OT - one solution for slow download speeds with cable internet
patience55
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One of the causes for slower than expected download speeds, from "any' website has been found to be with the modems.
The solution is simple. Turn it off. Wait a minute or five. Turn it back on. If your laptop is a little quirky like mine is, might have to tell the OS to 'trouble-shoot' the concept being to reset the IP address. Whether this is a brand specific or a "bad batch" issue I don't know. I do know that so many modems were returned to an ISP that they now casually mention that if one is having a speed problem, to turn off/on the modem on some of the taped phone responses one gets to listen to while waiting for a person to answer the phone.
If the solution works, but needs to be repeated several times a day, it's time a new modem.
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I have actually recommended several times in other threads that resetting the router can help with download problems, and not just for cable internet. Resetting, or if you don't have a handy reset button then turn off and turn on.
It works every time for me, on my very much less than optimal terrestrial Broadband connection, thus proving that the problem with slow downloads most often isn't DAZ 3D's fault.
Yes routers are another item that may need resetting. Modems, these new improved models seem to have a caching issue or something that causes a slow down. Mind boggling improvement. :-S
Yep, powercycling the modem, and/or router and/or wireless transceiver, and/or disable/enable the computer network connection, and/or powercycle the computer seems to cure a myriad of ills. I'm considering moving my household power junction box next to my computer so I can just powercycle the house all in one fell swoop without leaving my chair. 8-o
It seems the smarter we make machines the more often they go insane. 8-s
I'm still bemused by the issue that it's well into the 21st century and we still can't make a candy machine that doesn't jam. :-(
Yeah, we can send man to the moon, but not build roads that won't get pot holes!
Or cell phones that can actually make and receive phone calls. Although they seem to have no trouble doing a plethora of things that other equipment you have already does perfectly well enough thank you very much. (Deep breath) (And out ) (Lengthy phone/technology rant averted, phew)
it astounds me mobile phones need voice mail!
why can't they just record a message as an mp3?
my iPhone saves messages as files, I think a lot of other smart phones do as well.
also tapping into your neighbors unsecured wireless to stream netflix and itunes radio to your computer will effect their overall bandwidth, especially if the whole neighborhood sees them broadcasting an open SSID.
Practice safe net, wear a password.
It's good advice though I've done it only once in the past year--recycled both modem and router and neither made a difference. It turned out there was a loose cable connection or something about a block away. But there will be signs to point to what to try first. Like if downloads from other places are behaving normally. In that case as mentioned above, trying for a new IP address may help. Sometimes, though, an entire block of IP's goes on a list at once and there's nothing you can do about it. Sometimes it's just traffic. Sometimes a server problem.
I've found that in general the only thing that needs frequent resetting here is my beloved Kindle Fire.
Ummm...there's a reason for that...it's called 'job security'...what would all those road crew workers do if they didn't have potholes to fix?
Ummm...there's a reason for that...it's called 'job security'...what would all those road crew workers do if they didn't have potholes to fix?
Um..., lay tracks for high-speed rail? Build a bridge over the Bering Strait? Tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean? Mine asteroids? Colonize Mars?
Speaking of Kindle Fire. I know nothing about those types of things except their names. I have a computer customer who has asked me to recommend a book reader. I went to OfficeMax and looked at the selection. I tried the B/W Kindle and sneered at the slow response. I tried a Kindle Fire (small) and it was color and seemed to respond to my touch and produce results before I got irritated. I looked at a larger Kindle Fire with a camera. I also looked at the Nook but I'm not very confident in the long term prospects for Barnes & Noble. I'm about to recommend a mid-sized Kindle Fire without camera to this person who is a luddite technophobe. Am I doing him a service?
PS: I live very close so I can set up his wireless system and keep his system running but he calls me to remind him now to print photos from his computer. 8-o
Speaking of Kindle Fire. I know nothing about those types of things except their names. I have a computer customer who has asked me to recommend a book reader. I went to OfficeMax and looked at the selection. I tried the B/W Kindle and sneered at the slow response. I tried a Kindle Fire (small) and it was color and seemed to respond to my touch and produce results before I got irritated. I looked at a larger Kindle Fire with a camera. I also looked at the Nook but I'm not very confident in the long term prospects for Barnes & Noble. I'm about to recommend a mid-sized Kindle Fire without camera to this person who is a luddite technophobe. Am I doing him a service?
PS: I live very close so I can set up his wireless system and keep his system running but he calls me to remind him now to print photos from his computer. 8-o
Yeah, the middle size one sounds good. I'm not sure you can get it without the camera. It's mostly wasted because as far as I know it's only front facing. The important thing for me when I was deciding what to get was ecosystem. I use mine mainly for books and little games and watching radars during storms. I dismissed Nook almost immediately. I didn't really want to dive into Apple's world, so it was between a Galaxy (google's store) and Kindle Fire (Amazon). I was already a Prime member there (which isn't necessary but nice to have and I think you get a month to three free with your Kindle). Going Amazon really was a no brainer to me.
Touch is great for turning pages but I have a hard time typing with it. Some games are at their best with touch, others not so much. Playing any match-three type game (Jewels Star and Jewels Legend are my absolute faves) feels so natural but a game I have where you have to herd chickens with your finger is exasperatingly difficult as are some types of platform games.
But on the whole my Kindle Fire is my joy. A couple of years ago I got Joe the original Kindle, something he said he didn't want or need. I knew better. It hasn't been out of his hands since.
Having wifi at home is a definite plus since that's the only way to connect to pick up your books, games, videos, etc., and connect to the net with the Fire (except the high end one which also has 4G). The original that Joe has has both wifi and 3G and I got it for him before I set up my wifi and he's perfectly happy using 3g to this day.
You can set up a permanent connection to his wifi with the Kindle Fire's MAC address and I recommend it over using a guest account. But I'm sure you'd figure that out anyway.
Ummm...there's a reason for that...it's called 'job security'...what would all those road crew workers do if they didn't have potholes to fix?
Fix the sidewalks! They've been a mess since the earthquake.
lol I have got the best internet connection I EVER had on my desktop right now
(OK, so I use a 3G phone tower based dongle so not a very high benchmark)
still 3G, still the SAME phone tower
BUT
I bought a tiny usb wireless adapter and am using my ANDROID as the modem!
it is so FAST compared to just my dongle it is not funny!
I wonder what REAL broadband is like!!!