Connecting, but traffic stops...

[bees]

Posting this from my trusty ISDN modem from home...

We've got Sentech 256k. At the office, we connect through Ethernet and all is fine. At home we use the modem with the USB cable.

At home we are using MySignal 5.7 or Sentech Modem Dialer to connect. The modem connects fine, finds towers etc. As soon as I start browsing, the traffic stops. I have tested it with a DOS window in the background, pinging www.google.co.za. Pings fine UNTIL I open up a web browser. Then it gets "Request time outs" or whatever.

Now, looking at the Measure window is MySignal, I get a signal of 9% (ber = 28%) and an SNL of 0 (-99dBm). Don't know what the SNL means - is the value to low?

I took the PC to the office (to use the fixed antenna there), it gets 13% signal (can't remember SNL unfortunately) and it worked fine there. So I figured that something must be wrong with the patch antenna.

Please explain SNL to me. Is that where my problem lies?

Edit: Read about SNL, and it seems 0dBm is unacceptable. Will send brother to roof tomorrow to investigate!

 

[Luke7777]

Just use MySignal in offline mode and try and get a better SNL somewhere. Doesn't have to be in the roof though. I've surfed from work with 7 signal and 0 (actually -1) SNL

 

[ProAsm]

Have a SNL of zero means you have some nasty interference around which you need to find.
Try a pringles can, get some directivity, anything to try and push aside the interference you are receiving in your modem.
Go check on my site (link below) and see if you can find some tips there

 

[Simple Twist Of Fate]

Ye get pringles or you have had your chips.!!!!

Ha ha....... well back in the day Proasm banned me from the unreal site coz i made a player nick with a backslash.... i think he forgotten tho... as i said it was way back in the day