Ping times up, packet loss down

[Headend]

Anyone notice this?

Ping statistics for 66.18.65.115:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 109ms, Maximum = 985ms, Average = 240ms

Also, download speeds are looking better. I'm now getting ± 13 KB/sec on a single thread from tucows.is.co.za. I guess this is as a result of the software upgrade this morning []

Headend
Tower: Mintek (12) - Signal: 19% - 128k - Smoothwall and PPPoE

 

[Kai]

nope. my latency is DEFINATELY much worse. getting sh!tty pings and horrible speed... and i'm on Mintek as well.

Which version of the firmware are you running?

Now see, this is what I don't understand. i have a 256k package, and I'm on the same tower as Headend... but I'm not even getting 0.5kB/s - how the fark does that work?!?!

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[Headend]

Kai - I'm using firmware 4.2.1.8 and am on node/freq 2.518 GHz.

Headend
Tower: Mintek (82 was 12) - Signal: 19% - Firmware: 4.2.1.8 - 128k - Smoothwall and PPPoE

 

[Headend]

Damn - I knew I shouldn't have started this thread. Now I've jinxed myself...

Ping statistics for 66.18.65.115:
Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 46, Lost = 4 (8% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 78ms, Maximum = 657ms, Average = 220ms

Headend
Tower: Mintek (82 was 12) - Signal: 19% - Firmware: 4.2.1.8 - 128k - Smoothwall and PPPoE

 

[Kai]

I'm using 4.2.1.6 at the mo', maybe I should upgrade - worth a shot.

jah! see? shoulda kept quiet!

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