bret3d
join:2008-05-08
Columbus, OH
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Re: [TWC] Columbus, OH - Slow speed from Pittsburgh. Need help.
Thanks for everyone's input.
Yes, it's a wireless laptop in my parent's basement attached by 802.11b wireless. I could get some stats from the wired computer if that hop worries you. But, as I said before, my issue hasn't been latency, it's throughput. Ping rates have always seemed reasonable and never line up with my use. Just tried to use the Slingbox and it peaked at 60kbps. Using Hotspot Shield gets my rates up to 500-1200kbps.
I did try to use the Slingbox early Wednesday morning (7:30am EDT). And surprisingly got rates around 400kbps. The best I've seen since November. So it's not completely unusable when everyone who uses the internet is asleep.
By the way, here is my FTP tests:
I set up an FTP server in my home network(RR) and exposed the port (21 I believe). I then remote controlled to my work (Time Warner Telecom) and downloaded a 40 MB test file. Results below
ftp> mget *.mkv
200 Switching to Binary mode.
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Sample.mkv (41279968 bytes).
226 File send OK.
ftp: 41279968 bytes received in 665.95Seconds 61.99Kbytes/sec.
61.99 Kbytes or 619.9 kbps is close to my 750 kbps upload speed so all is normal.
I then did the opposite and uploaded the file right back.
ftp> mput *.mkv
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Ok to send data.
226 File receive OK.
ftp: 41279968 bytes sent in 220.61Seconds 187.12Kbytes/sec.
Also very successful.
Now I did the exact same thing remotely at my parent's house (Verizon Fios).
ftp> mget *.mkv
200 Switching to Binary mode.
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Sample.mkv (41279968 bytes).
226 File send OK.
ftp: 41279968 bytes received in 639.72Seconds 64.53Kbytes/sec.
All good. Now the final test to upload the file back to my house in Columbus, OH. I'll tell you right now I was never successful. I used ftp 4 times and it failed, but it didn't give me any speeds. So I used another program (WS_FTP) and this is what I got.
sending Sample.mkv as Sample.mkv (1 of 1)
TYPE I
200 Switching to Binary mode.
PORT 192,168,1,2,7,55
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
STOR Sample.mkv
150 Ok to send data.
! Send error: connection reset
Transmitted 1911808 bytes in 486.6 secs, (38.52 Kbps), transfer failed
! Receive error: Blocking call cancelled
It's going slower than a 56K modem and eventually dies. I think it's important to get something that can show a consistent stream because some traffic does make it, but it is not reliable. |
