what do you guys think about this router? (No more dlink.. they suck… LINKSYS is good right?)

(supports 802.11n)
Looks good to me. But you know what they say about assholes and opinions.
I had mucho problems with my Linksys WRTs until I went with a D-Link DIR-655 and have never had issues since.
I like my ZyXEL X-550. Had it for only 6 months or so and haven’t had a single low strength or dropped connection, absolutely no issues with it so far.

I’m using it in a 2 bedroom 920 sq ft apartment and have 2 hard-wired computers, 2 wireless computers, 1 wireless Wii, and occasionally 1 wireless phone.
I was going to buy that model, but went with the WRT100 since I have nothing that uses 802.11n. No problems with it so far.
so you had the router for 8 years before it started failing you and you think that sucks? sounds pretty good to me.

. same here

linksys would disconnect me 4-8 times a day, and wouldn’t work again via wireless until I cycled the power.

Returned it, bought a D-link for $50 and had no problems

That problem has been fixed.. although it took them 3 generations to fix.

in any case, I still will strongly recommend D-Link over linksys any day at this point in time
I went from linksys to the D-Link DIR-655. Great choice. 802.11n, GB Ethernet, decent control panel. Never drops, can cover my whole house and has zero interference from microwaves or cordless phones.

Was there ever a good one?

Over 3 billion people believe in something that can’t be proved….
Lately I’ve been using Catalyst::Rose::Controller::CRUD at work. You know it CAN’T DO CRUD on a table with a compound primary key? I began to empathize with the RAILS haters when that happened, as hacking around that limitation was so much harder than no framework at all.
Rails is great in theory, if it was able to do what is says. Active Record pattern is not implemented 100% and breaks a lot of shit when people want to run CRUD with more complex relationships.

Good god if you want to scale, it’s gonna pound you in the ass.

Sounds a lot like communism to me, great in theory too but fails epically!

no there arn’t that many mac users.
NetGear ProSafe firewall/vpn/router in the blue metal box. I think you can get one with a built-in wireless access point, but there’s no reason (cost aside) not to just get a separate ProSafe WAP. They have some nice auto-tuning features that make it easy to drown out all other wireless signals within your space, but not outside your space.
the netgear units WERE good, but i don’t recommend them any more. They don’t have the power to keep up with modern high-speed connections.
I use them in my office on a dual business DSL setup. The DSL is definitely the bottleneck. Their gigabit switches are particularly good.

The DSL would be the bottleneck compared to almost any ethernet device made this decade.

No, not the WRTs. They crap out.

not with dd::wrt

Supposedly. But I wouldn’t know, DD::wrt wouldn’t load on any of my revision WRTs.

what versions?
Fucked if I know, I threw the WRTs in teh garbage a long time ago.

Believe it or not, DD::WRT is not supported on all WRTs. It is not flawless limitless magical software any more than OS X is.
I used to be a huge linksys sackrider.. but they have failed me a few times now.. 4 of them, I believe.

Now I have an airport extreme and wouldn’t buy anything different.

and yet you couldn’t aswer a simple question such as "what was the version #?" so I’m gonna have to go with pebkac as the most likely issue.

most people have lives and don’t memorize the version numbers of their gear

That goes for anything short of a direct fiber connection, sparky. Even a T3 is slower than a gigabit switch.

I’m not defending my office’s cheap internet connection, but your point is still moot.

Look at the underside of the damn box already. It’s printed on a sticker.

after they’ve thrown it out?

Look at the insurance photos then.

(j/k)
I admit it. The fact that I don’t know the version number of a router I haven’t had for years indicates that I’m a fraud, and that even though DD::WRT didn’t work with that hardware because it didn’t work with that hardware, it was actually ALL MY FAULT.

Jolly’s got to win sometimes.

i had a WRT54G but it was like a version 6 or something so it would only allow DD-WRT micro. it was ok, but then I got a WRT54GL which is the linksys router built for custom firmware and I put tomato on it, it has worked great. these are the only two routers i’ve owned and neither has crapped out yet.
p.s., if you’re interested in a WRT54GL there’s a slickdeal going for them right now:
I object to having to mess with a router to get it to work. I just want them to work. So I got one that does.

