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how do I know what broadband server I'm on?

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  • 17-06-2009 10:46pm
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    dohda
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I got a phonecall from eircom recently telling me that they were upgrading me from a 3mb to a 7mb line. Fantastic I thought but now I'm not so sure. It seemed to have gotten much much slower.

    Using sppedtest.net I tried to check it out. I am living just outside Limerick on the Dublin road so assume the Limerick server is the one that I am on.

    Before I would get download speeds of 2.3-2.7 all the time on the 3mb line. Now my download speed NEVER makes it over 0.31mb/s!!!!

    I tried just to check getting speedtest to run through the Galway server and imagine my surprise when I got speeds of over 6mb/s. Does anyone know how I can check which server I'm going through? Either way it seems I have some sort of a problem with my connection.

    Thanks for reading!


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    It's nothing to do with servers.

    Most likely your line cannot handle the higher speed, and your modem will keep dropping and trying to re-sync, while giving you crappy speeds. eircom should not have upgraded you if this is the case.

    Log into the router and check the line stats, post them here.


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    dohda
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭dohda


    sorry im pretty crap at this sort of thing. Not really sure how I log into my router to check line stats?

    at work at the moment but will read up on it when i get home and try to give it a go.

    Cheers.


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