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<title>802.3ad (or now 802.3ax) Link Aggregation Long Question</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I am puzzled by the differing "statements" on the web that I'm finding relating to link aggregation.  I have found definitive statements that it increases throughput, that it does not increase throughput, and it decreases throughput.  What the heck is up with this?  

I know Mushroom makes products that will "bond" or "bind" or "team" multiple links into one big pipe.  Supposedly they can bind telco dsl, cable dsl, wireless, and maybe even dialup into one big pipe that will give you super speedy downloads, etc.  One problem with that type of solution is it appears you have to install hardware on both ends of the connection.  Not something that a small home/office business could afford.  At least one other company can do the same type of thing but also requires h/w at both ends.  

I am on "extended" dsl with centurylink and can get a MAX of 512k speed.  I would like to be able to get multiple dsl lines from centurylink and bind them into one big pipe to get up to 3mbs or so speed.  

To accomplish binding I believe I would need one pc (let's say it is running Ubuntu 10.11 Linux), at least two nics that support 802.3ad LACP, and one managed switch that also supports LACP.  

My question is:  When you use lacp and bind multiple links together, do you end up with a sum of all the links (or something close to the sum of all the links)?  If I bind 4 links of 512Kbps, do I then have around 2mb of download speed using one pc or do I end up with the ability to have 4 pcs running downloads of 512kbps each?  

I have seen this type of question answered both ways on the internet and I'm not even sure where I could go to get a really definitive answer.  

Looking in Ubuntu documentation, I see this about link aggregation:

Quote:
It's primary use is to increase a network link speed beyond the limits of any single cable or port.  Although it can also be used for failover, if one link dies all traffic to and from the machine should be routed to the remaining links.  
Unquote

Again, I have seen comments on the web where someone did this and their download speed on one pc was almost equal to the sum of all the bonded links.  

Which is correct?  And can you suggest an internet source that I can learn more about this subject??

Any help would be appreciated.  What I currently have is NOT broadband and I'm investigating ALL options to up the speed to something usable (like at least 2mp, preferably 3mb).

thanks,]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-07 14:54:29</pubDate>
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<title>[Connection Sharing] Local Area Network Using Phone Lines?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26867416</link>
<description><![CDATA[Im planning to do a LAN for internet/file sharing and of course LAN game party's
There are people that living far from each another like 1 mile away.... thats a problem.

Cat5 Ethernet cables are not made for long distance connectivity ( 100 meters of length max, otherwise bad connection).

So because i need a connectivity between pc's for long distance I can use Wireless, expensive, and because I prefer wired
and I heard that there is a way to convert CAT5 cable into phone line, because phone lines can be used for long distance connectivity without problems.

So I wonder if there is a way to do that LAN connectivity using phone lines.
RJ45 to phone line, do they exist these adapters? if yes, will this work for me ?

check attachment

Thanks]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-08 00:42:55</pubDate>
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<title>[Servers] Router recommendations for home office / home enterpri</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26864880</link>
<description><![CDATA[Greetings,

I&#146;m in the market for a new router. I&#146;ve already got two access points, one broadcasting our 2.4GHz 802.11n (300mbit) wireless (D-Link DAP-2553) and one broadcasting our 5.0GHz 802.11n (450mbit) wireless (Apple TimeCapsule) so it doesn&#146;t need to feature any wireless capabilities. But it doesn&#146;t matter if it does as we would simply disable them.

The keyword is stability, stability and more stability and bug-free, yet very capable firmware. We are running about ten LAN (mostly gigabit capable) connected systems connecting through a HP ProCurve 1410-16G dumb gigabit switch, two wired printers and about ten wireless systems.
&#9;So the router has to be capable to handle all these clients at once without any hiccups or slowdowns.

We have an optical fibre connection sporting 25mbit download and upload speeds and will soon be upgraded to 100mbit download and upload speeds. So the router must be capable to utilize such routing speeds both LAN to WAN and WAN to LAN.

You can describe our network as a home office / home business / home enterprise setup as it goes beyond a regular home network. All our systems are a part of an Active Directory domain hosted by a Windows Server 2008 R2 server, but we do not require any sort of VPN nor additional VLAN capabilities within the router. What we do need is stability and reliability, and a router capable of utilizing our upcoming 100mbit WAN connection that can handle twenty our so clients simultaneously.

Several of our systems run heavy loads of torrent usage, resulting in lots and lots of simultaneous connections going everywhere all the time and the router must be able to keep up with the heavy load without losing connection or dropping speed.

