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bkuhl

Good, glad you got it working. Surprised the firmware was part of your problems. The older firmware, while buggy, had nothing that I remember impacting OOL.
Now on to tweaking the connection. That should keep you busy for a short while......

bkuhl

No there is not. @Home and Road Runner use that but OOL does not require it.

bkuhl

Originally posted by hoov
You need to place your settings that OOL gave you into the router settings. Computername, and also maybe DNS settings. Then when you have your computers hooked up to your router get to a dos prompt and type winipcfg and release and renew your ip from the pc. Then verify ...

bkuhl

In Control Panel, Networking, Properties find Internet Protocol and hit Properties again. Verify that "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected. This should allow you to get you address from the router. Also, from your workstation, attempt to ping 192.168.1.1, which is the default address of ...

bkuhl

Yeah, but you might not have the cable modem going to the WAN link on the router. Then you would have a situation like you describe.

bkuhl

Are you certain you are cabled properly? It sounds like your not communicating with your modem at all.

bkuhl

I have been using the LinkSys with OOL since January without trouble. Your settings should be:

Setup Tab:
Verify your LAN IP address & Computer on same segment (or turn on DHCP on the DHCP tab and enable DHCP on your computer)
Obtain IP Address Automatically
Login: Disabled

Then go to the Status ...

bkuhl

I don't know of any application thread that manages bandwidth in relation to the workstation as a whole. It will say allow this much to be used and stop there.

-BKuhl

bkuhl

We discussed this once before. The conclusion was that nothing one a single PC would be able to manage bandwidth this way. One process would not be able to track the usage of others. I think your best bet would be to set up a Linux box as a router and then use the Quality Of Service utilities that ...

bkuhl

Test running..........
** Speed 4010(down)/1188(up) kbps **
(At least 80 times faster than a 56k modem)
Logging result
Finish.

Optimum Online in Northern NJ. Head north and get out of that Comcast@Home area!

bkuhl

Originally posted by supercool
i just got the netgear router today, its a breeze to set up ... and man is it FAST... i was downloading from happypuppy.com at 280 K/sec wit it :)

Ummm, your NOT NEAR the speed it would be required to max out the NetGear or the LinkSys. I have a LinkSys connected ...

bkuhl

Don't forget, television is also interlaced. It only paints every other line each time through the display....

bkuhl

Say you have a 128 up cap. Envision your use of that bandwidth with some sort of flow meter, similar to a tachometer on a car. A web server or FTP server or mail server will mostly have that tachometer sitting just above idle, with occasional bursts up into the mid range, and a rare burst towards ...

bkuhl

What's the big deal about hosting servers? I mean, it's not like they can exceed their given bandwidth. For example, if you are capped at 50k... you are entitled to use it. Running a gaming server will not use over 50k and "HOG" other people's bandwidth. I don't see the logic in the arugment that ...

bkuhl

Why chance it? Maybe because you want to use your broadband connection for why you bought it -- to do new\different\exciting things. If you limit it web browsing and just downloading files, it is quite boring. We spend this extra money (double dialup or more at times) because it gives us freedom to ...

bkuhl

A game server, telnet server, mail server, Real Media server, HTTP, or FTP server. Don't matter. Not many @Home users are sending more then 120 kbps to the network. If you know of a way, a lot of people will be interested.

bkuhl

This policy is not designed to stop people from running the occasional servers that a friend or two connects to. Someone said, it is for those that try and run 24x7 gaming servers. Those are the people they are trying to prevent.
There is a bunch of people that constantly bitch about how you are ...

bkuhl

Not bad. I'm in Northern NJ, I have Optimum Online (I assume you in Central or South with Comcast) and here is what I get:

That is through my LinkSys router, which I am sure is slowing this down. BTW, it is not cached here either.....

bkuhl

Even Netstat needs to capture information while you transfer to a site. He is internal to his providers network, he shouldn't see that much fluctuation over such a sort period of time.
I would try to do a transfer at several different times and include a few high speed external sites for giggles ...

bkuhl

and yes @home is one of the worst at pushing the limits for node users but keep in mind node size and bandwith alocation are hand in hand. the number of users per node dosent realy matter if the bandwith is there to back it up and vis versa;-)

My point exactly. They push up so close against their ...

bkuhl

No, but from my perusing the newgroups. The DOCSIS standard allows for up to 2000 users per node, with a recommendation for well below that (1000-1500). @Home has a tendancy to push the 2000 limit, rather then leave breathing room. One reason why OOL broke away, because they did not like the way ...

