For now, forget about your download speed - for which you do need to be connected to the far side.
The numbers that are most useful are probably those held in the modem itself, which you can see by logging in. With a NetgearDG834, you should be able to point your browser at the router's IP address, and then login as "admin" with "password" as password. >From there, you may need to select "Router Status" in the left menu, but you >might already be on that page. Then, at the bottom, there will be a button for "Show statistics". That should throw up a table, and the connection-speed, line-attenuation, and noise-margin figures will be shown for both uplink & downlink. Is this getting too detailed? Should I reply off-list? Mike --- In [email protected], arthurnaylor2...@... wrote: > > How do I check the speed of the link when there isn't a link half the time? > I suspect it would be zero, when I have been fortunate to get on the net > and run a speed check it is about 150 'something or others' - kb but > whether it is K bits or K bytes I haven't a clue - I suspect bits, but I'm > not > sure. I'm primarily an ex-IBM mainframe man. > > Arthur Naylor (360 Orientation stood me in good stead for years, but it's > a different game now) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
