Hi again John, When you are doing your Speed Testing. After picking a test, <http://www.speedtest.net/> (this one is ok, I use it sometimes for testing purposes) follow these steps:
1. Restart your Mac. 2. To the extent possible, make sure no other devices on your network are actively accessing the Internet right now—including backing up files, checking email, downloading software updates, and so on. 3. Launch only your Web browser—don’t run any other applications while the test is running—and make sure your browser has no other windows or tabs open. 4. Visit the URL for the speed test you chose and run the test—usually a matter of clicking a single button. If you have the option to choose a test server location, choose the one closest to you. 5. Make a note of your results, and then repeat with a few other tests and/or locations. Calculate the average download and upload speeds from your several tests. If the numbers seem reasonable to you, keep things as they are. If you’re unhappy with the results: Try unplugging your DSL modem, waiting a minute or two, and plugging it back in. When it comes back to life, run the test again. Sometimes a simple restart is all it needs. Wait for a few hours and try the test again. If you’re testing during peak hours when lots of other people are using the network heavily, your results may be slower than usual. With people video streaming etc, evening hours are often the slowest. Cheers, Ronni On 20/06/2011, at 2:08 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 20/06/2011, at 1:48 PM, John Daniels wrote: > >> Hi Ronni >> Yes I took it this morning after I had changed the DNS settings > > OK, thanks John. > > 1. Put the Primary & Secondary IP addresses shown in the “Recommended > configuration” portion of the namebench window into your Modem / Router > i.e 203.50.2.71, 203.0.178.191 > > 2. Save the configuration and reboot the Billion > > 3. Then Open System Preferences > Network > > A) If you connect to your network via Ethernet, select your Ethernet network > in the list on the left, make a note of the addresses in the DNS Server field > in case you ever need to restore them, and then type the 3 recommended new IP > addresses (in the order given) into that field (overwriting whatever’s > already there), separated by commas. > i.e. 203.50.2.71, 203.0.178.191, 203.21.20.20 > > B) If you connect to your network via Wi-Fi, select your AirPort network in > the list on the left, click Advanced, and then click DNS. > In the column on the left, click the plus + icon, type in the first IP > address that namebench returned, and then do the same for the other two. > i.e 203.50.2.71 > 203.0.178.191 > 203.21.20.20 > > 4. Click OK. > > 5. Close System Preferences. > > Monitor your speed for awhile today, then do a restart of your computer, and > then run the namebench tests again. > Please let me know if namebench gives the same results. > Also let me know your speed results, before the peak time later this > afternoon and also later in the busy time when the internet becomes more > congested. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
