NTL 10mb Modem slower u/l than 5mb STB ?

Hi all,

A few days ago I posted a message about no connection for incoming
VNC/http connections following an (NTL) upgrade from a 5mb STB to a 10Mb
modem.

After doing some more investigation it seems that it is the upload speed
that is causing the problem. With a straightforward speed test from the
NTL side all looks well but VNC & http connection into the NTL side (my
house) are extremely slow and frequently do not connect at all.

So - my questions are :

Could this be caused by something like incorrect MTU settings within the
router ?. The router is a Netgear WG854 - is there anything else I would
need to change ?.

I do not set any DNS other than the default ntl ones - should I ?.

TIA

Resident Drunk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A few days ago I posted a message about no connection for incoming
> VNC/http connections following an (NTL) upgrade from a 5mb STB to a 10Mb
> modem.
>
> After doing some more investigation it seems that it is the upload speed
> that is causing the problem. With a straightforward speed test from the
> NTL side all looks well but VNC & http connection into the NTL side (my
> house) are extremely slow and frequently do not connect at all.
>
> So - my questions are :
>
> Could this be caused by something like incorrect MTU settings within the
> router ?. The router is a Netgear WG854 - is there anything else I would
> need to change ?.
>
> I do not set any DNS other than the default ntl ones - should I ?.
>
> TIA

As a followup - using UltraVNC from a remote location - I get the
following connection speeds (with nothing else running on either targets
or client machines) :

VNC into a 2mb BT line : 76kbits\sec
VNC into a 10mb NTL cable modem : 28kbits\sec

"Resident Drunk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Resident Drunk wrote:
| > Hi all,
| >
| > A few days ago I posted a message about no connection for incoming
| > VNC/http connections following an (NTL) upgrade from a 5mb STB to a 10Mb
| > modem.
| >
| > After doing some more investigation it seems that it is the upload speed
| > that is causing the problem. With a straightforward speed test from the
| > NTL side all looks well but VNC & http connection into the NTL side (my
| > house) are extremely slow and frequently do not connect at all.
| >
| > So - my questions are :
| >
| > Could this be caused by something like incorrect MTU settings within the
| > router ?. The router is a Netgear WG854 - is there anything else I would
| > need to change ?.
| >
| > I do not set any DNS other than the default ntl ones - should I ?.
| >
| > TIA
|
| As a followup - using UltraVNC from a remote location - I get the
| following connection speeds (with nothing else running on either targets
| or client machines) :
|
| VNC into a 2mb BT line : 76kbits\sec
| VNC into a 10mb NTL cable modem : 28kbits\sec

Tried using different ports in case they are throttling you?