Our Windows Server 2008 R2 will also be hosting both a website and a FTP-site, therefore stability and reliability is a keyword as the website must stay up at all times and be able to handle whatever load the site might be faced with at peak hours.

I&#146;ve been through a few different routers the past years, but sadly none have proven to provide a perfect experience. They either come with unstable and or buggy firmware, or simply lack features. That or the hardware is simply not up to the task with all our simultaneous clients and connections coming from both the LAN and the WAN side.

We do not require much from the routers firmware, other than it being rock solid and stable without any noticeable bugs. But sadly most consumer routers seems to lack in firmware development making them haunted with bugs or simply lack depth and capability. The key features we need in the firmware is DHCP, dynamic DNS, DHCP / IP-reservations,  port forwarding, upnp and preferably working DMZ and support for IPv6.

The ones we have tried the past years have been:
D-Link DIR-655 rev2, but it featured unstable firmware and seemed to slowdown during heavy load. The DMZ didn&#146;t seem to do anything as port forwarding was still required even after DMZ-hosting a system and there was no upnp support. It became gradually worse with every new firmware update and some wouldn&#146;t even let you return to older firmware.

D-Link DIR-855 rev1, performed and behaved almost identical with DIR-655 only with less reliable firmware and we didn&#146;t see much improvement with the first couple of firmware updates.

Linksys WRT600N rev1, performed and behaved better than the two D-Link routers but neither this one had a working DMZ-feature and there was no upnp and the hardware still seemed to slowdown during heavy load and there seemed to never be much firmware development and patching from Linksys?

Netgear WNDR3700v1, the first router that seemed to not slowdown during heavy load, at least not nearly as much as the above ones. But I didn&#146;t like the firmware layout and there were some dreadful DNS bugs and other things going on that made us replace it. But it might seem like Netgear has fixed these issues by now, but as they have released quite a few never models since the WNDR3700v1 the support and development seems to have gone down the drain and it has been replaced with both a v2 and v3 preforming worse than v1. Neither here did the DMZ seem to do anything.

Netgear SRX5308, the first enterprise / business router we tried and the first one to really shine when it comes to both firmware capabilities and raw performance. Sadly there is an existing firmware bug that makes the WAN performance cripple without any noticeable reason forcing us to restart it quite often to get the speeds back up. After reading our at the Netgear support forum several people has noticed this issue and Netgear is still trying to solve them. Crippled WAN performance is simply a no go.

Cisco RV220W, almost identical hardware to the SRX5308, but less RAM. Seems to be able to handle our heavy load but the firmware did not impress. Firstly it seems to lack DHCP / IP-reservations and Cisco has  confirmed that the DMZ doesn&#146;t do anything at the moment and there isn&#146;t much firmware development and Cisco have started to actually remove features with the latest firmware updates.

And so our hunt for the &#147;perfect&#148; router that will suit our needs continues and I hoped for some guidance and recommendations from you all. Price-range is uncertain, we are ready to pay what it may cost.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-07 14:31:59</pubDate>
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<title>I need router experts please</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26864285</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi there, I once again have a question to all the gurus in here.

I need a router that enables you to set TCP and UDP timeouts. 

For example, in DD WRT firmware (pretty sure you guys know what that is..) there is an option that allows you to do just that! 

But, I would like to actually get a commercial router somewhere on the market that enables that feature. Ill list below in detail what I need.

A) A router that has TCP and UDP timeouts set above 10000 
B)If its configurable, even better!
D)Would someone please tell me what is the default values on the market routers out there today? Netgear, Dlink, Belkin... Since they don't even show specs page, I would like to know what is the standard? 

Thank you very much!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-07 12:32:35</pubDate>
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<title>[XP] Can I get away with a switch for this?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26858537</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have a PS3 connected to my wired network in my entertainment center. Recently I have upgraded a few things that need access to the internet. I was wondering If I could use a switch to share the internet connection between my PS3, TV, and Satellite Receiver. 

Hookup is like this.

Internet >> Wireless AP (D-Link DI-624 Port X) >> Switch >> then use 3 ports to 
1. PS3
2. TV
3. Sat Box with Sling
4. Future 
5. Future

Would this work? If so any features on the switch that I need to be aware of.

Usage on the PS3 includes online gaming and streaming video from within my network. 
Usage on Satellite Box would be to streaming to PC, other devices

Would I run into trouble with online gaming, NAT3, etc?