Agreed
you guys talking about third party firmware? i mean cause the router works out of the box and linksys actually has a pretty decent default firmware, it’s just if you want some of those extra features that don’t usually come standard. the QoS in Tomato is freakin amazing.
WRTs for about a decade DID NOT WORK. They overheated and dropped connectons. Linksys did NOTHING to fix that for 10 years. I’m supposed to give them my business?

Fuck that.

i’m not saying you should… just speaking from my own personal experience, i’ve only owned more recent models of linksys products and they’ve done everything i’ve expected them to

well maybe they don’t trust you
I never did understand what was so bloody difficult about adding a small, low-speed fan to the design of the case. All the pro hardware has them, maybe there’s a reason for it.

or a bigger fucking heatsink?

Whats more… if DD::WRT fixed the problem, why the fuck didn’t they use that fix? This went on for a decade.

Heatsinks don’t do any good if there’s nothing to carry the heat out of the case. Since it’s a plastic case, there’s no way to conduct the heat, so that leaves convection as the only option.

Well, they could mold the case so the heatsink can protrude, then it could radiate heat out of the case, but they’ll never do that, so really, convection is the only way to make it work. Remove case, insert fan, connect wires, reinstall case, profit.

Bigger holes for heatsink to vent. The point being that a 3rd grader could have solved this problem in 10 years, and they couldn’t.

I solved it in ten minutes on mine.

Also, right now I’m using one of the new shiny black Linksys routers at home, and it’s been working nicely despite BT downloads and online gaming and multiple installs of Service Pack 3, so I’m content with it for now. If I had it to do over again, I’d still buy NetGear ProSafe hardware, though. Metal > Plastic.
you guys talking about third party firmware? i mean cause the router works out of the box and linksys actually has a pretty decent default firmware, it’s just if you want some of those extra features that don’t usually come standard. the QoS in Tomato is freakin amazing.
WRTs for about a decade DID NOT WORK. They overheated and dropped connectons. Linksys did NOTHING to fix that for 10 years. I’m supposed to give them my business?

Fuck that.

i’m not saying you should… just speaking from my own personal experience, i’ve only owned more recent models of linksys products and they’ve done everything i’ve expected them to

well maybe they don’t trust you
I never did understand what was so bloody difficult about adding a small, low-speed fan to the design of the case. All the pro hardware has them, maybe there’s a reason for it.

or a bigger fucking heatsink?

Whats more… if DD::WRT fixed the problem, why the fuck didn’t they use that fix? This went on for a decade.

Heatsinks don’t do any good if there’s nothing to carry the heat out of the case. Since it’s a plastic case, there’s no way to conduct the heat, so that leaves convection as the only option.

Well, they could mold the case so the heatsink can protrude, then it could radiate heat out of the case, but they’ll never do that, so really, convection is the only way to make it work. Remove case, insert fan, connect wires, reinstall case, profit.

Bigger holes for heatsink to vent. The point being that a 3rd grader could have solved this problem in 10 years, and they couldn’t.

I solved it in ten minutes on mine.

Also, right now I’m using one of the new shiny black Linksys routers at home, and it’s been working nicely despite BT downloads and online gaming and multiple installs of Service Pack 3, so I’m content with it for now. If I had it to do over again, I’d still buy NetGear ProSafe hardware, though. Metal > Plastic.

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I use OpenDNS, Comodo Firewall pro, DD-WRT V24, and I have DSL broadband. For some reason the website will not load on any of my computers in any browser (IE7, Opera 9.5, FF3) I turned off the Firewall, hunted through my router for any setting it might be (I just reflashed it), I tried TOR and several proxies (in country and out), nothing works.

This is the error Privoxy returns:

No such domain

Your request for could not be fulfilled, because the domain name could not be resolved.
This is often a temporary failure, so you might just .

Is it something with the DNS? I’m confused. It is probably something stupid, I have a feeling I am going to make a fool of myself.
NVM, I just made an idiot of myself, it was the freaking DNS. I added the ISP’s servers to the OpenDNS list and now it works. I knew it should have been the DNS if it wasn’t resolving.
And for future reference we do not help with illegal activites

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Im having the same issue lately with my ATT DSL. but i have a 2wire modem. Its not hot, and it pings fine. I think its the ISP.
My AT&T DSL used to do that all the time with a Westell modem and Linksys router. It always came back on its ow though.

