Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/6/6 Hugo Mills : > On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 10:47:31PM +, Nick Chalk wrote: >> Hugo Mills wrote: >> > Only in this case, it isn't. It's showing the >> > maximum protocol speed, not the (likely) data >> > rate between the modem and the exchange, >> > which is generally the limiting factor.

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 10:47:31PM +, Nick Chalk wrote: > Hugo Mills wrote: > > Only in this case, it isn't. It's showing the > > maximum protocol speed, not the (likely) data > > rate between the modem and the exchange, > > which is generally the limiting factor. > > Is that a feature of the

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Nick Chalk
Hugo Mills wrote: > Only in this case, it isn't. It's showing the > maximum protocol speed, not the (likely) data > rate between the modem and the exchange, > which is generally the limiting factor. Is that a feature of the DG834? The routers I've worked with all display the current sync rate. T

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Vic
>> The router displays the connection speed. That's the rate at which it >> can >> exchange data over the phone line - the rate betwwen router and >> exchange. > >Only in this case, it isn't. It's showing the maximum protocol > speed, not the (likely) data rate between the modem and the exchang

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 10:39:07PM +0100, Vic wrote: > > I would not put it past Sky to doctor the router so that it only display > > the maximum possible speed and not the actual speed as most routers I have > > seen do. > > They don't need to. > > The router displays the connection speed. That'

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Vic
> I would not put it past Sky to doctor the router so that it only display > the maximum possible speed and not the actual speed as most routers I have > seen do. They don't need to. The router displays the connection speed. That's the rate at which it can exchange data over the phone line - the

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Tim
On Saturday 06 June 2009 22:16:27 john wrote: > Hi > > What time did you check your speeds. What servers did > broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk use. > > Try it a time when few people are using the ISP broadband and try different > speed checking servers. You may get a different result. > > John Eayrs

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Tim
On Saturday 06 June 2009 22:16:27 john wrote: > Hi > > What time did you check your speeds. What servers did > broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk use. > > Try it a time when few people are using the ISP broadband and try different > speed checking servers. You may get a different result. > > John Eayrs

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread john
Hi What time did you check your speeds. What servers did broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk use. Try it a time when few people are using the ISP broadband and try different speed checking servers. You may get a different result. John Eayrs On Saturday 06 June 2009 20:12:30 Scott Robinson wrote: >

Re: [Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 08:12:30PM +0100, Scott Robinson wrote: > Hi Guys, What about the gals? And persons indeterminate? > Bit of a broadband issue here rather than Linux! Thought you may be > able to help. > > broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk reports speeds of 3360/258 although the > router (DG

[Hampshire] Broadband Issues

2009-06-06 Thread Scott Robinson
Hi Guys, Bit of a broadband issue here rather than Linux! Thought you may be able to help. broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk reports speeds of 3360/258 although the router (DG834GT on Sky) reports: ADSL Firmware Version A2pB022c.d20e Modem Status Connected DownStream Connection Speed 8032 kbps UpStrea