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slow dsl connection / bandwidth
Name: mojo Date: July 26, 2003 at 08:33:04 Pacific OS: win2kpro CPU/Ram: na
Comment:
for the past few days, every time i log on to the net...my dsl speed has been ridiculously slow...slower than when i had 56k...do i have a virus, or am i being hacked, or is someone stealing my bandwidth for something else...does anyone know what it might be and how i can resolve this
Name: Jake Date: July 26, 2003 at 10:09:34 Pacific
Reply:
If you're using all your upstream bandwidth, null ACK packets won't get through as fast as they should, and all your downloads slow down. You'll also get more latency. Sharing with p2p programs can saturate your upstream bandwidth.
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Response Number 2
Name: JackG Date: July 26, 2003 at 11:19:46 Pacific
had same here, solution was- i had to reboot my dsl router/modem, then it was back to normal.
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Response Number 4
Name: anonproxy Date: July 26, 2003 at 22:11:41 Pacific
Reply:
dslreports.com has a speed test with recommendations (which can be implemented with DRTCP).
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Response Number 5
Name: murad Date: July 27, 2003 at 20:13:33 Pacific
Reply:
im a tech. for bellsouth and i dealt with alot of slow connectivity issues what i would recommend is to download a program called "amazing netgrapher" which graphs the % of down/up to total bandwith.
to know if thats the issue.
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Response Number 6
Name: FBI Agent Date: July 28, 2003 at 12:46:22 Pacific
Reply:
yeah, with DSl every once in a whie you need to like unplug the dsl modem and all cords connected for about a minute, then put it all back together. it should work perfect after that
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