Iol broadband sorted (nearly)

CubicleDweller

Bizmark, congratulations on getting connected!

It gives hope to us all. As I mentioned in another thread (in the IOFFL forum), they tell me that my line has been activated, too, and the modem is on its way. Looks like they might just be telling the truth this time, since yours actually arrived.

You're probably right to give them some time on the poor pings and transfer rates - their network is bound to have a few teething problems - hopefully, they'll sort it out soon. The next few days should be interesting...

One quick question: how long did it take your modem to arrive, from the time they said they dispatched it? And where do you live. roughly?
(Okay, that's two questions. And the reason for the "roughly" is in case you think I want your address, so that I can come around there tonight and nick your modem....

bizmark

2 days for the modem to get here no problums setting it up (simple as hell) other that the username confusesion REMEMBER use @iolbb at the end of your username...

i live in cork city

bizmark

pings seem to have droped around 400-600 ms ..... still pinging 230ms to jolt 440 to www.redsquadrons.org (clan im in) and 317ms here

hmmmm if it keeps getting better like this should be good by tomorrow

bizmark

keeping you up todate (and because i have notting better to do)

the pings droped a lot (beween 53ms to 130 ms to most servers) but they jump to around 600-800 ms now and again
the modem has gotten up 2 98kbs up and 400kbs down

i hope this is a sign their working on the service

CubicleDweller

Bizmark,

Thanks for keeping us updated - things seem to be improving already, which is good.

If you're *really* bored, you could try snooping around with "tracert", to see what's changing. If you're not familiar with it, tracert is a DOS app that ships with every version of Windows, I believe. (I don't use Windows much, having switched to Linux for everything except gaming some time ago, so I'm not sure.)

Typing "tracert www.redsquadrons.org" at a command prompt - when the connection is fast, and again when it's slow - might make for interesting reading. Like I said, that's if you're *really* bored.

bizmark

if someone could tell me how to copy and past comand prompt text (doesnt work like normal) id be more than happy to but the info here for you to look at (im no expert in pc.s or broadband)

happy to help ye in what ever way i can

MrPinK

Right click on window, select mark, highlight text, hit enter to copy. Paste as needed

bizmark

to show you how its jumping

Pinging www.boards.ie [217.114.166.147] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=440ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=530ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=650ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=329ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 217.114.166.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 329ms, Maximum = 650ms, Average = 487ms


Tracing route to www.boards.ie [217.114.166.147]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 48 ms 79 ms 38 ms lo3.bas501.cwt.esat.net [193.95.136.175]
2 89 ms 49 ms 38 ms fe2-0.rate501.cwt.esat.net [193.95.137.250]
3 39 ms 49 ms 49 ms vlan500.rt502.cwt.esat.net [193.95.136.125]
4 39 ms 209 ms 218 ms vlan54.rt002.cwt.esat-x.com [193.95.130.161]
5 58 ms 59 ms 39 ms ge0-0.core002.cwt.esat.net [193.95.129.18]
6 109 ms 259 ms 269 ms pos2-0.br001.inex.esat.net [193.95.131.6]
7 48 ms 28 ms 39 ms fe0-0-brian.DUB.router.COLT.NET [193.1.208.204]

8 39 ms 39 ms 69 ms 217.173.97.118
9 59 ms 39 ms 69 ms 217.173.97.170
10 129 ms 138 ms 138 ms 217.114.160.43
11 39 ms 38 ms 49 ms www.boards.ie [217.114.166.147]

both taken with in a min of each other

now this was taken around 5 mins later


Pinging www.boards.ie [217.114.166.147] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 217.114.166.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 33ms, Maximum = 59ms, Average = 42ms

its jumping around as high as 1200 as low as 32ms

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UPDATE!

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download speed,s doubled from 12kbs to 26kbs off of esat ftp

shadow Ninja

Well done Bizmark!!

I'm happy for you!!

:ninja:

Synkronite

Thanks Bizmark for the @iolbb thing.. Stupid Esat told me just to use my username/password.. Oh well, it's nice.. latency seems high, but Im getting downloads of around 40-50kB/sec solid.. I live in Cork too - on the Douglas Exchange infact. Looks like us Cork people got the modems first (For a change..)

Im so HAPPY

Btw - Ping reports to www.boards.ie at 0055hrs

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Pinging www.boards.ie [217.114.166.147] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=1129ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=980ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=811ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=881ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 217.114.166.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 811ms, Maximum = 1129ms, Average = 950ms

bizmark

np

but where you d/l like that i got at most (so far) 29kbs from esat ftp ...... and im on the churchfeild exchange its the biggest one in cork .... though i am around 1/2 km away (or slightly more)

pings are awful to gamespy 1100 + i guess it should get better in time

MadsL

Guys these pings are well out of order.

Synkronite

Downloading off Apple's site.. (akamai mirror I believe..)
Their latest security updates...

Latency is a killer right now though
Getting roughly 35kB/sec on esat's FTP..
Im about 1.5 miles away from my exchange

bizmark

madsl you to right the pings are awful but i can only asume their haveing network trouble i bleave they told me that 2day that they where working on their system (i hope)


jumping around agin

Pinging www.boards.ie [217.114.166.147] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=157ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=186ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=283ms TTL=54
Reply from 217.114.166.147: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 217.114.166.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 140ms, Maximum = 283ms, Average = 191ms

MR DAZ

Congrats Bizmark....me takes mae hat of to you....right I'm all ready for war tomorrow gonna ring them back and see what the story is!!!!

Quick question...Have they billed you yet, correct me if i'm wrong but they wont be sending billed statements, just an email to confirm that your account has been deducted x amount.???

