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On 09/11/13 00:44, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>On 10/09/2013 23:50, Joseph wrote: |
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>> I forgot to mention. |
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>> My router is an old 486-box running freesco. So I'm trying to find out |
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>> if the router is the problem with slow connection. |
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>> as my download speed on cable is only 3.7Mbps and it should be about |
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>> 15Mbps up to 25Mbps |
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>> upload speed is 1.5Mbps |
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>What speed NIC do you have in that 486? |
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>10M? 100M? And is it running full duplex? |
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>3.7M is, IIRC, about what I'd expect from 10M half-duplex. NIC cards of |
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>that era were prone to getting auto-negotiation badly wrong. |
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>Even an old 486 should be able to deal with 100M traffic easily. |
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>Even so, I'd still not trust your cable provider's advice. There is |
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>still a good chance the problem really is with the cable connection. |
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I called shaw tech.support and we did all kind of testing, with box connected directly to the modem (by-passing the router); no difference. |
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So they've scheduled technician to test it, they suspect it could be a modem itself. |
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Joseph |
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