Might be off topic, but does the site have a virus, thats flooding the link ? Seen this recently.
Alex On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 11:55:05AM +1000, Chris Barnes wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug >
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