Re: [Linux-users] DSL connection testing

2014-06-17 Thread Helmut Walle
Ok, just to clarify a couple of points, a 3-minute ADSL crash course in some relevant points only: * The subscriber lines used for ADSL are simply the already existing phone lines. This usually is one twisted pair per subscriber (with a 1:1 mapping of a line to a phone number). This means

Re: [Linux-users] DSL connection testing

2014-06-17 Thread Derek Smithies
Helmut, you did a very thorough overview of ADSL. Good job. me thinks it took more than 3 minutes to write. The original poster did note that the problems are present when it is ethernet only. Which means that the wifi explanation fades. Not completely - wifi is always a problem and is never

Re: [Linux-users] DSL connection testing

2014-06-17 Thread Bryce Stenberg
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

Re: [Linux-users] DSL connection testing

2014-06-17 Thread C. Falconer
dave lilley wrote, On 18/06/14 11:36: 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. Dave - can you email me

Re: [Linux-users] DSL connection testing

2014-06-17 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, me too. I can run some tests from here - and then I will log it and graph it. Derek. On 18/06/14 11:53, C. Falconer wrote: dave lilley wrote, On 18/06/14 11:36: 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

Re: [Linux-users] DSL connection testing

2014-06-17 Thread dave
thanks for the offer. I've forwarded onto steve the offers as it his not mine that's on DSL (i've got a vodafone cable here. I've asked him to contact you directly (off list) if he want the help. I've also sent him some url's on how to do a ping test via ipad and suggested he do 3 days worth