[cyybborg]

i have a qwest 1.5mbps adsl, qwest actiontect M1000 modem and netgear WGT624 108mbps router. my connection kind of sucks. i can't stream shoutcast music without losing the connection like every 5 minutes. web pages are pretty slow to load and over all i don't feel like i am getting the most out of this. my laptop is an older fujitsu with an airlink PCMI wireless card. Where is my problem? i love streaming music and stuff off the net, if i can't access music like this it drives me insane. i have been on networks in remote china and can stay connected to music streams for hours, even overnight no problem. someone help me understand what I need to do to address this problem. I used to live in italy and had similiar problems with my broadband, now that I am back in the states i thought the problem would be alleviated. is there something i am fundamentally not understanding about my network? all products are new.

cheers

 

[cyybborg]

Re: ntwrking blues

also, i had the hp C4385 wireless photoprinter installed and the interface software was causing my system to run at 100%. adsl speed checker shows that my connection is running at 1.3m download and 730k upload. it should be more than ample to stream music.

 

[johnwill]

Re: ntwrking blues

Register at DSLReports and run their line quality tests. Post a link to the results here.

 

[cyybborg]

Re: ntwrking blues

i can't use the tool because it is too popular and available only to members. maybe i will pay and sign up. any other options?

 

[johnwill]

Re: ntwrking blues

You can become a member for free! I use and recommend this tool to people all the time, and nobody has ever had to pay to use it.

I know of no other site like this.

If you still have the issue with 100% CPU usage for your printer, I suggest you address that.

 

[cyybborg]

Re: ntwrking blues

i rant the test but was getting the error message "unpingable" i changed my winxp firewall settings but it didn't seem to work. advice?


Test Loss Min
Latency Avg
Latency Max
Latency Pass
Fail
Simple ping loss check
target IP does not respond to ICMP ping
low bandwidth stream was not performed
medium bandwidth stream was not performed
your first hop ping was not performed
if your IP was pingable, fast-ping graphs would show here
From East Coast - USA to YOU
Hop Host LOSS Rcv Sent Best Avg Worst
0 ae-2.bb-b.tla.nyc.us.oneandone.net 0% 60 60 0.42 0.49 0.58
1 gi0-8.na22.b001105-1.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com 0% 60 60 1.06 1.24 3.10
2 vl3904.mpd02.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com 0% 60 60 0.85 10.83 196.05
3 te7-2.ccr04.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com 0% 60 60 7.50 12.02 151.73
4 te7-3.ccr02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com 0% 60 60 7.79 13.12 164.48
5 te7-3.mpd01.dca02.atlas.cogentco.com 0% 60 60 7.55 12.17 79.58
6 te1-2.ccr02.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com 0% 60 60 7.80 10.61 136.43
7 qwest.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com 0% 60 60 6.84 6.99 7.21
8 dcx-core-02.inet.qwest.net 0% 60 60 6.99 8.56 34.77
9 ??? 100% 0 60 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 phnx-agw2.inet.qwest.net 0% 60 60 73.06 73.66 81.13
11 phnx-dsl-gw25-198.phnx.qwest.net 0% 60 60 73.33 74.19 79.63
12 ??? 100% 0 60 0.00 0.00 0.00
(pass)
From West Coast - USA to YOU
Hop Host LOSS Rcv Sent Best Avg Worst
0 pax-edge-01.inet.qwest.net 0% 60 60 0.35 1.83 81.57
1 svl-core-01.inet.qwest.net 0% 60 60 0.74 1.21 12.08
2 ??? 100% 0 60 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 phnx-agw1.inet.qwest.net 4% 58 60 19.13 19.27 20.86
4 phnx-dsl-gw25-194.phnx.qwest.net 0% 60 60 19.35 20.29 41.38
5 ??? 100% 0 60 0.00 0.00 0.00
(pass)

 

[johnwill]

Re: ntwrking blues

The Actiontec M1000 is a modem/router, so in it's configuration, it should have a ICMP (PING) option. If it happens to be configured in bridge mode, then the WGT624 would be the place to configure it.

Have you tried connecting directly to the Actiontec modem and seeing if the situation improves?

A final thought. Since you have a router connected to another one, try configuring the WGT624 MTU size to 1492, since it may have defaulted to 1500, which is wrong for DSL.

 

[cyybborg]

Re: ntwrking blues

i sort of let this post drop off, i installed a newer version of winamp and the streaming issue seemed to improve. also, i picked up a new laptop with a built in atheros wireless interface. i think the old pcmi wifi card was low quality and causing problems. overall, i seem to to do better and i also changed the mtu setting. thanks for your help

 

[johnwill]

Re: ntwrking blues

So, we can consider this one solved? :smile:

 

[cyybborg]

Re: ntwrking blues

yeah i think so, as long as i can stream music without habitual interruptions i am good. thanks