Crikey cork sorted before dublin and limerick.....

flamegrill

biz, can you do the following:

ping -c 100 www.boards.ie and just paste the end bit where it gives the sumary. 4 pings isn't ideal to give a correct view of whats going on.

Also could you pm me your IP - I'd like to do some traces to you.

Paul

Synkronite

The money hasnt come out of my parents DD.. Wont until I get my next bill according to EsatBT..

bizmark

to be honest id say id be lucky 2 see any bill.s woh is esat billing dep

Synkronite

ping -c 100 www.boards.ie @ 0115hrs

Ping statistics for 217.114.166.147:
Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 100, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 37ms, Maximum = 821ms, Average = 206ms

flamegrill

Fsck

traceroute to 193.203.156.2xx (193.203.156.2xx), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 rtr01-2.hosting365.ie (217.114.163.66) 0.416 ms 0.408 ms 0.360 ms
2 217.114.160.33 (217.114.160.33) 0.413 ms 0.412 ms 0.391 ms
3 t2a1-p4-0-0.ie-dub2.concert.net (166.49.198.1) 0.956 ms 0.944 ms 0.929 ms
4 t2a2-ge8-0-0.ie-dub2.concert.net (166.49.158.50) 1.182 ms 1.291 ms 1.066 ms
5 166-49-198-138.concert.net (166.49.198.138) 1.855 ms 1.881 ms 1.858 ms
6 pos2-1.core002.cwt.esat.net (193.95.131.21) 1.820 ms 1.879 ms 2.157 ms
7 vlan2.rt001.cwt.esat-x.com (193.95.129.3) 2.002 ms 2.359 ms 1.935 ms
8 vlan51.rt501.cwt.esat.net (193.95.130.138) 2.089 ms 2.501 ms 1.969 ms
9 rate502.cwt.esat.net (193.95.137.47) 2.104 ms 2.120 ms 2.016 ms
10 fe9-3.bas501.cwt.esat.net (193.95.137.2xx) 2.458 ms !H 2.548 ms !H 3.175 ms !H


Biz on second thoughts thats not your IP , its esat's dsl trans cache

ipconfig /all in a command prompt will tell you your IP address. it'll prolly be 193.120.xxx.xxx or along those lines.

Paul

flamegrill

Can yis try tracert www.eircom.net - and paste the result here.

I think esat's INEX peering is fscked, and that may be causing some of the problems.

Paul

bizmark

Tracing route to www.eircom.net [159.134.237.56]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 721 ms 448 ms 323 ms lo3.bas501.cwt.esat.net [193.95.136.175]
2 345 ms 440 ms 474 ms fe2-0.rate502.cwt.esat.net [193.95.137.254]
3 822 ms 963 ms 930 ms vlan501.rt501.cwt.esat.net [193.95.137.124]
4 637 ms 679 ms 668 ms vlan51.rt001.cwt.esat.net [193.95.130.137]
5 436 ms 656 ms 773 ms ge1-0.core002.cwt.esat.net [193.95.129.2]
6 713 ms 735 ms 621 ms pos2-0.br001.inex.esat.net [193.95.131.6]
7 961 ms 981 ms 891 ms fa0-0.peering1.inex.dublin.eircom.net [193.1.208
.196]
8 792 ms 472 ms 606 ms fe0-0.service2.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.19
1.71]
9 771 ms 773 ms 774 ms www.eircom.net [159.134.237.56]

Trace complete.

flamegrill

/me smells that someone didn't learn from netsource's mistakes

bizmark

i take it not anuff bandwith then

bah i though they got 48megs not 1meg :rolleyes:

Synkronite

Im confused.. What did EsatBT do wrong that Netsource did too?
My downloads are slow now .. 20kB/sec from ftp.heanet.ie

flamegrill

Biz as far as i know esat did get 45mbit for the service. It must be some sort of internal problem or a problem between eircom and them thats cauing the problem. As pings to just past the dsl gateway are tiny in or around the 2ms mark, so their is a small problem that they should sort out.

Pau

bizmark

i hope so flame if i wanted this kinda ping i would of went with netsources (when i ordered netsources where still ****) i want broadband for game,s mostly so d/l and ping are most important

btw flame what did you mean by "seems someone didnt learn from nersource mistake" ?

btw thanks for takeing the time to have a look at whats happening

Synkronite

Thought Id check my connection before work.. things seem to have stabalized.. Pings are < 30ms to boards.ie -- Downloads from ftp.esat.net are roughly 35kB/sec and from ftp.hea.ie around 40kB/sec.. Although, Im still waiting for 50kB/sec tbh..

One unrelated question.. I have a number of computers (imac, powerbook, pc running winXP) Atm I have my DSL modem hooked up to my WinXP box.. sharing, and everything works fine.. However, say if Im logged onto WinXP.. and my mother logs onto her account (using fast-switching) If she logs my account off [either directly or through the task manager box] It always disconnects the DSL connection also.. I remember when I had No Limits, I could connect it once, and then no matter who logged off, the connection would never be disconnected unless someone explicitly disconnected it.. Any idea why this happens, and how I can avoid it?

Thanks

(PS - Hope the others get their modems today!)

flamegrill

Originally posted by bizmark
btw flame what did you mean by "seems someone didnt learn from nersource mistake" ?

btw thanks for takeing the time to have a look at whats happening

I was muddying the already dirty water is all

And em no hassels.

Paul

Stokolan

congrates to bizmark and Synkronite on recieving there BB.

I was told I should have my modem today. What do they deliever by an post or interlink or some other?? As soon as i hear that it has arrived i'll be set up and let ya know what my pings are. (thats if my modem arrives.. come on iol)

StokolaN