[muay]

hi all. ive got a up to 8mg speed with (oh no)talktalk but never get more than 1.5mg and this is up and down all the time. ive done a test on my line and it says i should get at least 6mg ok. ive done the takeing the speeds three times a day thing and they are all over. could i have something set up wrong in pc or modem. new to all this. thanks for any help.

[Baxter]

What modem are you using?
You'l need to post your line stats (noise margin and line attenuation) ,sync.
Also run the bt speed test. http://speedtester.bt.com/ and post those results too.
Then we can get an idea if its talktalk or something else.

[muay]

i am useing a smartax mt882 modem. did that test and got 480kbps to download a 1.7mbfile. how do i find out noise margin and line attenuation. thanks. i have to goto work now are we ok to pick this up later on. thanks.

[philthomas]

Try a speedtest or two on this site, it has a good reputation for being accurate, as you can choose a server, nearest to your location.
It provides links to results, for easy forum posting as well.

[Baxter]

http://192.168.1.1 you should find you stats there. Didnt you do this when you set it up. There should be something there called (show statistics) or something similar.Also sync (DL and UP speed is needed). Do the speed test again and post the whole result (copy&paste) the whole result.

[muay]

ok mate will do at work till 10 will do this when i get in. thanks for the help.

[muay]

Originally Posted by muay ok mate will do at work till 10 will do this when i get in. thanks for the help.

ADSL Status Showtime/Data DSL Up Time10:27:10 Data PathFast StandardG.dmt Bandwidth Down/Up(kbps)2272/288 SNR Margin Down/Up(dB)32.5/25.0 Attenuation Down/Up(dB)31.0/15.0 CRC Down/Up10/13 FEC Down/Up0/0 HEC Down/Up1/4this is the stats of my modem

[muay]

here is the speed test ive just done.
The speed test has completed on test server speedtester1.nat.bt.com for user ******** and you have downloaded a 1.7Mb file at a speed of
479 kilo bits per second (Kbps), your service bandwidth will have been quoted to you in kilo bits per second.
Your IP address is **************your browser is reported as being Mozilla 5.0 and is running on Windows XP.
BT would regard the speed ranges shown below as normal service:
For 250kbps End Users speeds between 50 - 250kbps. For 500kbps End Users speeds between 100 - 500kbps. For 1000kbps End Users speeds between 200 - 1000kbps. For 2000kbps End Users speeds between 400 - 2000kbps

[muay]

thanks will give it ago.cheers will let you no what happenes,

[muay]

did a scan with avg showed up one change c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts that was all then with spybot few things there lots of cookies got rid of it all.

[Baxter]

We ruled out your stats,viruses,and all those other good things. Its starting to look like talktalk. I'm gonna find out what server BT uses now. Running a speedtest through there servers and bypassing talktalks network will give you your true speed. I'll see if i can find it. When you can get those result, then thats your proof. I went through this when i was on AOL, They tried saying it was my system. How stupid do they think people are.

ps. whats your system specs

[muay]

thanks. i am new to this but what do you need to no for system specs. sorry so long in getting back to you at work. have to wait for boss togo to use computer. cheers.

[Baxter]

I dont need to know. just curious what setup you had

[muay]

ok mate, AMD Athlon(tm)xp2000+ 1.67ghz with only 192ram. thanks for the help. put computer on today getting just under 2mg but this is very rare.

[Baxter]

If your still interested, i have the sign in for that speed test. This will bypass your ISP. Just compare the speed from this test and the other one to get the difference.
Open you modem configuration page. Put in speedtest@speedtest_domain for your login name. leave the password blank. once signed in copy this to you browser http://217.35.209.142:50302/cgi-bin/home.page.pl
run the test like you did the other time. Test wont work on LLU though.