Dude, where's my upstream?

Hi,

Running XP on a 2Mb DSL connection, I'm getting half the upstream I
should - it used to be around 240Kbs

Downstream 1926 Kbps (240.8 KB/sec) 2080 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 160 Kbps (20.0 KB/sec) 172 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Any ideas if it's something basic or a clue where to start?
TIA

On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:24:44 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Any ideas if it's something basic or a clue where to start?

what ISP, do you get the same from the bt_speedtest login and tester ?
is your exchange free of congestion (plusnet, metronet, samknows have
exchange checkers)

Phil
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> Any ideas if it's something basic or a clue where to start?


Start by nameing your ISP

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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 10:28:22 +0100, "Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>> Any ideas if it's something basic or a clue where to start?
>
>
>Start by nameing your ISP
>
ISP = EFHbroadband
My exchange shows green for Port Capacity but amber for VP

On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:24:42 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 10:28:22 +0100, "Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Any ideas if it's something basic or a clue where to start?
>>
>>
>>Start by nameing your ISP
>>
>ISP = EFHbroadband
>My exchange shows green for Port Capacity but amber for VP
>
Correction; Plusnet shows amber for VP, Samknows has it as green.

On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:07:36 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Correction; Plusnet shows amber for VP,

that's likely to be your problem, isn't there usually a "last updated"
date. EFH were also using datastream which would make the VP data
irrelevant but congestion more likely do you know which you have ?

Phil
--
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On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:05:14 +0100, Phil Thompson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:07:36 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Correction; Plusnet shows amber for VP,
>
>that's likely to be your problem, isn't there usually a "last updated"
>date. EFH were also using datastream which would make the VP data
>irrelevant but congestion more likely do you know which you have ?
>
IPstream, definitely.

On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:55:37 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:05:14 +0100, Phil Thompson
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:07:36 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Correction; Plusnet shows amber for VP,
>>
>>that's likely to be your problem, isn't there usually a "last updated"
>>date. EFH were also using datastream which would make the VP data
>>irrelevant but congestion more likely do you know which you have ?
>>
>IPstream, definitely.
>
Is it likely to be congestion when speedtests done throughout the day
still return the same, low, upstream speed?

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:32:06 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is it likely to be congestion when speedtests done throughout the day
>still return the same, low, upstream speed?

if the ISP and the bt_speedtest connection both give low speeds then
its either exchange contention or some issue with your connection.

Contention isn't usually a problem at 6am.

Look at the modem/router stats for errors
Use WinMTR or pingplotter to identify packet loss
Check you RWIN and MTU settings at
http://www.netmonitor.org/tools/ttest.php

Phil
--
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AOL - the unlimited ISP of choice for heavy downloaders.

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:15:25 +0100, Phil Thompson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:32:06 +0100, John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Is it likely to be congestion when speedtests done throughout the day
>>still return the same, low, upstream speed?
>
>if the ISP and the bt_speedtest connection both give low speeds then
>its either exchange contention or some issue with your connection.
>
>Contention isn't usually a problem at 6am.
>
>Look at the modem/router stats for errors
>Use WinMTR or pingplotter to identify packet loss
>Check you RWIN and MTU settings at
>http://www.netmonitor.org/tools/ttest.php
>
>Phil
Thanks Phil,

BT speedtest confirms a 2Mb connection, but doesn't test or at least
report Upstream speeds.
WinMTR doesn't work for me, just sits there sulking, but Pingplotter
returns 100% packet loss for all adresses.....?

There's no errors in the logfile.

Netmonitor gives:
Tweakable settings:
RWIN: 33360
Window scaling: YES (scaling factor: 2^0)
PMTUD: YES
Time stamping: NO
SACKS: YES
MSS requested: 1390
TTL remaining: 112

Results of download test:
Data bytes we sent: 261576 bytes
Data packets we sent: 189
Retransmitted data packets: 0
Transfer efficiency: 100%
Max packet size you sent (MTU): 1430
Max packet size you received (MTU): 1430
Data transmit time: 1.097 seconds
Maximum idle time: 94.6 milliseconds
Transfer rate: 214606 bytes/sec (209.6 kilobytes/sec)

Ping test:
IP Address removed : xmt/rcv/%loss = 10/0/100%

And...from a dos prompt, pinging www.bbc.co.uk ;
Ping statistics for 212.58.224.86:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% lo
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 31ms