Could I use the internet in all 5 ports at the same time?
Thanks in advance!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 01:53:48</pubDate>
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<title>slow downloads, not is it the NIC</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26862940</link>
<description><![CDATA[I ran a virus/malware scan, clean my cookies and temp files and etc.., cleaned m reg.  verified it not the RR cable modem.

My PC downloads under 1 meg, my laptop is at 25 megs connected directly to the modem.

I have tried the PC in safe mode, no change, i ran the optimizer program for the NIC intel 82566dm gig.

swapped the eithernet cable, no change in speed

vista home Sp2
4g ram]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-07 03:18:04</pubDate>
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<title>[Windows] Find IP</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26854715</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hello,
I have 2 wireless networks.  One is on the BrightHouse router/modem combo unit and the other is on a Belkin N+ router hooked up as an access point. I had to use the Belkin because I just didn't have good range and speed with the Brighthouse Ubee modem/router.  
I need to access the Belkin router to make changes but cannot remember the ip address.  How can I figure this out?
Thanks for any help!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-04 19:02:17</pubDate>
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<title>[Connection Sharing] Extending local network to second house.</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26858656</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hello all, I need some advice here concerning a long cable run I'm planning to install soon.  I need to have this up and running before summer.

Basically here is my situation;  My brother lives next door, we both live on a farm.   As such, "next door" means his house is on the other side of some very tall pine trees (a whole small forest) which are the thin ones that sway all over the place when the wind picks up.  I have not measured the exact distance yet, but I already know its way outside of spec for CAT5/6.   I'm far from an expert on this stuff though, and I've never done an out door run like this before.

So my first idea was maybe going wireless, but after researching that doesn't look doable in my situation without building some towers or cutting down a lot of trees.  We want to keep the trees as they serve as a good wind break, and I'm not building any towers, so that options out.

So I did some more reading, and I'm thinking that maybe fiber is the way to go?   I know it costs more than copper, but I want to do this right from the get-go and would like to see this still going strong at least 20 years from now (meaning, not having to rip up the ground).

But, I also know working with fiber can be a delicate process.  I'm correct in understanding that I can't splice this stuff on my own if I mess something up, right?   Also, I know using fiber requires extra hardware on both ends, what is the true cost of buying and maintaining that hardware? 

Last but not least, and this one is the important bit.   My brother can not get any form of broadband at his house but I can get cable at mine.  My brother has tried getting the cable company to run him a line, but they want him to pay for it (and its a big number, an insane number).  I've already checked with them and they said it is a-okay to share this connection with another home as long as I'm not re-selling it.

My concern with sharing the internet connection is this:  In the summer we're going to be hosting LAN parties, sometimes in both houses at the same time.  A lot of these matches will require an internet connection to a game server because they'll be playing tournaments with other teams all across the world.  To add insult, a lot of these games will be on Xbox 360 and NOT PCs.  

I'm worried about having say, 15 consoles, all trying to use Xbox live at once.  I'm willing to buy a "business class" package to deal with all these users (already working on terms with the ISP) and my cable line is usually pretty decent when it comes to its ping times to the game servers.  But how well do you think this is going to hold up to 10-20 consoles/PCs all trying to access the game server at the same time?

Sorry if some of these are obvious, I've done a lot of reading on this but as you can see I'm no expert.   I'm just a guy trying to build a homebrew network for some local clans to play on.  BTW I currently have a crappy WRT54G router but I do plan on replacing it when we lay this fiber in the ground.  I guess what I am saying is, aside from the cable modem everything will be getting replaced.  I plan on running CAT5 in the houses and only using fiber for the run between houses.

Anyone attempted this before?  Also, I live on a farm as I said before so all land is owned by myself or my brother, so we don't have as much red tape as most.  I'll measure the distance for the run as best I can when the sun comes and I get a little breakfast in my stomach ;).   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 05:47:10</pubDate>
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<title>[Servers] Building and configuring a server</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26834427</link>
<description><![CDATA[I would like to know how to build a server out of old spare parts.
Are servers CPU dependent or do they depend on the amount of RAM?
I have 4 IDE hard drives (10gb - 80gb), tons of IDE cables, 4 CD-ROM's, 5 10/100 network cards, 1 10/100/1000 network card, and also I have full sized tower.
The motherboard only supports Primary and Secondary IDE (max 4 devices.)
How could I put all these spare parts to use? What would be the best server role for me to use?
Right now my home network is made up of 2 desktops (wired gigabit), 1 laptop (802.11n), 1 printer (802.11g), 1 10/100 router that acts as a switch (dhcp disabled), 1 bluray player (10/100 wired). The 10/100 router is connected to my main router via the LAN port. My main router is an 10/100/1000 and 802.11n router. The internet connection is connected via the WAN port.
I still haven't figured out an operating system for the server. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-31 11:02:16</pubDate>
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<title>Port forwarding to itself?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26855194</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hello,

I have an inexpensive router that provides NAT and also provides DNS services.

