[DrCeshing]

they fuggin suck. what is wrong with them. why is it so god damn slow. my internet was faster when i had Verizon DSL. keeps on shutting down on me. take's forever to load pages. i thought cable internet was suppost to be faster.

[georgshult]

Is Verizon FIOS available in your area yet? It's gonna be here soon.

[Ccddfergt]

I'd look into my options if I was you.

Time Warner's RoadRunner is pretty fast, though I'm fairly sure if you're with ComCast, it isn't available in your area.

And just so you know, not all cables are created equally. You might be better off with DSL there.

[diundasmink]

nah i dint hear of them being in my area yet. but do you think if i re install fire fox it might make it faster.

but maybe it has to do with the area im in. kind of a crowded area with lots of apts. and houses. they may have a lot of cable internet customers in the area and ALOT of people may be on now since it is about 10 of 10:00.

[Mediconlinee]

Firefox isn't as efficient as Opera. http://opera.com

But I doubt it's your browser that's lagging you. It could be anything from your modem to your lines in your house to your computer itself.

[egexgfczc]

yeah im not sure. usally during the day its faster but at night time its slower then molases in january

[Allbrunette]

That's because everyone is home at night, flooding the lines...and the net itself.

[NEWyear]

not to mention, it could be a crink in your enet cable...


yeah, a crink "slows" the flow of electrons, the lifeblod of comps, because its not a free flowing path, its got a crink

[gfkasjhfg]

by enet cable do you mean ethernet cable cause that could be it too cause it crumbled behind my desk so the cables arent in view. i use 2 of them. i have the one that goes to my computer and the one that goes to my wireless router so i can have 2 computers in my place

[irrehoobe]

Is Verizon FIOS available in your area yet? It's gonna be here soon.

its already here dood! Wes (my room mate) installs the FIOS systems. i think we are going to get it but i aint sure.

[Sarah Armstrong]

what exactly is the FIOS system. never heard of it till james mentioned it.

[Pvfcadbh]

what exactly is the FIOS system. never heard of it till james mentioned it.

check out the link below to learn more about it:

http://www22.verizon.com/FiOSForHome...about_FiOS.asp

[Kneefrenolf]

looks interesting. but its not available in my area yet. if anyone gets it be sure to tell us about it.

[Mboxmaja]

by enet cable do you mean ethernet cable cause that could be it too cause it crumbled behind my desk so the cables arent in view. i use 2 of them. i have the one that goes to my computer and the one that goes to my wireless router so i can have 2 computers in my place

You can rule out hardware/os/protocol stack...

Goto a command prompt and type 'netstat -s'. If your having IP problems then you can figure out what is failing from here.

Also do a 'ipconfig /all' and try running a 'tracert' against your dns server/external IP.... ...look for where there is excessive latency.

If your masked behind a router and don't know what your external IP is.. go here.. http://www.dnsstuff.com/ and hit 'tracert'... alot of handy tools available for reverse PD.

Gluck.

[carinsurancess]

Originally Posted by Haus by enet cable do you mean ethernet cable cause that could be it too cause it crumbled behind my desk so the cables arent in view. i use 2 of them. i have the one that goes to my computer and the one that goes to my wireless router so i can have 2 computers in my place

You can rule out hardware/os/protocol stack...

Goto a command prompt and type 'netstat -s'. If your having IP problems then you can figure out what is failing from here.

Also do a 'ipconfig /all' and try running a 'tracert' against your dns server/external IP.... ...look for where there is excessive latency.

If your masked behind a router and don't know what your external IP is.. go here.. http://www.dnsstuff.com/ and hit 'tracert'... alot of handy tools available for reverse PD.

Gluck. ok i did this one netstat -s in my Run thing on windows and a what looks like a black screen which some white text comes up realy quick and then disapears. dint do the other one yet.

[PebydataFeents]

windows xp:

do the run thing, and type "cmd" in the run box... it'll bring up the command prompt

windows 9x & ME:

do the run thing, and type "command" in the run box... it'll bring up the commnad prompt


then type in the other commands, like "netstat -s" or "tracert"

give us updates when they surface

[ladleliDypenue]

what do i look for when i do these tests.

[IRMartin]

dont know


see if you can post the text shown..

[CHyLmxDr]

ok here is what i get when i type in the netstat-s. its 2 print screens of it.

[didrexx]

and heres the thing i get when i type in ipconfig