Haven’t noticed it lately.
Might want to try a new router? My gf had a lot of problems with her DSL connection and I could not figure out what was wrong with it. I just bought her a new router and it fixed the problem.

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In addition, what is the difference between Skype and Vonage? Vonage’s cheapest plan is 14.95 a month with 500 minutes…and Skype is 2.95 a month for unlimited calling. What’s the catch with the Skype plan? TIA
skype

no catch with skype. you can get a voip phone, or just use a mic/headphone-speakers with skype.
Just a small note as I got Vonage a number of years ago (still have it). That’s 500 outgoing minutes – no limit on incoming. I haven’t played around with Skype other than internet-internet calling.

Anyone used Magicjack? That definitely seems too good to be true.

EDIT* I was right.

You gotta remember that most of these services don’t include your own number for inbound traffic.

That’s what I was wondering…so the 2.95 plan with Skype only allows you outgoing calls?
who is your cell provider? tmobile has that $10/month thing where you can have a VOIP home phone through them or something to that effect.

Yeah, an inbound number costs you another 6 bucks, voice mail another 2…

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So, no matter what port I try to set for uTorrent, it will not let me and gives me that error. Any idea what the fuck I’m doing wrong here? I have a netgear wireless router.

How and where are you trying to set up the port forwarding. More information please. If the name is the problem, try calling it torrent2 or something.
In my wireless router settings.

I’ve tried 800 combinations of names/ports, they all give the same error.

Whatever info you guys need I can try and post
Not sure about your DSL modem, but mine came preconfigured in "routing" mode…so the modem itself serves as a router/firewall and DHCP server…overkill if you’re using an external router already. See if there’s an option to swap the modem to bridge mode.

That’s actually just what a friend told me as-well after I told her that my IP that is shown in my wireless router settings is different than the static IP I was assigned by my internet service. Only problem is, I have no idea how to swap my modem to bridge mode, cliffs?
The modem is a ComTrend CT-5621 if that helps any.

edit: Just got off live help with my provider and this is what they told me:

dsl support : If you have a static IP from us, then the modem isn’t in any router mode (some modems are, some aren’t so that’s why I wasn’t sure at first.) You would simply need to set the computer to use DHCP and set the static IP in the router.
if you dont have tons of stuff setup on the router do a software reset on it and try to forward then. what router is it?
Netgear WGR614 v6

I’ve tried the software reset before, same bullshit problems. Now I’m hard-wired into my modem on my other laptop trying to access my modem IP and it’s telling me wrong un/pw on it. Tried admin/admin admin/pass admin/password and my login un/pw, nothing.
ah yes the netgear. i used to have the same problem with those. youd type something in for port forwarding and it wouldnt show up on the list but if you tried to enter it again it would give you a naming error. complete garbage, id get a linksys wrt54g which should fix your problems. i dont think getting into your modem is going to be fix anything if they already said its bridged. also on portforwarding.com they have admin/admin as the user/pass for the comtrend so if its not the isp must have something special in there.

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On that note…here is a smokeping for my DSL connection:

Anything I can do besides killing all of my neighbors? It’s obvious the horrendous latency problem only appears during the peak evening time frame.

heh… I just upgraded from the basic dsl service to the 3.0mb service. I was getting 1.2mb at most. Opened a trouble ticket. They had me remove the line filter to my modem and it bumped to 1.6mb. Since they advertise (in the small print) 1.5 to 3.0mb as part of this plan they closed the ticket and said in reality anyone on the 3.0mb plan would get 2.2mb at most.

Meh.. better than the 768kbps I had before.
The basic design of phone networks requires that there is a dedicated line all the way to whatever is the modern equivalent of the switchboard, and that the main line has enough bandwidth to carry ALL of the service lines at full quality.

Cable, on the other hand, is a multicast system, where the same content gets piped to everyone all at once, so there’s no need for dedicated bandwidth to each customer.

