I hate my internet connection, Help?
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Well you obviously have never met me. I prefer the manual labour. There aren't any good paying jobs in my area so Im stuck working a desk job at a place I don't even know the name of. Oh well, opinions right? Lets agree to respect each others and get on with our vastly different lives.wwjdftw said:
I assume that you connect via a wireless signal. How far away are you from your signal's source? Are there walls in the way? If so what are the walls made of?
Oh, well I never bailed hay so I can't comment on that. But I like the pain so it really doesn't bother me.
I have Verizon DSL and I've never had a problem with speed, even though the max rate is around 90kbps. Try talking to your Verizon provider because you maybe be on the edge of their coverage area which is why you maybe getting lag. Otherwise, get a job and upgrade.PlaylistOne said:
Wow I feel really sorry for some of the users of this site. If it helps I use one of the new Airport Extreme routers and I always have really good performance on it. My ISP is Cable One, I doubt that they are available in your area, but I have always had good luck with Cable internet.
Here is one example of Cable One speeds:
[http://www.speedtest.net]
A couple things you can try, and please correct me if I am wrong, but you could try switching your DNS servers to Open DNS, this helped a lot when I was using my DSL connection. You could also try using this website: http://www.ispgeeks.com/wild/modules.php?name=RouteTest which will allow you to check and see where along the line your internet is receiving such a high ping, I haven't tested extensively though and I am unsure if this works like I think it does.
Oh and this is just sad:
[http://www.speedtest.net]
Here is one example of Cable One speeds:
A couple things you can try, and please correct me if I am wrong, but you could try switching your DNS servers to Open DNS, this helped a lot when I was using my DSL connection. You could also try using this website: http://www.ispgeeks.com/wild/modules.php?name=RouteTest which will allow you to check and see where along the line your internet is receiving such a high ping, I haven't tested extensively though and I am unsure if this works like I think it does.
Oh and this is just sad:
Irridium said:I know how you feel, I used to have that same speed.fluffybacon said::O.Aura Guardian said:I got this
Is that good or bad? If good, then somethings wrong because I'm having similar problems.
Damn you and your fast internet!
DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!
You have no idea how painful this is;
I have to wait for youtube to load.
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Time to be helpful:
If you're having problems, it's something on your side (pc, router, ect.), as you have extremely kickass internet.
But now I "upgraded"
Upgraded...
damn OP and his amazing DSL...
Urgh...
BTW this is on a strange cell phone tower based wireless ISP. My ping's pretty good considering.
For those of you experiencing shaky WiFi connections:
Half the problem is Windows.
Try this [http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php]
If you know what you're doing, you can bypass the retarded settings that come with Windows and dramatically decrease ping and increase stability.
If you don't, click optimize and it should help a little.
Also, if your router is trying to renew your connection every few minutes, increase your lease time.
Most routers will go up to at least a week, others will go to any set date (just put in 10 years in the future and you'll be fine), and still others allow a permanent lease (this is static DHCP, if you don't know how to use it, learn).
For OP, try various connections.
As we can see, your local connection is excellent, however try California, Ontario, Alberta, Japan, China, Russia, Great Britain, Central Europe, Africa, and South America.
If you notice a big drop (or increase in ping) anywhere (especially if it 'continues' in that direction), then there is likely a problem with a server along the way.
If you believe it to be nearby, contact your ISP and ask them if they are aware of the issue and when (or if) a fix is expected.
If you're having problems a fair distance away, there's nothing you can do, unfortunately.
Also, yes, before anyone asks, I can verify that Windows is half the problem - I have an Intel Mac, and I often get the exact same symptoms you describe when I'm running the Windows side, but never on the Mac side.
Half the problem is Windows.
Try this [http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php]
If you know what you're doing, you can bypass the retarded settings that come with Windows and dramatically decrease ping and increase stability.
If you don't, click optimize and it should help a little.
Also, if your router is trying to renew your connection every few minutes, increase your lease time.
Most routers will go up to at least a week, others will go to any set date (just put in 10 years in the future and you'll be fine), and still others allow a permanent lease (this is static DHCP, if you don't know how to use it, learn).
