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SNRM Fell 10 points....Why?

2008-07-24 14:13:32

Hey guys. Would anyone know why my SNRM fell from 13 on a 5 meg fast path to only 6 on a 4 meg fastpath? I have been using TSI since november @ 5 megs no problems until a month ago when it fell bigtime.

Bell is blocking 4chan

2008-07-26 02:00:43

http://www.4chan.org/ Since last week I was unable to access 4chan, it works for everyone that lives outside Canada that I spoke to. Does it work for you?

MLPPP on pfSense

2008-05-19 02:45:05

Yeah, after Tomato, you can now run MLPPP on your pfSense box :). This is the "version zero" on how to make it yourself. When bugs will be resolved, I will make a package to make the config easy. I have only 1 DSL line for now. I didn't tested a real MultiLink setup. So all my tests was with a single line mlppp. My current unresolved problems are : 1- My speed are less than without mlppp setup. 2- My latency is weird (jump from 20 to 500, 800, 1000ms) 3- VoIP voice quality are very bad (because of #2) I think this is mtu/mru/mss issues... your help is welcome ! This is the steps to follow: 0- Install pfSense on your hard drive. Live systems (like on live cd) won't work. 1- Install FreeBSD 6.2. I did it on VMWare. 2- Get MPD 5.1 CVS and compile it on the bsd box (see this useful post: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20249759-MPD-configuration-instructions-for-mlppp). You can also get my precompiled version here or here. 3- Copy your /usr/local/sbin/mpd5 from the bsd box to the same location on your pfSense box. 4- Install expat-2.0.1 and libpdel-0.5.3_4 on your pfSense box. (type this on a shell prompt : pkg_add -r expat libpdel). This command will not work out of the box. FreeBSD removed package for the 6.2 release from almost all mirrors. I don't know very well FreeBSD ports system, so I added this line to /etc/hosts in order to redirect to a better mirror : 194.134.17.10 ftp.freebsd.org 5- Open /etc/inc/interfaces.inc. Search for this line : mwexec("/usr/local/sbin/mpd -b -d {$g['varetc_path']} -p {$g['varrun_path']}/mpd.pid pppoe"); and replace by: mwexec("/usr/local/sbin/mpd5 -b -d /usr/local/etc/mpd5 -p {$g['varrun_path']}/mpd.pid pppoe"); 6- Create a new mpd.conf and save it at /usr/local/etc/mpd5/mpd.conf #these lines are optional, they give you a web interface to check the status of the connection startup: # ##desired username and password to login#set user username password admin #set web self #default port is 5006#set web open pppoe: create bundle static B1 set iface route default create link static L1 pppoe set pppoe iface le1 set auth authname "mylogin@teksavvy.com" set auth password "mypass" set link mtu 1442 set link mru 1442 set link mss 1398 set link enable multilink set link max-redial 0 set link action bundle B1 open create link static L2 pppoe set pppoe iface le1 set auth authname "mylogin@teksavvy.com" set auth password "mypass" set link mtu 1442 set link mru 1442 set link mss 1398 set link enable multilink set link max-redial 0 set link action bundle B1 open You may have to replace le1 by your network interface. This file is for a single link mlppp. For a real multilink, the second link should be associated to your second network interface. Don't forget to enter your login and password on that configuration file. Login/password you enter in the GUI will be ignored, for now. Set the WAN type to PPPoE and set the MTU to 1442 in the WAN page of the GUI. That's all ! -- TI-Québec : Forum des professionnels en TI au Québec.

From being throttled @ 5k to a WRT54GL to still throttled...

