Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread GeraldCC
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:14:35 AM gonzo01 wrote: I'm using Linux Mint 10.0 64 bit with a Billion ADSL 2+ modem/router on a gigabit network ( modem/router has Gigabit ports). Recently my ISP upgraded my plan from 1500/256 to 8000/354. My download speed has gone from around 150 KiBs to

Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread Kevin Shackleton
Silicon Chip mag this month suggests some ADSL routers are line-polarity sensitive. Try swapping around the incoming phone wires to see. Kevin On 10/05/2011 3:27 PM, GeraldCC gcsgcatl...@bigpond.com wrote: On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:14:35 AM gonzo01 wrote: I'm using Linux Mint 10.0 64 bit with

Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread John Ferlito
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:14:35 AM gonzo01 wrote: I'm using Linux Mint 10.0 64 bit with a Billion ADSL 2+ modem/router on a gigabit network ( modem/router has Gigabit ports). Recently my ISP upgraded my plan from 1500/256 to 8000/354. My download speed has gone from around 150 KiBs to

Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread Jeremy Visser
Hey mate, gonzo01 said: Line Attentuation Upstream 31.5 Line Attenuation Downstream 44.0 Are these figures reasonable? They may be reasonable for your distance from the exchange. Either way, 44 dB attenuation is not my idea of fun whether it’s able to be improved or not. Havent found

Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Wed, May 11, 2011 2:00 am, Jeremy Visser wrote: gonzo01 said: Line Attentuation Upstream 31.5 Line Attenuation Downstream 44.0 Are these figures reasonable? Bigpond ADSL, I'm just outside the 1.5k exchange inner band TPG page says: Line of sight: 1630m. Possible cable dist.: 2295m. I

Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread Ken Foskey
Yes your lead from socket to Adam is a huge problem. Removing a lead like that made a huge difference for me Ken Foskey On 11/05/2011, at 7:13 AM, Voytek Eymont li...@sbt.net.au wrote: On Wed, May 11, 2011 2:00 am, Jeremy Visser wrote: gonzo01 said: Line Attentuation Upstream 31.5 Line

Re: [SLUG] ADSL download speed/settings.

2011-05-10 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Wed, May 11, 2011 8:59 am, Ken Foskey wrote: Yes your lead from socket to Adam is a huge problem. Removing a lead like that made a huge difference for me Ken, I'll proceed with that as soon as I can find few metres of Telstra wire OK, another dumb Q: I have like

[SLUG] How to do a Custom Print Processor in Linux ?

2011-05-10 Thread David Lyon
Hi all, Background for this is that a client has a dBaseIV DOS accounting system that they will upgrade after the Senior Partner retires. Which is a decade or more away. Printing from DOS is the not negotiable part. For a few years, I've run a server on a Windows machine that intercepts LPT1:

Re: [SLUG] How to do a Custom Print Processor in Linux ?

2011-05-10 Thread Nick Andrew
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:53:00AM +1000, David Lyon wrote: Its all good until electrical contractors come and disconnect cables from the hub, and then the network goes, and it all breaks and users complain. It doesn't sound like a software problem. Now I want to move the rendering of text

Re: [SLUG] How to do a Custom Print Processor in Linux ?

2011-05-10 Thread David Lyon
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Nick Andrew n...@nick-andrew.net wrote: then the network goes, and it all breaks and users complain. It doesn't sound like a software problem. In a sense you are right. But the subtlety of who's fault it is never goes to the person who kicked the wire out,