Re: FN-FORUM: ADSL fun - I need help to improve performance!

date posted 9th January 2005 20:40

On 9 Jan 2005, at 21:15, Dave Edwards wrote:

> Maybe cause for concern but then maybe not - try putting a 'load' on
> the line and then check.

i dunno - things seem to be working okay.

cheers for all your help on this btw...


> I take it this refers to errors on the ADSL side of the connection
> rather than errors on your local network?

yea - could simply be a bad line.


> Try using the OSX Network Utility and do test 'pings' to your local
> devices and also try pinging devices on the internet such as:
> 80.1.241.140

not sure i can be arsed any more!

things seem to be working ok now :o)

i just get the feeling i could twiddle with the settings some more -
but that might just screw things up more!

interestingly i ended up using PPPoA instead of PPPoE and immediately
got better performance...

i think turning off 'distribute IP addresses' in the airport was the
kiddy tho.

later,
L.

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