bkuhl

The guy could have just re-newed his DHCP lease manually to force it to grab a new IP. Don't jump to conclusions.

bkuhl

I wasn't trying to imply that you didn't know what caused it, only that it IS unfair.

bkuhl

Nothing need be done manually. TZO runs as a service on Windows 2000\NT and constantly pings their server. If the originating address changes they update their records to reflect it and walla, my domain name points to my new address. It takes about 20-30 minutes from the time the IP changes until ...

bkuhl

Well, just for your info (because of your signature). This is the result of an unfairly low upload cap. Thank god my provider caps outbound transmissions at 1000+ kbps, not 128 kbps. I can actually use my connection without having to worry about it slowing to a crawl.

bkuhl

I hate replying to myself, but....
I did some searching on the web, because this intrigued me. From what I can tell Linux can do this out of the box with it's built in IPCHAINS package. You can use IPCHAINS to configure any type of IP maquerading and advanced QOS configuring. I searched on "Linux ...

bkuhl

Test running..........
** Speed 4010(down)/1188(up) kbps **
(At least 80 times faster than a 56k modem)
Logging result
Finish.

bkuhl

I understand what your after, but I don't think this would be possible. You need some way of throttling individual processes, and all I have ever heard of was throttling speeds per computer. I think you may be fubar.
The only thing I could think of is possible setting up some sort of gateway ...

bkuhl

Nodes matter only when they become saturated. Although, there is plenty of downstream bandwidth available. And the limited upstream is plenty if divided right (caps) and they monitor and split as required.
BTW, been searching for a new place. I told the real estate agent, that it had to be in OOL ...

bkuhl

Agreed.... 384kpbs would be fair, but 128 is such a ridiculously low number it is insane. Don't give me the crap about the node bandwidth either! There is plenty for a higher cap, unless they just do not know how to engineer their network properly.
My provider, OOL, has a 1000kbps cap which I think ...

bkuhl

Well, I'll give you want you want. I think it is unfair! Such a ridiculously low upload cap could be potentially stiffling new ideas, and surely the way people use the connection.
You got a broadband connection because you thought it would be liberating and transform the way you use the internet. I ...

bkuhl

I don't agree with the upload cap at that speed either. It should be something more reasonable. My provider, OOL, is much more realistic with their upload caps (Speed test: Speed 3398(down)/1090(up) kbps). I have read their techs state that they initially tested the 128kbps cap, but found it had a ...

bkuhl

I use something similar, TZO.com. It has been fine since I singed up last year. I used DHS.org initially, but they would occasionally have downtime. Switching over to TZO.com, while it cost me a few bucks, has been more reliable.

bkuhl

Actually, there are more. There is the TeraJet, 2 Motorola's (the SB3100 & SB4100), and 2 3Com modems (the CMX and Sharkfin). I would recommend the Motorola SB4100. Speedwise, they all perform very similar. I like the status page the SB4100 has which lets you check some of the stats for the modem ...

bkuhl

BTW, I have no problem with Napster. Maybe they didn't forward the port through to their workstation. I know that if you don't forward the port it will cause issues. You could also set your workstation as the DMZ machine. Then its the same a not having the LinkSys between your modem and that machine.

bkuhl

Well, I agree in the past the LinkSys had some issues, but the new beta firmwares are looking real good. I have had mine for quite some time and each firmware revision seem to fix one thing and break another. I think with the next official release they should have most issues tidied up.
The beta ...

bkuhl

How many splitters do you have on the line and are they high quality? Did the signal jump recently or has it always been high? How long is your cable length and what type is it? I had some signal level issues until I replaced my cable with some good quality RG-6 Quad shielded cable (got rid of the ...

bkuhl

What OS you running? If your old machine has 98 and your new one has WinMe, then isn't there some system restore utility running on the new machine? It is likely that you haven't upgraded the old machine, so this is likely. I remember reading something about how it basically archives EVERYTHING you ...

bkuhl

What OS you running? If your old machine has 98 and your new one has WinMe, then isn't there some system restore utility running on the new machine? It is likely that you haven't upgraded the old machine, so this is likely. I remember reading something about how it basically archives EVERYTHING you ...

bkuhl

G-Code, I'm from Bergen county. I believe in Jersey City they have Comcast cable. They are a member of the @Home alliance, so your stuck with what they offer

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