[SLUG] Re: ADSL download speed/settings
Thanks for the replies. 1) my Billion 7800N has an firmware update ( for ipv6) which I have yet to install. 2) my modem router is connected to the first connection on the phone line ( enters directly from outside wall ) - only phone is connected to phone line further along in another room - it has an ADSL 2+ filter. Note - originally had Modem/Router connected to filter - dropped speed from 250 to 150 Kibs (?). Removed filter and placed upstairs with phone. 3) Phone line is not shared and is directly connected from tub in street. 4) tried TPG maps link. I'm on COMO exchange in Southern Sydney (The Shire) - no TPG details for Como. 5) http://www.yourbroadband.com.au/exchanges.php?Exchange=COMO shows details of ISPs using Como exchange, though my ISP PeopleTelecom is not listed. 6) Dazza's link http://www.adsl2exchanges.com.au Rim Information for Como shows that I am nowhere near a RIM. Telstra has ADSL 2+ enabled. I am about 900 m as the crow flies and actual about 1.6 Km from the exchange with an estimated max speed of 170,000 and am in Zone 1 --- Will update modem/router firmware and use a shorter cable from wall socket to modem/router and see what changes (if any) develop. Thanks to all. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL download speed/settings
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 4:04 PM, gonzo01 gonz...@fastmail.fm wrote: 6) Dazza's link http://www.adsl2exchanges.com.au Rim Information for Como shows that I am nowhere near a RIM. Telstra has ADSL 2+ enabled. I am about 900 m as the crow flies and actual about 1.6 Km from the exchange with an estimated max speed of 170,000 and am in Zone 1 --- If you're only 1.6 km cable distance from the exchange, you should be getting way better than you're quoting - I'm an estimated 2.22 km cable distance from the exchange, and I get on average 13 megabits per second on my ADSL2 link - and the cabling in this house purely sucks. Call your ISP and ask if they can check your line - but remove any extension cables first, because the first thing they'll ask you is if your modem is directly connected to the phone socket. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL download speed/settings
On 05/11/2011 04:41 PM, DaZZa wrote: On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 4:04 PM, gonzo01gonz...@fastmail.fm wrote: 6) Dazza's link http://www.adsl2exchanges.com.au Rim Information for Como shows that I am nowhere near a RIM. Telstra has ADSL 2+ enabled. I am about 900 m as the crow flies and actual about 1.6 Km from the exchange with an estimated max speed of 170,000 and am in Zone 1 --- If you're only 1.6 km cable distance from the exchange, you should be getting way better than you're quoting - I'm an estimated 2.22 km cable distance from the exchange, and I get on average 13 megabits per second on my ADSL2 link - and the cabling in this house purely sucks. Call your ISP and ask if they can check your line - but remove any extension cables first, because the first thing they'll ask you is if your modem is directly connected to the phone socket. DaZZa Extension cables are really really crap, if you can make it under a meter it'll make a difference. I believe its mainly because they aren't made of twisted pair. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL download speed/settings
So I can totally remove the filter if only adsl connected? Phone is on another socket on same line Ken Foskey-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Modeline for DELL U2410, 1920x1200 ?