So yeah, you don’t have your own personal dedicated connection to every other computer on the internet, but there has to be enough bandwidth to carry all of those connections at full speed, or else they wouldn’t also be able to carry high-quality voice calls to/from all the customers either.
It is dedicated, but that doesn’t mean that your ISP can handle all of the traffic on its network. Looks like the network is being overloaded at peak time and its not necessarily your neighbours.

Tell your ISP to buy more bandwidth and upgrade its network … not likely to happen.
deusexaethera obviously doesn’t know what multicast means, because it certainly doesn’t apply here.

Also DSL oversells just the same as cable does. Due to the nature of DSL, however, load is split across an entire DSLAM as where cable is split up into nodes. Telcos can shuffle customers around to different DSLAMS with a simple twisted pair and a punch tool…. but cable cos cannot reasonable shuffle around nodes without laying down more fibre. It’s not uncommon for some cable nodes to be under-utilized and other nodes to be over-utilized… So some neighborhoods will experience good speeds and other neighborhoods may be starved for bandwidth at peak times.

In my area about a year ago, I was lucky to get 400Kbit/sec on cable (and I mean *LUCKY*)… but after re-doing their HFC I now get 8MBit/sec during peaks and 13MBit/sec off-peak (I pay for 16Mbit/sec service).

DSL, on the other hand, has proven to be extremely *consistent* for me. Not quite as fast as what cable currently offers me, but I still do have a Qwest DSL line as a backup, and it is very reliable.

Overall, EVERY residential ISP is going to be over-sold. If they’re not, then the company will not be profitable, and will go under. That being said, when designed properly, it works 99% of the time.

I had the same issue with DSL in two different regions, where I consistently received the lowest guaranteed speed in the contract. Pays to read the fine print. I’ve been with cable for three years now and consistently have the max advertised speed. I’m afraid to move.

Note the little diagrams on the right side of the page. I think I hit it spot-on. Content is broadcast to neighborhood hubs, and then it’s multicast to subscribing customers.

Semantics aside, the point is that cable didn’t have to have enough bandwidth on main lines to supply full bandwidth to all service lines at all times, because back when it was only used for TV, most of the content was redundant from house to house, whereas phone service has always required full bandwidth to each customer. So DSL is still the better deal, on account of the underlying technology.

not really, multicast isnt a topology but the idea of sending the same data to multiple ends at the same time… if they were multicasted and 5 customers were watching the same streaming webcast it would only pipe it once and everyone would pick it up

IBYouDidntUseTheRightTerms
Broadcast and multicast both transmit data a single time and then it gets replicated at each hub where there are multiple recipients, but broadcast is received by everyone in range, whereas multicast is received only by those people who want to receive it. Such as, people who pay for HBO and Cinemax.

In other words, yes I did use the right terms.

ahh yes i forgot we were talking about cable as well, as in cable tv… because it does apply in that situation… carry on

Yeah, I was doing a comparison, since the OP was doubting whether there was any benefit to DSL. Phone service is unicast, or at least it’s a lot closer to being unicast than cable is.
this isn’t about pots or tv…… this is about dsl and cable data.

Yes, data is what it’s about. But that data is transmitted across the same infrastructure as phone service and TV service, hence the layout of that infrastructure is relevant to the conversation. Phone systems have to support all customers at full bandwidth all the time (at least up to the regional backbones), and cable doesn’t. Which is why DSL’s data throughput is more reliable than cable’s.

If the ISP doesn’t have the bandwidth it still won’t make any difference.

um, no, actually it doesn’t go over the same infastructure…. It’s the same network for the "last mile" but once it gets to the CO then it’s diff.

telcos, for example, generally use IP networks (and some legacy ATM) for their data backhaul (packet-switched) but they use SS7 switched networks for voice. Completely different.

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They can do that without an agent or any 3rd party software on your machine.

Well I dunno about that. I am in a satellite building not connected to the main network. This is a little mom and pop store. I am connected directly to the internet via a DSL modem. No routers or anything like that.
Ah.

