Today I'very got more info on this and setup is adsl to modem modem to wireless router. Connection is faster before 7.30pm and after 10.30PM.
I'm gonna try and access a terminal and run a ping test for 24 hrs to a log file. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > In the past I've managed to get ISP's to run more in-depth > checks of connections for clients by showing evidence of > something wrong on their side. > > I would have client run a script that did continuous pings > to a problem site for a few days, if it replied with > destination unreachable it immediately runs a traceroute. > Often times this would show an interruption getting > through one of the ISP's servers and was enough to get > them to investigate. Sometimes it showed fault at clients > end which was good too. > > -Bryce Stenberg. > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > [mailto:linux-users- >[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Derek Smithies >Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 > 9:26 AM >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [Linux-users] DSL connection testing > > > >Dave, > > There is quite a bit of information you can glean from > looking at the >arrival time > >of packets, and round trip times. A just sit down with a > laptop and test >experience > >that lasts 30 seconds is almost completely worthless - as > it does not >tell you how the > >link is doing at any other time. > > > >I will quote a story from some years ago that happened to > me - I may >have written it here before, > >but it is too good not to use again. > >A customer rang up and complained that his voice over the > internet >implementation (that used my software) > >had substandard audio quality. Connected to his network, > measured link >quality with ping and scp and so on. > >All ping times were good, file copies site to site were > good. Of course, >I was connected at nighttime so that my > >heavy testing did not interfere with his daytime usage. > It was the usual >finger pointing game. Then I added > >link testing (record ping times and drop rate) for all > links my software >ran on. This data was graphed using > javascript. >Beautiful. Turned out the guy had switched > from cable link (which are >high quality) to a wireless > internet service >provider. The wireless links were being > flooded with data from all over >and packets were going > missing. With the graphs, >we showed him that our software > was fine - he was experiencing high >packet loss on the > network. > > >The basic first step is to record different performance > metrics of the >link over a 24 hour period. > > > >1)Test dns lookup of different sites. Does that always > work? Every 30 >seconds a test should run > > > >2)ping to remote host - how reliable is it? > > > >3)Telecom are offering unlimited home data plan (There > was a comment >about someone in the > > states with an unlimited plan and doing 35T a month. > > Sheesh) The interesting part of telecom's plan is > that they may shape your >traffic (limit it) during the > > evening. Which tells me that the peak time for > network usage is in the >evening. Thus, measurements night > > time and day time should be different, if it is a > shaping/network >load thing. > > Are the night time and day time measurements > different? > > >4)Automated tests to download data from a remote site - > what is the >measured speed? and how does it vary over a > 24 hour period? > > >5)It is almost certain that your ISP (internet service > provider) is >traffic shaping your data. You can verify > > this with a number of open source projects to > determne if shaping is >happening, and how extreme it is. > > One could use such tools to plot the level of shaping > they apply, and how brutal it is over a >24 hour period. > > > >6)Finally, does your router have a web access page with > logs on it? If >so, do they tell you anything? > > > >Cheers, > > Derek. > > > >On 17/06/14 07:42, dave lilley wrote: > >> anyone here able to suggest anyway of testing number of > >> users connected to a line? > >> > >> Mate who lives in Downs Rd South eyreton commented to > me >> about his link going down and he thinks too many > people are >> on it up stream. > >> > >> mate says he spoke to the provider (not sure who it is) > but >> think they claimed the link was ok, I was hoping to > nip out >> using a linux lappie and test the line for some > more solid >> answers, They use an apple ipad and an > oldish PC. >> > >> thanks for tips of many. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Linux-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > >-- > >Sent from my Ubuntu computer > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Linux-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-user > s _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
