[WinMac] Slow connection.


Subject: [WinMac] Slow connection.
From: Brian Durant (durant[at]cbn.net.id)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 03:46:16 EST


Hi again,

Is there a way to diagnose a cable connection with Mac apps (and which
apps)??? I am experiencing a cable connection that in late afternoon, early
evening is sometimes serving files at 83, 86, 94 bytes a second. Some
average (around 2 MB) downloads can take up to 4 HOURS, etc. At other
(no-peak) times, it is smooth sailing and I get download times in the
neighborhood of 25-39 Mbits per second. Is this my ISP, is it the cable
system or is it the site that I am at that is the problem? How do I
distinguish?

Here are the stats that I got with MacTCP Ping:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.microsoft.com [207.46.230.220]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
timeout 1 0 0
timeout 2 0 0
timeout 3 0 0
timeout 4 0 0
timeout 5 0 0
timeout 6 0 0
timeout 7 0 0
timeout 8 0 0
timeout 9 0 0
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 10/0/9/100
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 0/0/0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.versiontracker.com
[64.77.102.245]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
success 1 26 56
timeout 2 0 0
success 3 24 56
success 4 26 56
success 5 24 56
success 6 24 56
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 6/5/1/16
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 24/24/26
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.politiken.dk [80.63.59.14]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
timeout 1 0 0
success 2 54 56
timeout 3 0 0
success 4 47 56
success 5 48 56
success 6 52 56
success 7 47 56
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 7/5/2/28
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 0/49/54
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.tv2.dk [193.88.89.10]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
timeout 1 0 0
timeout 2 0 0
timeout 3 0 0
success 4 48 56
timeout 5 0 0
success 6 45 56
success 7 49 56
timeout 8 0 0
success 9 48 56
timeout 10 0 0
success 11 50 56
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 11/5/6/54
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 0/48/50
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.yahoo.com [216.115.102.79]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
timeout 1 0 0
timeout 2 0 0
timeout 3 0 0
timeout 4 0 0
success 5 43 56
timeout 6 0 0
timeout 7 0 0
timeout 8 0 0
timeout 9 0 0
success 10 40 56
success 11 39 56
success 12 43 56
timeout 13 0 0
timeout 14 0 0
success 15 42 56
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 15/5/10/66
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 0/41/43
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.google.com [216.239.33.100]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
timeout 1 0 0
success 2 32 56
success 3 29 56
success 4 30 56
timeout 5 0 0
success 6 34 56
success 7 32 56
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 7/5/2/28
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 0/31/34
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.magellan.com [206.155.37.8]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
success 1 38 56
success 2 37 56
timeout 3 0 0
timeout 4 0 0
timeout 5 0 0
timeout 6 0 0
timeout 7 0 0
success 8 38 56
timeout 9 0 0
timeout 10 0 0
success 11 38 56
timeout 12 0 0
timeout 13 0 0
timeout 14 0 0
timeout 15 0 0
timeout 16 0 0
timeout 17 0 0
timeout 18 0 0
timeout 19 0 0
success 20 44 56
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 20/5/15/75
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 37/39/44
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.amazon.com [207.171.181.16]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
timeout 1 0 0
timeout 2 0 0
timeout 3 0 0
timeout 4 0 0
timeout 5 0 0
timeout 6 0 0
timeout 7 0 0
timeout 8 0 0
timeout 9 0 0
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 10/0/9/100
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 0/0/0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: [192.168.1.100] --> Destination: www.apple.com [17.254.0.91]
RESULT PKT# TIME LENGTH
timeout 1 0 0
timeout 2 0 0
timeout 3 0 0
success 4 38 56
timeout 5 0 0
timeout 6 0 0
success 7 41 56
success 8 40 56
timeout 9 0 0
success 10 38 56
timeout 11 0 0
timeout 12 0 0
timeout 13 0 0
timeout 14 0 0
timeout 15 0 0
timeout 16 0 0
timeout 17 0 0
timeout 18 0 0
timeout 19 0 0
success 20 43 56
Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 20/5/15/75
Round Trip Time (Ticks) min/avg/max = 0/40/43
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cheers,

Brian

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