Meaning any client connecting to it via DHCP or static IP can point to its address at 192.168.1.1 and receive answers to DNS queries.

When I do an IP config I get my DHCP assigned address, default gateway as 192.168.1.1 and Primary DNS as 192.168.1.1.

The router is assigned a static address from my ISP.

What I want to know is whether I can port foward port 53 UDP to its address at 192.168.1.1 so that I can connect to it from the wan as my DNS resolver. Basically I want to connect to it from the world by pointing to its IP address.

I know people port foward port 80 for web servers to machines on the subnet; however can a router allow a port forward to itself?

As in port foward UDP port 53 to 192.168.1.1?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-04 22:26:03</pubDate>
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<title>[Windows] using local ip over broadband</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26855336</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi!
i am using a 3g internet usb. there is a university in my town. they are using dsl internet. somebody told me that there is a software which if i install it n my pc, i could use the local ips of the university in my 3g usb and i will get the internet speed from university. 
can somebody tells me is it possible? if yes then how?
Thanks]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-04 23:15:04</pubDate>
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<title>[Other] DGL-4500, SB6180 Combo - And need more than 4 wired devi</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26837788</link>
<description><![CDATA[I need a new Cable Modem and Router. It will be for internet, streaming HD, network sharing for music and video, and gaming.  So far, it will be for the following devices:
Xbox 360 x2 - Wired (Priority connection)
Desktop PC (Win7) x2 - Wired
Blu-Ray Player - Wired
Nintendo Wii - Wireless
Laptop (Win7) - Wireless
Droid Phone x2 - Wireless
Printer - Wireless
Digital Photo Frame - Wireless

I have been reading all over the interwebs for the past couple days and have been looking for the best cable modem and router for my needs.  So far I think my choices will be the D-Link DGL-4500 Router and the Motorola SB6180 Cable Modem.

Is this a good combo?  Does anyone have any other suggestions?  In addition to what I've already stated as my needs, we need the best possible speeds and least possible lag for gaming.  And I'm hoping not to have to replace them for as long as possible so I'm hoping for something that supports at least some future protocols.

The DGL-4500 seems to be several years old now.  Is there a new version or is it still viable for high-end, high-speed gaming?  I haven't found anything yet.

Our budget is around $300.  So far it looks like the DGL-4500 and SB6180, together, would run about $300 retail but only $200 or less used so I don't mind buying used equipment.  Are there any inherit problems with used equipment that I should be aware of?

I still have to look up the following bit (I will, I promise) but since I'm here I hope you don't mind me asking anyhow...
As you can see I have 5 wired devices that I would like to have hooked up.  I don't mind having the Blu-Ray player unplugged most of the time but the time may come (and likely will) where my family may have another device we'd like to have plugged in regularly.  If I go with this combo I can only have 4 devices wired at a time.  Is there a cheap way around this?  Can I use a switch or hub behind port 4 of the DGL-4500 for some devices or is this not technically possible because of IP assignment, etc?  Or could I use a second cheapie router behind port 4 of the DGL-4500?  Can you daisy-chain routers like this?  Our ISP is Charter Communications and we have 30Mbps home cable internet.

Sorry for all the questions.  I'm just trying to get as much info now to try and avoid headaches later.

Thank you for any help!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-01 00:50:54</pubDate>
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<title>[Servers] media server project</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26827698</link>
<description><![CDATA[mods: please move to better forum if necessary...

I want to start working on a networking project soon and am hoping for some good advice.  I'll not go into too much detail:

I have some mixed multimedia files and also a website which I want to share with authenticated users (LAN and WAN side).  The files are mostly stored on D-Link DNS-321 NAS-units, and are very well-organized.  I have these NAS-units connected to a Gig-E switch which itself is connected to the LAN via a second Gig-E switch.  This setup works well for direct access from connected devices but it seems to me there may be a better alternative available.

Couldn't I connect the NAS-switch to a second NIC in a server, and then have clients login to the server to gain access to the media?  I'm thinking I could connect this server to my LAN with one NIC and the NAS with the other NIC to separate the two resources?  I hope I'm not over-complicating anything here but another reason to have a server between the NAS and the network would be to transcode media.