For OP, try various connections.
As we can see, your local connection is excellent, however try California, Ontario, Alberta, Japan, China, Russia, Great Britain, Central Europe, Africa, and South America.
If you notice a big drop (or increase in ping) anywhere (especially if it 'continues' in that direction), then there is likely a problem with a server along the way.
If you believe it to be nearby, contact your ISP and ask them if they are aware of the issue and when (or if) a fix is expected.
If you're having problems a fair distance away, there's nothing you can do, unfortunately.
Also, yes, before anyone asks, I can verify that Windows is half the problem - I have an Intel Mac, and I often get the exact same symptoms you describe when I'm running the Windows side, but never on the Mac side.
Whoever got 19 mb/s down, I hate you,so very much.(also your using the same firefox theme as I am...odd)
I really hate Sympatico, but my parents refuse to pay for Rogers. So I'm stuck with this crap.
Carrying dog food a lot, so manual labor. Yes, thats right, I work at a PET SUPPLY STOREJester Lord said:
The router is 15-20feet away in a straight line. My closet and a wall is in the way.teutonicman said:
Ooh. Thats got to be soul crushing.Unless they let employees have free kittens. Do they let employees have free kittens?PlaylistOne said:
No, we handle supplies. Food, shampoo, more food, beds, more food. The only live animals we have are crickets, and even they classify as reptile food.Jester Lord said:
Wow, your router looks amazing compared to mine.fluffybacon said:
I have a D-link as well, but there is no antenna while yours has THREE! I gotta buy an N router...
I think my router is pretty old because somebosy gave it to me, and I've never seen any other routers with no antenna. If I so much as touch my router, it can dramatically lower my connection on my wireless computer, and my PS3.
I don't know if it will help my download and upload speeds, but they seem fine on my "wired" computer. I just want to make it better on my wireless stuff.
I would consider you lucky, seeing as how you're upload speed is almost as fast as my download speed, and your ping is about 30 lower than mine lol.Sightless Wisdom said:[http://www.speedtest.net]
Whoever got 19 mb/s down, I hate you,so very much.(also your using the same firefox theme as I am...odd)
I really hate Sympatico, but my parents refuse to pay for Rogers. So I'm stuck with this crap.
Generally you go to the router's configuration page. Login and there should be an option to change the lease time for all your connections. It will probably be setup for either hours of minutes, just put in a good time length, I use around 24 hours.PlaylistOne said:
If this doesn't work or you can't figure it out let me know what brand & model router you have and I'll work on getting you an answer.
+1 for this guy.
The intermittent increases in ping for a short period has nothing to do with poor internet connection and everything to do with WZC Windows Zero Configuration. MS won;t admit their is an issue with this but WZC will go looking for a stronger connection every so often and if it finds one it will try to connect during which time you get your lag spike. Disable WZC in the services menu, type 'services.msc' in to run and hit enter scroll down right click and hit disable.
You then want to install the software that came with your wireless receiver, not the router. Use that to set up your wireless connection, make sure that the software doesn't use or support WZC as some do, if it does it should have an option to disable it.
You can also try a few other things to id potential problems
Open a command prompt window and type
'tracert www.domainname.com' where domainname is the webaddress of a site you want to try. This will give you a listing of the ping times and hops need to get to the site. Have a look and see if any of the ping times look high or out of place. Now of specific interest is the second line. This will be your intial connection to your isp. This line will contain the 'pipe' that your connected too and your closest exchange as well as the IP address. You may have the option of connection to a different 'pipe' this could improve your speed as line faults can sometimes mean you get your speeds slowed down to make the connection more reliable. You can connect to a different 'pipe' by disconnection your router from your wall socket, turn it off, leave it a few moments and then reconnect. You'll then need to tracert again to see if you have been assigned to a different 'pipe'.
If your connection has been slowed due to poor line quality then you would have to do the same thing as above but you will need to leave your router off over night and then reconnect. This should reset the speed but it will take a few hours for it sort out your final speed and of course it's no guarantee that it will improve things.
Oh and my connection speed
