Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] mediacom

[Shawn Parker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

things have improved slightly. after an hour on the phone with linksys
we determined that i bought a lemon. seems there was either a bug or
defect in the WRT54G v5 that i picked up.

so, after a quick trip to best buy for an exchange, i can happily
report my router is no longer capping my speed. i've got a WRT54G v4
with the latest firmware.

speakeasy's test was reporting my service at ~50kbps with the
defective router. now, i'm hitting ~1800kbps.

thanks for the links, george.

On 11/11/05, George B. Robb III <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Jonathan King wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/10/05, Shawn Parker <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >>
> >>> i'm not sure about standard, but i use speakeasy's speed test.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
> >>
> >>
> >> Hmm...all I know is that, yes, we've had sporadic periods of intense
> >> slowness on Mediacom recently.  Very annoying, but in our case, it is
> >> sporadic.
> >
> >
> >
> > What do people expect to get from "cable modem" broadband providers?
> > I have Time-Warner and this is what I see from speakeasy.net:
> >
> > Download Speed: 4798 kbps (599.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
> >   Upload Speed:  359 kbps (44.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
> >
> > Maybe that's extraordinary, but I think today many providers are
> > increasing their customers' download bandwidth.  I know that ours was
> > increased recently, because I was told it would be increased, but it
> > was already so fast that I could hardly notice a change.
> >
> > Mike
> >
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> If it helps I am on medicom here in Columbia and I was having drop outs,
> crappy slow speeds, and lag cross the board...  It wasn't the outside
> wiring due to the fact that it is only 20' to the hard line on the pole
> so I turned my search inside...  First thing I did was cut the cable at
> the nearest input point spliced a new cable on directly to the cable
> modem. Now I am seeing results that are amazing (through a linksys
> router at that)...
>
> Hacking tips...  If you have a Motorola cable modem go to this site and
> check your stats...
> http://192.168.100.1  this should be the diagnostic page from your cable
> modem itself...  Do a before / after and see the results...  Sometimes
> even moving to a spot in front of a splitter will even make a huge
> difference.
>
> Here is a site that gives standard power / signal levels:
> http://www.speedguide.net/faq_in_q.php?category=92&qid=78
>
> Before the cable change out my upstream power was sitting at a pathetic
> 12dbmV...  Now I am sitting at 46dbmV...  Also don't skimp on
> splitters...  They are a HUGE source of signal loss...
>
> More links:
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/signal.html
>
> The DocsDiag for reading the DOCSIS diagnostics works perfect under
> Linux you will need the community name / password though :(
>
> Happy hacking,
>
> George
>
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