Slooow BB - Page 3

iadom · 14-10-2003, 21:37

Was really bad between 7.00 and 9.00 tonight and this in the N/West with no proxies. Had to resort to Zen dialup which seemed quite fast compared with BB at the time. Now seems to be working, but still slow.

**Chris** · 14-10-2003, 21:40

Mine was like treacle for nthw at about 7pm, with some sites failing to load altogether. Switched on the proxy suggested by Dupre in the DNS outages thread and things improved a lot; added the alternative DNS suggested by dellwear in this thread and it's flying. It's not been so good for months, even when it was allegedly fault free.

Thanks a bunch, ntl. What am I paying you for exactly?

14-10-2003, 21:40

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Originally Posted by towny

aye caarumba ... I haven't seen web pages load so fast in months! Thanks for that dell.

How do you change the DNS?

**Chris** · 14-10-2003, 21:43

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Originally Posted by a4pacific

How do you change the DNS?

I'm using a Mac with Safari browser, so anything I tell you is unlikely to be of much use ... can anyone else offer some Windoze help here?

For anyone using a Mac with OSX, open System Preferences, then click the Network icon, and in the first tab (TCP/IP), in the box labelled DNS Servers (optional), type 158.152.1.43 then click Apply Now at the bottom of the pane.

Hey presto ...

14-10-2003, 21:51

I figured it out, correct me if I am wrong, in (Windows XP) network connection, get to the NTL connection, right click for properties and enter the dns onto the prefered dns space and click OK

**Chris** · 14-10-2003, 21:52

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Originally Posted by a4pacific

I figured it out, correct me if I am wrong, in (Windows XP) network connection, get to the NTL connection, right click for properties and enter the dns onto the prefered dns space and click OK

That sounds right to me but don't take my word for it ... mind you, if you're still surfing, whatever you did didn't muck it up for you. Is it any faster?

Shaun · 14-10-2003, 21:52

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Originally Posted by a4pacific

I figured it out, correct me if I am wrong, in (Windows XP) network connection, get to the NTL connection, right click for properties and enter the dns onto the prefered dns space and click OK

here you go :

http://www.nthellworld.com/forum/sho...nel#post527435

downquark1 · 14-10-2003, 21:54

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Originally Posted by towny

That sounds right to me but don't take my word for it ... mind you, if you're still surfing, whatever you did didn't muck it up for you. Is it any faster?

If you were using a site (like this one) before the problem started the site DNS would remain in your cache, this would mean that it would work until you quit the program or rebooted the computer or something. That's what happened with me at least.

14-10-2003, 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by towny

That sounds right to me but don't take my word for it ... mind you, if you're still surfing, whatever you did didn't muck it up for you. Is it any faster?

Yes, definitely !!!

and big thanks for the tip !

downquark1 · 14-10-2003, 22:10

According to NTL the problem has been resolved.

Try removing the new proxy or DNS settings

**Chris** · 14-10-2003, 22:14

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Originally Posted by downquark1

According to NTL the problem has been resolved.

Try removing the new proxy or DNS settings

You've got to be kidding!

My web pages load faster now with the DNS supplied by dellwear than they did before these 'problems' began. I think I'll be sticking with what I've got.

EDIT: WHY ARE WE ... shouting?

Saneboy13 · 14-10-2003, 22:27

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Then again:
Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:06:47 UTC
1st 128K took 1021 ms = 128376 Bytes/sec = approx 1068 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 3114 ms = 42091 Bytes/sec = approx 350 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 3766 ms = 34804 Bytes/sec = approx 290 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 17976 ms = 7291 Bytes/sec = approx 61 kbits/sec

and:
Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:10:02 UTC
1st 128K took 791 ms = 165704 Bytes/sec = approx 1379 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 3415 ms = 38381 Bytes/sec = approx 319 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 14691 ms = 8922 Bytes/sec = approx 74 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1072 ms = 122269 Bytes/sec = approx 1017 kbits/sec

and I'm on 1mb

Question!

would it not be easier to see what your speeds are, by doing a "tracert"?

Ramrod · 14-10-2003, 22:35

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Originally Posted by Saneboy13

Question!

would it not be easier to see what your speeds are, by doing a "tracert"?

a) Whats a tracert?
z) What could be easier than clicking on the speedtest button on the main page?

Saneboy13 · 14-10-2003, 22:39

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

a) Whats a tracert?
z) What could be easier than clicking on the speedtest button on the main page?

tracert....if you open command prompt and enter! tracert www.bbc.co.uk for example, it will give you all the "hops" you take to connect to the bbc web site. I know it will not give you speed readings as you know them, but it will tell you where, if any, of the UBR's are acting up along the way.

As I said, I know it will not tell you your up/down load speeds, but it gives you a better idea of where the problems are

**Chris** · 14-10-2003, 22:40

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

a) Whats a tracert?
z) What could be easier than clicking on the speedtest button on the main page?

a) Geek heaven ... a command line tool that traces a route across the internet from your PC to a website you specify and tells you how long the hop from computer to computer took along the way.

z) Nothing could be easier than using the nice utility on the nthw homepage. But command lines are fun (for some people anyway).

Me, I open my Utilities folder and run Traceroute through my Network Utilities application. But don't listen to me, I only use an inconvenient Mac.