[NCLUG] DSL Throttling or General Congestion?

[F.L. Whiteley]

Hi Onyx,

Hope you're well and best of the season.

I agree, nothing of the sort of FRII.  I may have a chance to look at
this MSN/Qwest DSL account again before long and take some tools and
links to test it out.  It's close to my location and across the street
from the 256k customer.  So far, no one else is confirming, so it may
have been an anomaly.

Frank

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nclug-bounces at nclug.org 
> [mailto:nclug-bounces at nclug.org] On Behalf Of Onyx
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 1:01 PM
> To: Northern Colorado Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [NCLUG] DSL Throttling or General Congestion?
> 
> 
> 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,
> > 
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