On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 10:16:02AM -0500, Bill Layer wrote: > This is kind of interesting.. I noticed recently that my internet > bandwidth seemed to be less than the 640k that I was used to with Qwest > DSL. So I went to DSLreports.com and tested it. My suspicion was confirmed > - I was testing at about 230k/down 240k/up. This is more like a 256k > connection than a 640k connection. I have had slow (25k) downloads for a > long time now, and I always assumed it was the remote server or the route > that was causing it... > > I started to think back to when this problem began, and I realized that I > could not recall it happening in the days before I upgraded to CBOS 2.4.1 > or 2.4.2... Now, I started thinking about my whole question about the > 'nsrouter' versions of the CBOS firmware (which is what I was currently > using) and what the differences might be between the 'nsrouter' and > 'plain' versions of the firmware. So, I made a guess and did an > experiment. If you might recall, when I tried to use the Qwest DSL > updater, it told me to use the c675.2.4.3.bin file, NOT the > nsrouter.c675.2.4.3.bin file. > > I've had the c675.2.4.3.bin firmware for a while, but I'd never installed > it. On a whim, I went ahead and did it. Like magic, on reboot my > connection is 550k+ and all seems speedy again. Flashing firmware on this > device always creeps me out a little, so I really don't feel like > re-installing the nsrouter.c675.2.4.2.bin version to see if my connection > falls back to 256k again.. > > If you are running the 'nsrouter' version of 2.4.1 or 2.4.2, could you > please test your speed and let me know? This seemed like a direct cause & > effect relationship (from my end) but it still seems like an easy > coincidence... I am running nsrouter version of 2.4.3 and DSLreports gave me 534/228. Also my regular apt-get upgrade shows me the same 66-67K/s. florin -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4