Hey all:

1) What ping should I expect when pinging www.testmy.net  Mine sure seems slow with pings in the 130-160 range,  so what is normal?  What should I do if this is slow?

2) I have Cox 9/1 setup...   I almost NEVER get close to 9 whatever time day or night I try.  I've seen it,  but MOST tests are 3-5 range is all.   Why and what can I do about it? 

Some background facts:

Sys is XP    *   Intel  P4 3.0c    *   Dlink202 modem   *   I've run tests with modem direct to sys and via my home network,  results are very close to each other.    *    I've tested MANY cablenut settings and nothing is having an effect on the consistency of tests so it's hard to know if the tweaks are doing anything.

Fire away guys  I'm all ears.

LD

Hey Just:

As I said,  I isolated the modem and tested that way as well,  still  high pings and unpredicatable results.  I understand the multi user deal.    We have 4 comps Xbox and VoiP,  so I know it's going to get worked,  that why I direct connected.

Re your second question.  Why would I pay for 9/1 service and try to use a USB modem....  LOL.  EXCEPT for the modem all Comps and routers are 10/100/1000  until you go to the wireless side.  There I'm running multichannel G so 108. 

Before the upgrade to 9/1 things were very consistent during tests and pings in the 50-75 range if I remember right.

So what should I do about this??

Thanks

LD

Gave ya two,  just to be safe:

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1   163 ms   102 ms   102 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    22 ms   102 ms   102 ms  10.52.128.1
  3    23 ms   102 ms   102 ms  ip68-2-2-73.ph.ph.Cox.net [68.2.2.73]
  4    22 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.13.238
  5    23 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.13.134
  6    23 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.13.34
  7    22 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.14.77
  8   105 ms   101 ms   102 ms  chndbbrc01-pos0203.rd.ph.Cox.net [68.1.0.160]
  9   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  lanGBbrj01-so060100.r2.la.Cox.net [68.1.1.231]
 10   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  paltbbrj01-pos020100.r2.pt.Cox.net [68.1.0.237]

 11   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.105.31.18
 12   125 ms   102 ms    52 ms  so-4-2-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.29.161]

 13   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  so-2-3-0.cr1.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.50]
 14   227 ms   102 ms   102 ms  64.124.79.77.theplanet.com [64.124.79.77]
 15   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  dist-vlan31.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.29]
 16   223 ms   209 ms   307 ms  dist-vlan41.dsr2-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.83]
 17   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  gig1-0-1.tp-car9-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.
116.69]
 18   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85
]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    43 ms   102 ms   102 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    17 ms    12 ms    16 ms  10.52.128.1
  3    14 ms   102 ms   102 ms  ip68-2-2-73.ph.ph.Cox.net [68.2.2.73]
  4    22 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.13.238
  5    23 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.13.134
  6    22 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.13.34
  7   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.2.14.77
  8    23 ms   102 ms   102 ms  chndbbrc01-pos0203.rd.ph.Cox.net [68.1.0.160]
  9    22 ms   102 ms   102 ms  lanGBbrj01-so060100.r2.la.Cox.net [68.1.1.231]
 10   125 ms    34 ms    57 ms  paltbbrj01-pos020100.r2.pt.Cox.net [68.1.0.237]

 11    91 ms   102 ms   102 ms  68.105.31.18
 12   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  so-4-2-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.29.161]

 13   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  so-2-3-0.cr1.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.50]
 14    83 ms    82 ms    96 ms  64.124.79.77.theplanet.com [64.124.79.77]
 15    83 ms   102 ms   102 ms  dist-vlan32.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.61]
 16   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  dist-vlan-42.dsr2-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85
.127.91]
 17   125 ms   102 ms   102 ms  gig1-0-1.tp-car9-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.
116.69]
 18    81 ms   146 ms   102 ms  85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85
]

Trace complete.

OK  great....  it's Cox...  How do I know that?  And what should I be prepared for once I call them?

Thanks much.

LD

that first hop ping is way too high

1   163 ms   102 ms   102 ms  192.168.0.1

connect direct to modem via  ethernet and make a new trace

VanBuren

with ethernet?

replace your cable between modem and PC

VanBuren

Isn't 192.168.0.1 A Linksys Router's IP Address?

Are you sure you are by-passing your router?