Well, yeah, the agent probably allows them to do that, then.
your fucked. just disable the service, then remote desktop into your home computer and surf the web on it’s browser. when done, re-enable the service

you’ll probably get fired though

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anybody know of the best deals on dsl or cable?

i am thinking that dsl is the only option in the business complex because there are no cable inputs anywhere.

any help is appreciated. thanks
depends on your area. Cable co’s will often offer fibre if you want 5mbit/sec or more (just an approx).
yeah….basically all we need is just the cheapest internet that will go as fast as a home dsl or cable connection. we are not running any servers or anything.

All we have is one computer hooked directly to it. Nothing special.

then call your local telco and cable co and ask for a quote. Basic dsl/cable lines are easy for them to quote. Depending on where your office is, the building may already have a POP and they can run a drop fairly easily and install a jack. However, if they don’t have a POP then they may not be an option.

either way, no one in this forum can help you. Pick up your phone and call them.

yeah…i did that. I am waiting on a response. I figured that I would jump on OT and ask here. I called cox (cable co out here) and qwest (dsl), and qwest does not offer service in the area and I am waiting on a response from cox.

either way, I was just wondering your opinions but it sounds like a specific question that can’t be answered generically.
cox is a no go in our building. qwest did not have anything either. phoenix people….any ideas?
have you talked to building management? They should know options. You may have to go fractional T1 (spendy).

I don’t talk to building management since I do not own the business, yet, . I might end up going to the other stores and asking what they use for a quick solution to this issue.

how much bandwidth do you need? Are you going to be hosting anything, or just local internet browsing? T1 prices are getting really cheap out here, but I worry that if qwest can’t give you service that you might be in an area that is bad for copper.

You could also look into microwave based internet service. I don’t know anything about this company, but it’s the first one i found on google:

What area are you in?
this is in the ahwatukee area. the internet needs to be nothing special. no hosting, no network, nothing except for accessing websites and doing registration forms online.
How many people are going to be using the net?

How about a wireless card from Verizon, Sprint, etc…. It will probably run you $60-$70/month unlimited. I’ve also seen routers that you can plug the PC cards into to share the connection.
yeah that phoenix internet thing is $85 month for 512 download……no thanks. I will look around for some smaller providers out here though.

I had thought about doing the wireless card thing. We are only running one computer right now, possibly 2-3 in the future. There is no excessive need for speed or bandwidth.

I’m not sure what we were looking to spend, but probably the cheapest that offers relatively fast internet that can download files and upload a small webpage.

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What is worth getting on the phone and bitching about?
seriously

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C:UsersChris>ping stanford.edu

Pinging stanford.edu [171.67.20.37] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 171.67.20.37: bytes=32 time=1083ms TTL=53
Reply from 171.67.20.37: bytes=32 time=910ms TTL=53
Reply from 171.67.20.37: bytes=32 time=796ms TTL=53
Reply from 171.67.20.37: bytes=32 time=944ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 171.67.20.37:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 796ms, Maximum = 1083ms, Average = 933ms

C:UsersChris>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [72.14.207.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=1108ms TTL=246
Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=1080ms TTL=246
Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=1131ms TTL=246
Reply from 72.14.207.99: bytes=32 time=637ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 72.14.207.99:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 637ms, Maximum = 1131ms, Average = 989ms

C:UsersChris>ping speedtest.grandecom.com

Pinging speedtest.grandecom.net [66.90.138.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.90.138.147: bytes=32 time=624ms TTL=54
Reply from 66.90.138.147: bytes=32 time=581ms TTL=54
Reply from 66.90.138.147: bytes=32 time=525ms TTL=54
Reply from 66.90.138.147: bytes=32 time=511ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 66.90.138.147:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 511ms, Maximum = 624ms, Average = 560ms

C:UsersChris>ping ou.edu

Pinging ou.edu [129.15.0.230] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 129.15.0.230: bytes=32 time=459ms TTL=113
Reply from 129.15.0.230: bytes=32 time=502ms TTL=113
Reply from 129.15.0.230: bytes=32 time=371ms TTL=113
Reply from 129.15.0.230: bytes=32 time=470ms TTL=113

Ping statistics for 129.15.0.230:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 371ms, Maximum = 502ms, Average = 450ms

