[NCLUG] DSL Throttling or General Congestion?

[Onyx]

Knowing Frank and his experience, I am sure he has most (if not all) 
those points covered.

Frank, if it is worth anything to you, I am not experiencing any of 
those symptoms on my FTC-FRII DSL pipe.  I know it is doubtful, but 
could it be related to that user having MSN as the ISP?  Do you know of 
any other users in the area, who have MSN as their ISP, who are having 
similar issues?

- Onyx

Matt Taggart wrote:
> "F.L. Whiteley" writes...
> 
>> Any comments from Qwest or Qwest/MSN users?
> 
> First thing, check on the modem web interface what up/down rate it is 
> connecting at. Are you getting the rate you are subscribed at?
> 
> Here are some things to try,
> 
> 1.) Upgrade the firmware of the Actiontec modem. I know early versions had 
> some issues and a firmware problem might explain the differences you are 
> seeing between sites.
> 
> Be careful though, I tried upgrading mine via the web interface and the 
> upgrade failed(I'm not sure that method works, Qwest doesn't mention it as an 
> option). Recovering from the failure took a little work but I finally got the 
> latest firmware installed. It seems to be doing pretty OK, now, but if I keep 
> the upload at a high rate constantly it locks up after about a day.
> 
> I have the Actiontec gt701-wg, here are some useful links
> 
> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/ActiontecGT701
> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/ADAM2
> http://www.nettwerked.net/actiontec.html
> http://sub.st/articles/hacking-the-actiontec-gt701/
> 
> I was able to do everything I needed using on Linux.
> 
> 2.) Do you have the filters installed at every phone? I discovered a missing 
> filter on one phone that was causing my modem to connect at a slower speed.
> 
> 3.) Is the phone line clean? Are all the connections good and you don't have a 
> bunch of unused loops making things worse? A lot of old houses have crappy 
> lines running to lots of places that you probably don't need if you use 
> cordless phones.
> 
> 4.) If none of the above then it sounds like maybe a qwest problem and when 
> you call them you can tell them how you checked all the above stuff and it 
> still sucks.
> 
> Good luck,
>