2008-07-25 10:54:18

Hey guys, I'm a little new to this so I'm not sure I've done everything properly but here goes... I originally started to see throttling on any bit torrent download down to 23kb/s, which at certain times of the day drops to about 5kb/s. Sooooo, I ended up calling Teksavvy's tech support last week, I spoke to a very nice gentlemen who was saying that some people had been pretty successful at bypassing bell's throttling an kindly pointed me to the dslreports forums. After some reading up on a few posts, It seemed pretty clear that the road to take was to get a Linksys WRT54GL router, flash it with Tomato firmware, and set it to MultiLink PPP - Single Link. Ok, so I purchased one from Direct Canada. downloaded a binary stable build of Tomato v1.19-mp2 from fixppp.org I then flashed it by "update firmware" option within the standard interface and chose the WRT54G_WRT54GL.bin. Theeen, went to Administration/Configuration and chose "Erase all data in NVRAM memory (thorough)" and clicked "ok". Then set the MultiLink PPP to Single Link as we only have 1 dsl modem. I've also opened a browser window, with only the modem plugged in and configured my modem to be in bridged mode. then of course, replugged the phone line to the modem, cat5e from the modem to the WAN in the router, and another cat5e from the router to the PC. Oh yes, And lastly Unchecked the enable wireless box as we only have this 1 desktop pc at home. Now, I've tried downloading properly seeded files such as ubuntu but still (for some reason that my elephant brain cannot grasp) my downloads are throttled to 23kb/sec. :huh: As you can imagine, I'm at a crossroad in my life where I'm debating between grabbing the toaster with me the next time I step into the shower, or start looking on the floor for the spare bolts that might have escaped my head. Soooo, any help you would be able to provide would be greatly greatly oh so very much appreciated. :) ps: oh yes, this was something i originally asked TS for help, but as i turns out, they only support the actual modem they shipped and not these add on routers. so I'm hoping that by sending this post out to everyone, that some folks will be able to shed some light on this.

Tomato/MLPPP v2 FINAL released!

2008-07-18 02:20:07

We are proud to announce that v2 of Tomato/MLPPP has been released. This is a major update to Tomato/MLPPP that vastly improves stability and reliability. Today also marks the official launch of http://fixppp.org, the new official home of the Tomato/MLPPP firmware. We've got a lot more planned for the site, but for now we're just launching it with the basic functionality. The new release can be downloaded from there. We've also made the source code for this release available as promised. Here's a changelog for this release (versus v1, not the latest betas): * Fixed a bug where the router would not properly handle the primary link going down * Fixed a bug where if the primary link was down permanently, the secondary link would never connect. The previous two items sparked a complete re-architecting of how the router manages PPP sessions. * Added better status reporting on the status overview page * Fixed the issue where occasional IPCP conf request timeouts on connect caused PPPd to hang * Fixed frequent disconnects under moderate to high packetloss conditions * Fixed a bug where 3 or more links locked up the router 100% of the time * Added a whole bunch of additional options (MTU/MSS/MRU/MRRU/etc) to the advanced option page, and moved MTU there. * Fixed issues with OpenVPN, Slingbox, and other devices/apps that couldn't connect through Tomato/MLPPP. This should also help with sluggish web browsing performance reported in v1. * Added support for Acanac and other ISPs that only support MLPPP on some (but not all) of their gateways. * Changed official name in webui to Tomato/MLPPP to reflect what we're calling it everywhere else. * A few UI label changes to improve consistency and correctness. And here's our planned changes for the upcoming v3: * Merge in changes from Tomato 1.19 --> 1.20 * Improve behaviour of MSS/MTU as it relates to UDP applications that don't properly detect the MTU * Fisx the issue where the router stops trying to connect after suffering many (100+) consecutive connection failures In case you missed it before: DOWNLOAD: http://fixppp.org

Help me analyze my DMT results

2008-07-25 20:16:15

Hey Guys, Not really sure how to read the results. Could someone do me a favour and analyze the results? It seems like my download rate is low, but im not sure why. http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f114/Gophermofur/dmt.jpg Any thoughts? Thanks, Mo

New DNS Attack (poisoning)?

2008-07-25 12:16:19

Is this news talks about the previous month DNS Poisoning? or there's an another issue? http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/24/Attack_code_released_for_new_DNS_attack_1.html

bandwidth check tool & capsavvy not working

2008-07-24 10:41:44

anyone else?

Good Modems/routers?

2008-07-25 19:21:13

I was just wondering if there are any good compatible modems with Teksavvy besides the Speedtouch series. Is it possible to simply connect a line directly to a router, say the WRT54GL? Thanks.