SAIX SUCKS!!!

[zadbnguy]

So what was the brief crisis?

 

[ichigo]

dont know of any brief crisis only one which has been going on for over 2 weeks now

 

[zadbnguy]

@ Meren... Where you at at. I had a eskom crisis for 5 hours here in dbn, but that was way ealier. Just to get dropped on my I/e/access on to top of my news feeds at this time of night pisses me off!!!

 

[ichigo]

well i'm in pmburg and been having problems with saix my internet been going so slow i cant do much without changing proxy

also have internet freezing sometimes

 

[zadbnguy]

@Meren, that's a slag. I don't know what there service levels are out there. If they exist?

Proxy errors? Internet freezing?

 

[ichigo]

the service levels here are normally very good except once i year when this happens then its a pain to get telkom to fix it. Ye Proxy Errors on Saix Side cause my speed tests show my lines going slow on all of them and they all saix yet everythings perfect my side. is there a non saix one i can try?

 

[ichigo]

forgot to mention my speed tests
Current Proxy:
Local:
88 ms 3.50 mbits DL 0.43 mbits UL

International
734 ms 0.72 mbits DL 0.20 mbits UL


dsl-cache.saix.net:
Local:
33 ms 3.50 mbits DL 0.43 mbits UL

International:
433 ms 1.33 mbits DL 0.38 mbits UL


cache.saix.net
Local:
98 ms 3.50 mbits DL 0.43 mbits UL

International:
995 ms 0.52 mbits DL 0.11 mbits UL

So one we using is inbetween the slow proxy and the fast proxy

 

[Mercurious]

Used the proxy and now it's decent again. Thanks for the info.

 

[Gekco]

Thanks for the info.
Had the same problem and the proxy seems to have sorted it.

 

[Gordon_R]

Ping times can vary a lot, depending on the packet size (usually 512 bits or 64 bytes), the DSL synch speed, and the number of hops.

ADSL is slower upstream, so a 384Kbps working at 64Kbps upstream, would take 8ms just to upload the 512 bit packet, and ping time is for the total round trip.

If in doubt run tracert, and choose a proxy with a low number of hops. I find that international speeds suck either way...

My 4Mbps line gives the following times from Cape Town to Joburg:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 7 ms 7 ms 8 ms 41.245.128.1
3 28 ms 29 ms 29 ms 196.43.23.214
4 28 ms 28 ms 28 ms 196.43.9.21

From my home in Cape Town to the Cape Town proxy is much faster:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 7 ms 8 ms 8 ms 41.245.128.1
3 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 196.43.23.114
4 8 ms 9 ms 8 ms 196.25.255.3

192.168.1.254 is your ADSL modem, not SAIX...

DNS can change the IP of a proxy, but takes some time to propagate.

 

[SabreWolfy]

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192.168.1.254 is your ADSL modem, not SAIX...
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D'oh! I knew that!