First thing, take one of your computers known to work at full speed on
dsl...so if you have a laptop in your office which cruises nicely on
broadband then take that and plug it into the clients router/"modem" and
see what happens.

If the problem persists, check the router/"modem" tech support page.
Might be a common problem with the router. Might be worth flashing the
firmware to the latest version available.

does he have a static ip address? is it possible someone is targeting
his machine on the net. check what the router/"modem" lights are doing
when the speed is slow, also might be worth running something like
tcpdump, or windump i think its called for windows.

Hope that helps a bit.

On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 03:09, Jared Pritchard wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> This is just a quick question - in case anyone has run into something
> similar...
> 
> One of our clients (on a DSL connection) is having some issues.
> His connection is running at almost dialup speed and he is on a
> 256k ADSL connection.
> 
> He is the only client experiencing this problem, and he says it has
> built up over about 1-2 weeks.
> 
> I had a look at his machines, and they all seemed to be fine. We tried
> resetting the modem & computers, tried a different network port in the
> hub but nothing seems to make any difference.
> 
> Initially, the connection worked fine and he has been up & running for
> a few months with no problems until now.
> 
> Is it possible that the modem itself is wearing down, possibly due to a
> manufacturing fault? Is something wrong with the computers??
> They are running Windows 2000 & Windows NT...
> 
> Modem is Netcom NB1300 ethernet.
> 
> I don't expect too much from this question, as it really isn't directly
> related
> to Linux or anything, but if anyone has seen/heard of this before, a point
> in the right direction will be very helpful, and appreciated as always....
> 
> Cheers,
> Jared P.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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