[Techtalk] slooow web surfing and many timeouts

[Raquel Rice]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:21:54 -0700
Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 10 October 2004 11:44 am, Raquel Rice wrote:
> 
> > 
> > It generally looks good to me.
> > 
> > Like you, I have a faster than average connection.  Once in
> > awhile when I find things are slowing I test the status of my
> > router and find that my provider has a problem.  Perhaps that's
> > your problem too?
> > 
> 
> Yeah, it looks like my provider. I have 528/128 DSL.
> Theoretically.
> 
> Ping times are sux0rs, I'm seeing results like
> 
> 17 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 41% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 41.8/93.0/533.3 ms
> 
> I tried bypassing my firewall, and direct-connecting from both
> linux and winduhs, with similar results. 
> 
> It's an intermittent problem, which adds to the fun. Guess I'll
> fire up ethereal and see what I can capture.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Carla Schroder

3.0Mbps/384Kbps DSL with static IPs here.

A few months back I had to restart my modem/router nearly everyday. 
My provider got their end fixed and I haven't had to restart for at
least 3 months now.

Especially with a 41% packet loss, I'd say you have a network error.
 Check your connection from your provider and then yell like heck.

-- 
Raquel
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