Sample Traceroutes. My 2nd hop consistently times out.
Tracing route to www.suddenlink.net [208.180.42.11] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.0 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 39 ms 124 ms 65 ms 173-219-252-46-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219. 252.46] 4 159 ms 66 ms 165 ms 173-219-252-200-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219 .252.200] 5 150 ms 75 ms 73 ms cdm-66-76-236-253.athn.suddenlink.net [66.76.236 .253] 6 173 ms 99 ms 339 ms 66-76-232-41.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.41]
7 476 ms 65 ms 192 ms 66-76-232-18.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.18]
8 468 ms 84 ms 178 ms cdm-66-76-30-70.tylrtx.suddenlink.net [66.76.30. 70] 9 559 ms 138 ms 129 ms servfw.suddenlink.net [66.76.29.28] 10 * 236 ms 459 ms pages.suddenlink.net [208.180.42.11]
Trace complete. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tracing route to www.suddenlink.net [208.180.42.11] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.0 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 65 ms 102 ms * 173-219-252-46-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219. 252.46] 4 76 ms 364 ms 456 ms 173-219-252-200-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219 .252.200] 5 326 ms 111 ms 228 ms cdm-66-76-236-253.athn.suddenlink.net [66.76.236 .253] 6 348 ms 396 ms 68 ms 66-76-232-41.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.41]
7 428 ms 61 ms 390 ms 66-76-232-18.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.18]
8 289 ms 214 ms 169 ms cdm-66-76-30-70.tylrtx.suddenlink.net [66.76.30. 70] 9 178 ms 194 ms 119 ms servfw.suddenlink.net [66.76.29.28] 10 67 ms 138 ms 209 ms pages.suddenlink.net [208.180.42.11]
Tracing route to www.suddenlink.net [208.180.42.11] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.0 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 36 ms 37 ms 23 ms 173-219-252-46-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219. 252.46] 4 240 ms 63 ms 391 ms 173-219-252-200-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219 .252.200] 5 209 ms 159 ms 129 ms cdm-66-76-236-253.athn.suddenlink.net [66.76.236 .253] 6 139 ms 282 ms 278 ms 66-76-232-41.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.41]
7 312 ms 66 ms 99 ms 66-76-232-18.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.18]
8 147 ms 183 ms 94 ms cdm-66-76-30-70.tylrtx.suddenlink.net [66.76.30. 70] 9 * 228 ms 165 ms servfw.suddenlink.net [66.76.29.28] 10 148 ms 76 ms 112 ms pages.suddenlink.net [208.180.42.11]
this really sucks for DSL.. try manually pluggin in open DNS 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 if u dont know how google manual plug in DNS. being a former DSL tech it might make a difference Suddenlink DNS might be the issue.
reply to WVU2003 Do you really have your router addressed with 192.168.1.0??? That can be a probem in itself presuming it's a /24. Also, bypass your home network and see if you have the same problem with speeds and traces.