C:UsersChris>ping 147.26.203.42

Pinging 147.26.203.42 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 147.26.203.42: bytes=32 time=604ms TTL=115
Reply from 147.26.203.42: bytes=32 time=456ms TTL=115
Reply from 147.26.203.42: bytes=32 time=513ms TTL=115
Reply from 147.26.203.42: bytes=32 time=575ms TTL=115

Ping statistics for 147.26.203.42:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 456ms, Maximum = 604ms, Average = 537ms

C:UsersChris>ping techreport.com

Pinging techreport.com [69.65.116.162] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 69.65.116.162: bytes=32 time=451ms TTL=51
Reply from 69.65.116.162: bytes=32 time=461ms TTL=51
Reply from 69.65.116.162: bytes=32 time=369ms TTL=51
Reply from 69.65.116.162: bytes=32 time=327ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 69.65.116.162:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 327ms, Maximum = 461ms, Average = 402ms

C:UsersChris>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [64.233.167.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=400ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=271ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 64.233.167.99:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 88ms, Maximum = 400ms, Average = 217ms

C:UsersChris>ping cox.com

Pinging cox.com [24.248.75.200] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 70.166.160.10: Destination net unreachable.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 70.166.160.10: Destination net unreachable.

Ping statistics for 24.248.75.200:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),

C:UsersChris>ping cox.net

Pinging cox.net [68.1.17.9] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 68.1.17.9: bytes=32 time=232ms TTL=122
Reply from 68.1.17.9: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=122
Reply from 68.1.17.9: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=122
Reply from 68.1.17.9: bytes=32 time=444ms TTL=122

Ping statistics for 68.1.17.9:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 33ms, Maximum = 444ms, Average = 202ms

C:UsersChris>

I have no answer to your acceptability question but find it somewhat humorous (and pretty ridiculous) that out of all that you get 50% packet loss when pinging your ISP but 0% from all other sources.

I have Cox as well and its decent, much better than the SBC DSL my parents have. Not sure on my plan rating but it was the middle plan of the 3 offered. I don’t know my ping times but my actual download speed is around 1300kbps and my upload is around 100kbps. That is more of a sustained peak speed, both normally operate 20% slower.
That’s fucked up dude. A better test would be tracert so you can see where the bottleneck is, but my connection to the corporate office in Atlanta (from here in Vancouver) is around 100ms – it’s something like 20 hops though. Something that is <10 hops is around 30ms.

where does he say that? I don’t see anything about packet loss. edit- never mind, didn’t realize that code box was so large. although given the different ip address cox.com is probably hosted somewhere else (still at cox but a different location) although that’s still ridiculous to get packet loss when he is most likely being routed through his ISP’s own routing.

those ping times are ridiculous though, you can call and complain and they might do something. when I was on DSL I called support about my ping being consistently around ~100 as opposed to the regular 30-50, it took them awhile but eventually they moved my connection to another card or something but whatever they did it fixed it. it was a very customer oriented ISP though so i don’t know if every ISP would be as generous.

this was back in my quake 3 days where ping was king

anyways, as the other guy said, you should definitely do a tracert to see where the latency spike first hits.

are these spikes during “peak usage times” or just randomly? if randomly and long enough, you could probably bitch about them not providing the service you are paying for (and have some speed tests to back it up)..

if during peak use, they’ll probably just retort that that’s normal for peak usage hours and to suck it up.
I currently have the same issue with my DSL…except the problem only appears during peak usage times:

Good luck explaining the problem to the CSRs…as long as your speed tests are ok, you’re fucked. You can’t explain to them that latency is just as important as download/upload speed as most of them do not even know what latency is.
Are you using torrents currently? For cable to fairly local servers you should be consistently pinging under 50ms (may rise a little during peak times depending how overloaded the ISP is). Does your ISP have local game servers? Ping those and report back.

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Soon enough, I’ll have my PC, 2 labtops with my parents constantly streaming video and a PS3 along with the Elite service from SBCYahoo (5MB DL) so I most definitely need a new router.

Fortunately for me the local Fry’s I work at has a lot of wireless routers on sell and I’m having a tough time picking one. Co-workers recommended the D-Link series specifically the DIR-615 and DIR-655 — the former was recommended more often but NewEgg reviews say otherwise. Is the DIR-655 overkill or will it fit the bill?

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