Obviously I'd need a pretty decent hardware side for this server, so what do you all recommend?  I've always been an Intel-guy but I'll consider any suggestions!  Thanks.
--
I see what you're saying, even though I'm really  just listening...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-29 14:18:03</pubDate>
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<title>[Windows] Ping Alert Program</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26780068</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi,

I'm looking for a program that can do the following:
-ping a server constantly
-alert me if there's no ping response after 5minutes
-correspond the pings with the actual time. eg. ping #567 = Jan 17, 2012 10am.

What ping programs do you recommend?

Thanks for your help!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-17 15:24:39</pubDate>
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<title>[Windows] MOCA ethernet bridges interfere with Multiroom DVR</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26848111</link>
<description><![CDATA[Will the use of MOCA ethernet bridge(s) interfere with the use of a Multiroom DVR setup (like Comcast uses) ? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-03 02:12:40</pubDate>
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<title>[Windows] Configuring wired network for 20 devices</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26832066</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am configuring a network (domestic) in my new home.

I do not want to use wireless, as it would require that I purchase an adapter for each PC.
Also, the building has an inbuilt Ethernet cable infrastructure, it would be foolish not to make use of the advantages.
I'm interested in keeping the static IP configuration I had in my old home.

Both modem and router are already present, switches would need to be purchased (they are quite affordable domestic switches).
All network hardware will be inside a small server cabinet, with proper ventilation.

I have with me a schematic of what I have in mind:

 [att=1] 

There are a lot of PCs, but in fact only 3 of them regularly use the internet, and only 2 use heavy bandwidth (p2p, streaming, etc).

The "12 additional PCs" represent potential PCs in the network (empty wall Ethernet sockets), which could be present at any time.

This is basically me making the most of an existing infrastructure, making it ready for things like holding LAN parties, etc. (so all devices need to be visible from every computer).

OS: some of my PCs run windows XP professional (32 bit), others run Windows 7 home edition (64 bit). Some of my potential guests have MACs.

I have a few questions:

1 - Is this viable? Do you have improvement suggestions? Different hardware? (please mind the price range, these switches are about 40 EUR/50 Dollars each)

2 - How do I configure this setup so that all devices are visible by each other inside one big LAN network?

3 - Will the router be able to handle this huge LAN network? (mind you, only 4 or 5 devices would ever access the WAN simultaneously, so the emphasis is placed on LAN management)

Thanks for reading!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-30 17:42:05</pubDate>
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<title>Slow Flash Playback</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26835929</link>
<description><![CDATA[Consider these URLs and their corresponding videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_PGpovteOI
http://flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/rtmp.html
http://www.mtv.com/videos/beavis-and-butt-head-season-9-ep-12-whorehouse-going-down/1676256/playlist.jhtml#series=2211&seriesId=37392&channelId=1
http://www.nbc.com/30-rock/video/the-ballad-of-kenneth-parcell/1381365/

Using NetLimiter Pro (how i love this software), i have found that when i watch the youtube video, i use HTTP port 80 to "stream" the content. on my ISP, the youtube video plays without any issues. i have about 600KBps of bandwidth.

However, for the rest of the videos, they top out at about 50KBps for me. as a result, the videos are unwatchable. they stutter at high quality and consequently the quality is decreased and often times i just don't get enough bandwidth for continuous play.

I've determined, watching the output via NetLimiter, that my slowness is because those sites use RTMP over port 1935:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol

so the question is, is there any way to diagnose whats destroying my bandwidth over that port? to make sure that "secure" protocols arent just "slow in general", i downloaded a 9MB file from:

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/downloads/detail?name=chromecomicJPGS.zip&can=2&q=

and it downloaded with the quickness (used almost all available bandwidth). it seems to be a particular problem with RTMP.. any ideas? tired of watching "beaving and butthead" and "the office" in ULTRA LOW DEF mode.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-31 15:47:54</pubDate>
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<title>ST516 DSL Modem -&#x3E; block incoming IP?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Is there a configuration screen anywhere on a THOMSON ST516 dsl modem where I can tell it to block/drop all incoming connections from one (or more) external IP address's?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-28 15:01:54</pubDate>
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<title>[Servers] Booting from LAN via PXE</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have just figured out how to enable the Boot ROM on all my network adaptors and configure the BIOS boot order to boot from LAN.
I would like to set up an server to let me try out booting from the network using PXE instead of booting up with the hard drive.
The system I have setup is an older slower system that has an gigabit NIC card installed.
What are some good server systems that are easy to setup for PXE booting?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-29 13:39:30</pubDate>
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