Hi Hans: On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:13 PM, der.hans <plug-anwendun...@lufthans.com>wrote:
> moin moin, > > I have to use skype chat ( bleah, bleah, bleah! ) and calling for $dayjob. > > Mostly just chat and that's now bearable with the pidgin plug-in. > > I do have to participate in voice-only conference calls. In the past that > worked fine. I had also made a couple of test one to one calls. > > My connection has been dropping out. Several times during a one-hour > call. Most of the calls have been made from an atom box on a cable > connection. The entire network connection drops out and it appears that > the cable-modem and linksys router have problems at that point. > > A couple of times I switched to using my Android hotspot from my laptop > and things seemed to work fine. > There are some settings in Skype for enabling over Wireless. See the link to Skype Forums below. > > Today I started out on that and still had problems. > First thing you need to determine is what those problems are. You can get a list of packet loss, connection stats, UDP stats, etc via: Next time you make a Skype2Skype call or a Skype2Phone call post the following call info on Skype forums. Your problems are probably with the PSTN/Gateway service provider if your dropped calls most often occur with Skype2Phone calls. But tuning your Skype to match your drivers and use as described on the Skype forums can't hurt? Here's How you get the Stats: *For version 1.4.xxxxxx and version 2.xxxx* tools.......>options..............>advanced.....>other............>tick display technical call info...........>save When you next call you will see this data by hovering your mouse over the "black" or other nice picture/photo of your contact. For version 1.4.XXX. to 2.0.0.103 1) Audio in/out 2) Packet Loss 3) UDP status 4) Round Trip 5) Relays 6) CPU usage (Both numbers) For Version 2.5.xxxxx and above 1) Packet Loss 2) UDP Status 3) Roundtrip 4) Relays 5) CPU Usage. (Both numbers) > > Any suggestions on how to get better reliability out of Skype? > > I did not check top today, but in the past things didn't get to out of > hand on the atom box. > > If you want to suggest alternatives to Skype please start a new thread :). > I'm interested in alternatives, but they won't suffice as a replacement > for Skype in this particular circumstance. > Check this article: *http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=60048 Also, Hans? This message would most efficiently be posted there? Doncha think?* > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ > # The Internet is the front line of the battle > # to protect our freedom. -- Nathaniel Borenstein > Reminder: All replies will go back to this mailing list. If you wish to > send a reply to a specific person, please use the reply function and change > the "To:" address to that person before sending. > -- Network Operations Center Engineer Atjeu Hosting (503) 754-4452 (623) 688-3392 http://www.it-clowns.com | http://www.obnosis.com
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