Does anyone have on hand an xorg.conf modeline for a DELL U2410 running at max resolution of 1920x1200? Or otherwise how can I calculate such a modeline from the monitor specs? I've tried the 1920x1200 modelines from mythtv.org, which has modelines for a Dell 2405FPW. My laptop can drive the resolution - previous monitor was an AOC of same size + res. However it is only now that I finally constructed an xorg.conf with dual-monitor support, with the AOC, I was running only external monitor, or internal, not both at same time. It was a very simple xorg.conf essentially with just the extra bits for the marble trackball and touchpad. I've tried with no xorg.conf and got presented with max 1280x800, which is the internal resolution. With a lot of googling I eventually determined an xorg.conf which displays both monitors in non-clone mode, and on independent resolution, but with max external resolution of 1600x1200. gnome-display-properties is showing the correct available resolutions, including 1920x1200, but when I choose 1920x1200 for the external monitor, the U2410 flickers with a fuzzy image - I guess the timings being sent to monitor are actually incorrect. When I move mouse from external to internal display, the external display is black, the internal laptop screen doesn't flicker, but is completely skew-wiff (overlapping images of desktop which are all on angles and interleaved). Going back to 1600x1200 on external and 1280x800 on internal, things go back to normal. After day of battling yesterday, I eventually found enough hints to piece together the xorg.conf below which gives me dual monitors, and a decent resolution. Reson I'm on such old kernel/distro: About 6 months ago I tried latest Ubuntu release at the time, and the intel 855GM graphics drivers kept causing my laptop to hang, so I've reverted to Hardy/ 8.04 LTS, and also older kernel, even for hardy. Contributed to at least one bug report on this and have not had time in last two months to check latest kernels/ xorgs etc. $ lspci|egrep -i graph 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) $ uname -a Linux ip61 2.6.24-28-generic #1 SMP Sat Oct 16 17:46:03 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS $ xrandr --verbose Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2880 x 1200, maximum 3200 x 1920 VGA connected 1600x1200+0+0 (0x47) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm Identifier: 0x43 Timestamp: 83851 Subpixel: unknown Clones: TMDS CRTC: 0 CRTCs: 0 1 1920x1200 (0x46) 193.2MHz h: width 1920 start 2048 end 2256 total 2592 skew0 clock 74.5KHz v: height 1200 start 1201 end 1204 total 1242 clock 60.0Hz 1600x1200 (0x47) 162.0MHz +HSync +VSync h: width 1600 start 1664 end 1856 total 2160 skew0 clock 75.0KHz v: height 1200 start 1201 end 1204 total 1250 clock 60.0Hz 1680x1050 (0x48) 147.1MHz h: width 1680 start 1784 end 1968 total 2256 skew0 clock 65.2KHz v: height 1050 start 1051 end 1054 total 1087 clock 60.0Hz 1600x1024 (0x49) 106.9MHz -HSync -VSync h: width 1600 start 1620 end 1640 total 1670 skew0 clock 64.0KHz v: height 1024 start 1027 end 1030 total 1067 clock 60.0Hz 1400x1050 (0x4a) 151.0MHz +HSync +VSync h: width 1400 start 1464 end 1656 total 1960 skew0 clock 77.0KHz v: height 1050 start 1051 end 1054 total 1100 clock 70.0Hz 1400x1050 (0x4b) 122.0MHz +HSync +VSync h: width 1400 start 1488 end 1640 total 1880 skew0 clock 64.9KHz v: height 1050 start 1052 end 1064 total 1082 clock 60.0Hz 1280x1024 (0x4c) 135.0MHz +HSync +VSync h: width 1280 start 1296 end 1440 total 1688 skew0 clock 80.0KHz v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 75.0Hz 1280x1024 (0x4d) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync h: width 1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew0 clock 64.0KHz v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066 clock 60.0Hz 1440x900 (0x4e) 108.8MHz +HSync +VSync h: width 1440 start 1472 end 1880 total 1912 skew0 clock 56.9KHz v: height 900 start 918 end 927 total 946 clock 60.2Hz 1280x960 (0x4f) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync h: width 1280 start 1376 end 1488 total 1800 skew0 clock 60.0KHz v: height 960 start 961 end 964 total 1000 clock 60.0Hz 1280x800 (0x50) 83.5MHz h: width 1280 start 1344 end 1480 total 1680 skew0 clock 49.7KHz v: height 800 start 801 end 804 total 828 clock 60.0Hz 1152x864 (0x51)
[SLUG] Re: ADSL download speed/settings
Problem solved - or at least situation improved greatly. Remember to ALWAYS check cabling - I forgot that between the wall-socket and my modem/router my line ran through my power board. connected modem router straight to wall socket and speeds increased:- ping 37ms jitter 6ms download 6.14Mbps upload 0.32Mbs cant check packet loss - probably due to ISP's firewall. Ken, I'm not currently running through a filter. My house is cabled for ethernet/cable TV/Phone using Cat5 cables. Telstra line comes in to side of house and Cat5 is run around 2 metres to inside wall connection for modem, then line runs to other room(s) where phone is attached. Hope this helps somebody else. Thanks to all who replied. Now I just need to update the Modem Firmware and redo all of its settings. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
