bandwidth runs down to zero

any ideas?

I have BT Broadband, which works satisfactory for a few hours, but
then the bandwidth goes down to nothing (no upstream or downstream
whatsoever).

I share files through winmx, and obviously is a pain to me (and those
uploading from me) when the bandwidth reduces to nothing, and the
connections are aborted.
I cannot even access google through my web browser.

One thing i have noticed. If i restart the whole system when this
happens, the bandwidth returns to normal parameters. but this is not
really acceptable (e.g. i couldn't download a large file through winmx
and i lose my place in any queue i am in.

ps. it is nothing to do with any limit imposed by BT as it does not
come into force until the new year. also this was happening well
before i may have reached the 15gb limit.

PPS. through calling BT they told me to uncheck the power management
box in the USB root hub (1 and 2), as well as the power management in
the router window in device manager.

Ta for any suggestions,

Alex

"alexander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> any ideas?
>
> I have BT Broadband, which works satisfactory for a few hours, but
> then the bandwidth goes down to nothing (no upstream or downstream
> whatsoever).
>
> I share files through winmx, and obviously is a pain to me (and those
> uploading from me) when the bandwidth reduces to nothing, and the
> connections are aborted.
> I cannot even access google through my web browser.
>
> One thing i have noticed. If i restart the whole system when this
> happens, the bandwidth returns to normal parameters. but this is not
> really acceptable (e.g. i couldn't download a large file through winmx
> and i lose my place in any queue i am in.
>
> ps. it is nothing to do with any limit imposed by BT as it does not
> come into force until the new year. also this was happening well
> before i may have reached the 15gb limit.
>
> PPS. through calling BT they told me to uncheck the power management
> box in the USB root hub (1 and 2), as well as the power management in
> the router window in device manager.
>
> Ta for any suggestions,
>
> Alex

Download DU meter from http://www.dumeter.com/ to see where the bandwidth is
going.

S

On 29 Nov 2004 05:47:11 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (alexander)
strung together this:

>I share files through winmx, and obviously is a pain to me (and those
>uploading from me) when the bandwidth reduces to nothing, and the
>connections are aborted.
>I cannot even access google through my web browser.
>
I've seen this before, all caused by winmx and similar programs.
Basically, the system chokes itself and everything dies, I've seen it
lock up complete networks, on every occasion disconnecting\turning off
the offending program brings everything straight back to normal.
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:09:15 +0000, Lurch
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 29 Nov 2004 05:47:11 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (alexander)
>strung together this:
>
>>I share files through winmx, and obviously is a pain to me (and those
>>uploading from me) when the bandwidth reduces to nothing, and the
>>connections are aborted.
>>I cannot even access google through my web browser.
>>
>I've seen this before, all caused by winmx and similar programs.
>Basically, the system chokes itself and everything dies, I've seen it
>lock up complete networks, on every occasion disconnecting\turning off
>the offending program brings everything straight back to normal.

Or it could be simply that winmx is using all the upstream bandwidth,
thus stopping the normal tcp acknowledgement packets from being sent,
thus effectively killing most downstream traffic as well.

P2P apps typically have a setting to limit the amount of upstream
bandwidth that they use. Setting it to 10%-20% below the available
upstream bandwidth will solve the problem, if this is what is causing
the problem.
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"alexander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> any ideas?

If you got Voyager 105 check:

http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/s...oto=nextoldest

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:46:40 +0000, Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)>
strung together this:

>P2P apps typically have a setting to limit the amount of upstream
>bandwidth that they use.

Which, IME, are useless.
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SJW
A.C.S. Ltd
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Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..

> P2P apps typically have a setting to limit the amount of upstream
> bandwidth that they use. Setting it to 10%-20% below the available
> upstream bandwidth will solve the problem, if this is what is causing
> the problem.

thanks, i'll try that. fingers crossed!!!

"Gee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<UhQqd.536$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> "alexander" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
> > any ideas?
>
> If you got Voyager 105 check:
>
> http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/s...oto=nextoldest


thanks for the advice
mucho appreciated
alex