Speed/Line Testing

Hi all

I have posted one or two questions to this group and have received excellent
assistance which has enabled the setup of networked (wired) broadband.
Dipping in to the group I notice many people discussing results of equipment
and line testing and, although I do not believe there are issues with my
install, would like to test the arrangement to obtain some idea of
performance.
Can anyone provide links to sites which explain testing methods and
interpretation of results please. I notice terminology like SNR values for
example which will need some explanation to a numpty such as what I am.

TIA

Phil

TheScullster wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have posted one or two questions to this group and have received excellent
> assistance which has enabled the setup of networked (wired) broadband.
> Dipping in to the group I notice many people discussing results of equipment
> and line testing and, although I do not believe there are issues with my
> install, would like to test the arrangement to obtain some idea of
> performance.
> Can anyone provide links to sites which explain testing methods and
> interpretation of results please. I notice terminology like SNR values for
> example which will need some explanation to a numpty such as what I am.

Hi Phil,

Some useful info here courtesy of Kitz:

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm

Kind Rgds,

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|Support Home & Business @
|PlusNet plc. www.plus.net
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TheScullster wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have posted one or two questions to this group and have received excellent
> assistance which has enabled the setup of networked (wired) broadband.
> Dipping in to the group I notice many people discussing results of equipment
> and line testing and, although I do not believe there are issues with my
> install, would like to test the arrangement to obtain some idea of
> performance.
> Can anyone provide links to sites which explain testing methods and
> interpretation of results please. I notice terminology like SNR values for
> example which will need some explanation to a numpty such as what I am.

Do you know how to access your router's statistics and log file ?

Graham

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> TheScullster wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have posted one or two questions to this group and have received
>> excellent assistance which has enabled the setup of networked (wired)
>> broadband.
>> Dipping in to the group I notice many people discussing results of
>> equipment and line testing and, although I do not believe there are
>> issues with my install, would like to test the arrangement to obtain some
>> idea of performance.
>> Can anyone provide links to sites which explain testing methods and
>> interpretation of results please. I notice terminology like SNR values
>> for example which will need some explanation to a numpty such as what I
>> am.
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> Some useful info here courtesy of Kitz:
>
> http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm
>
> Kind Rgds,
>
> --
> |Bob Pullen Broadband Solutions for


This was a very good link, I thank you.

I must admit that I do not fully understand everything that it says, but
will persevere and follow the following links.

I wonder if anyone can answer this little problem.

I am with Force9 and after say 6pm, I am unable to access my website server
or use a program called Limewire. Yet 12 hours later (6am) everything is
fine and dandy with superfast connection speeds. I am using broadband...

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the_constructor wrote:

> I wonder if anyone can answer this little problem.
>
> I am with Force9 and after say 6pm, I am unable to access my website
> server or use a program called Limewire. Yet 12 hours later (6am)
> everything is fine and dandy with superfast connection speeds. I am using
> broadband...

That sounds like some kind of throttling used to manage demand at peak
times. Not sure about your web server issue, however. Is your web server
hosted on your broadband connection, and you can't access it remotely? Or
are you trying to access a remote web server?

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the_constructor wrote:

> I am with Force9 and after say 6pm, I am unable to access my website server
> or use a program called Limewire. Yet 12 hours later (6am) everything is
> fine and dandy with superfast connection speeds. I am using broadband...

Isn't limewire a p2p file sharing application ?

You'll probably find that Force9 aka Plusnet is restricting such traffic at peak
periods.

Bob Pullen (from Plusnet) who just posted in this thread should be able to
advise you about that.

Graham

the_constructor wrote:
> "PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> TheScullster wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I have posted one or two questions to this group and have received
>>> excellent assistance which has enabled the setup of networked (wired)
>>> broadband.
>>> Dipping in to the group I notice many people discussing results of
>>> equipment and line testing and, although I do not believe there are
>>> issues with my install, would like to test the arrangement to obtain some
>>> idea of performance.
>>> Can anyone provide links to sites which explain testing methods and
>>> interpretation of results please. I notice terminology like SNR values
>>> for example which will need some explanation to a numpty such as what I
>>> am.
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> Some useful info here courtesy of Kitz:
>>
>> http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm
>>
>> Kind Rgds,
>>
>> --
>> |Bob Pullen Broadband Solutions for
>
>
> This was a very good link, I thank you.
>
> I must admit that I do not fully understand everything that it says, but
> will persevere and follow the following links.
>
> I wonder if anyone can answer this little problem.
>
> I am with Force9 and after say 6pm, I am unable to access my website server
> or use a program called Limewire. Yet 12 hours later (6am) everything is
> fine and dandy with superfast connection speeds. I am using broadband...

Hmmm, that's quite odd. We do manage P2P traffic but it shouldn't stop
you using it entirely. Do you know what account type you're on?

If you can confimr what account type you have and don't mind posting
your peak time usage figures here then I can probably advise further:

https://portal.plus.net/view_my_broa...sage/index.php

Regarding your website server, how are you trying to access it? Using FTP?

Kind Rgds,

--
|Bob Pullen Broadband Solutions for
|Support Home & Business @
|PlusNet plc. www.plus.net
+------ PlusNet - The smarter way to Internet! -----

"PlusNet Support Team" wrote

>
> Hi Phil,
>
> Some useful info here courtesy of Kitz:
>
> http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm
>
> Kind Rgds,
>
> --
> |Bob Pullen

Thanks Bob

Excellent source of reference.
I will look at invesigating the router logs/stats and post back when I get
lost.
Rather fortunate that your response was covered the issues, as it looks like
the thread has been hijacked by this constructor TP.

Phil

"Eeyore" wrote

>
> Do you know how to access your router's statistics and log file ?
>
> Graham
>
Yes, thanks to Bob's post above I should be able to locate the required info
May need help interpreting it though

Phil