download fast.

I'll try those other ping tests now, if that'll help further point to a certain problem.

if it jsut the ps3 it oculd jsut be there server, ps3 have hada lot of problem over the last 6 months but it aint publcily known but it might not be it coudl sitll bea problem, once youre abler to get all the information ill try give a ebtter idea

what rotuer are you using?

im going to post how to do multiply downlaod to test your speed

---------- Post added at 18:02 ---------- Previous post was at 17:58 ----------

download all these files at once

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en....aspx?id=17791
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en....aspx?id=16679
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en....aspx?id=18242
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en...s.aspx?id=7218

once these are download let me know the transfer rate

[Mr-Hare]

I don't use the router for anything, it's in the box. Always gone wired since the day I've had it. Here's one ping result.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

ping -n 100 bbc.co.uk

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.241.131] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 212.58.241.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 212.58.241.131:
Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 100, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 13ms, Maximum = 40ms, Average = 15ms

---------- Post added at 18:05 ---------- Previous post was at 18:03 ----------

Sorry to ask but how do I get the transfer rate from the downloads, I'm not great at all this stuff, shocking that lol.

[Andrewcrawford23]

are you using internet explorer, chrome, firefox or som,ething else?

ping results are fine

[thenry]

so you connect one device at a time for the net? dude call VM 150 from your landline and book a tech for an attenuator (lower power levels) and a free VM Hub which is a combined modem/router

Andrewcrawford23 - those MS links gives me poor speeds.

Mr-Hare... open http://speedtest.net/ and look for the Manchester server then test - move your mouse cursor to the little white dot on the map below (don't click on the tab) begin test recommend server which upper left - two options will appear Manchester and Liverpool.. click on Manchester. bear in mind the sites flash/graphics hungry so it may not perform well if you've got a slow system.

you can also test via VM server files (download a file) - http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/blueyondergames/demos/

http://www.virginmedia.com/testmyspeed/manual.php

[Mr-Hare]

I'm on chrome.

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by thenry

so you connect one device at a time for the net? dude call VM 150 from your landline and book a tech for an attenuator (lower power levels) and a free VM Hub which is a combined modem/router

Andrewcrawford23 - those MS links gives me poor speeds.

Mr-Hare... open http://speedtest.net/ and look for the Manchester server then test - move your mouse cursor to the little white dot on the map below (don't click on the tab) begin test recommend server which upper left - two options will appear Manchester and Liverpool.. click on Manchester. bear in mind the sites flash/graphics hungry so it may not perform well if you've got a slow system.

you can also test via VM server files (download a file) - http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/blueyondergames/demos/

http://www.virginmedia.com/testmyspeed/manual.php

speed test sites aint always realible

---------- Post added at 18:18 ---------- Previous post was at 18:17 ----------

Originally Posted by Mr-Hare

I'm on chrome.

when you downlaod with chrome you will notice in the bottom of the browser it has a file anme, once you start download, clcik on show me download and it will show you tranfer speed in kb/s or mb/s

---------- Post added at 18:19 ---------- Previous post was at 18:18 ----------

Originally Posted by thenry

so you connect one device at a time for the net? dude call VM 150 from your landline and book a tech for an attenuator (lower power levels) and a free VM Hub which is a combined modem/router

Andrewcrawford23 - those MS links gives me poor speeds.

Mr-Hare... open http://speedtest.net/ and look for the Manchester server then test - move your mouse cursor to the little white dot on the map below (don't click on the tab) begin test recommend server which upper left - two options will appear Manchester and Liverpool.. click on Manchester. bear in mind the sites flash/graphics hungry so it may not perform well if you've got a slow system.

you can also test via VM server files (download a file) - http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/blueyondergames/demos/

http://www.virginmedia.com/testmyspeed/manual.php

we have also establish you have internet problem regardless if it clones or not, gamefiles isnt good enough for 50mb and above hence why i dnt use it anymore microsoft has a 10gb backbone with about 100 server farms they have plenty of bandwidth i easily get 6.4mb/s from one file

[Mr-Hare]

Originally Posted by thenry

so you connect one device at a time for the net? dude call VM 150 from your landline and book a tech for an attenuator (lower power levels) and a free VM Hub which is a combined modem/router

Andrewcrawford23 - those MS links gives me poor speeds.

Mr-Hare... open http://speedtest.net/ and look for the Manchester server then test - move your mouse cursor to the little white dot on the map below (don't click on the tab) begin test recommend server which upper left - two options will appear Manchester and Liverpool.. click on Manchester. bear in mind the sites flash/graphics hungry so it may not perform well if you've got a slow system.

you can also test via VM server files (download a file) - http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/blueyondergames/demos/

http://www.virginmedia.com/testmyspeed/manual.php

I have a router, it's just I prefer hard wired to wireless. It's all close so it's no bother to change the wire.

The Manchester server on speedtest hasn't ever gone over 10m ever since I upgraded to 20m nearly 2 months ago. The Birmingham one is what they always say to pick when I do phone, and right now that's saying 14.48mbps download and 1.95mbps upload.

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by Mr-Hare

I have a router, it's just I prefer hard wired to wireless. It's all close so it's no bother to change the wire.

The Manchester server on speedtest hasn't ever gone over 10m ever since I upgraded to 20m nearly 2 months ago. The Birmingham one is what they always say to pick when I do phone, and right now that's saying 14.48mbps download and 1.95mbps upload.

i dnt use the speed site there unrealible

even though it hardwire if there a fault on the rotuer it can cause speed problems once you have done all teh test if you try pluging the cable from the comptuer direct to the modem we can see if it the router but jsut now ill see if it vrigin network cause it coudl be

[Mr-Hare]

So with the downloads Andrew, should I stop them after 30 seconds or so. Doing them all together all the way would take a while.

[thenry]

speeeeeeddddd.....

http://proof.ovh.net/

http://speedtest.magnet.ie/

---------- Post added at 18:31 ---------- Previous post was at 18:29 ----------

hold on are you trying these speed tests all together or individually ?