Whoops
One niggle with the x5. One has to hit save setting before writing them to
flash and rebooting. I didn't hit save so the dns servers were still detected
automatically. Now I've set them up every thing seems to be ok but maybe
tiscali have just fixed the line - I sent them a rocket. I'm still suspicious
of some sort of hack though as problems have only occurred after my son's
use. Rebooting has always restored normal use. Maybe some one out there has
found a way of fooling auto dns detect? The dns look up seemed ok only the
download was very slow.
Are those signal to noise figures etc ok? Not a kde issue I know but I would
be interested if any one has any idea what's good and what's bad.
Thanks for your help
Regards
John
On Friday 09 December 2005 11:24, John wrote:
> Justin
> I can't do that as it's a zoom adsl x5 everything is combined in one box.
> I have tried the hard reset button which is guaranteed to restore factory
> defaults which is how the unit has worked for about 2years. I do have a
> defunct dsl modem that was reprogrammed by some one on the net. The x5 can
> only be reprogrammed from the PC and that needs a password as far as I am
> aware. The x5 is a nice unit. It tells me the following.
> Upstream Downstream
> Signal To Noise 31.0 26.6 dB
> Line Attenuation 5.5 11.8 dB
> Errored Seconds 0 0
> Loss Of Signal 0 0
> Loss Of Frame 0 0
> CRC Errors 0 0
> Data Rate 288 2272 kbps
> Latency Fast Fast
>
> It accumulates errors indefinitely. Speed tests range from 750 to 960 kbps
> which is ok as tiscali do say up to 1mbps
> I use a 100mbps network card to talk to it. Can't see any problem there
> either.
> I believe that the x5 determines the dns servers itself automatically but
> programming them in makes no difference.
>
> HELP
> John
>
> On Thursday 08 December 2005 13:28, you wrote:
> > Just a point worth checking. But you have a private IP 10.0.0.8. This, I
> > assume was handed to you by your router, this device than goes through
> > your modem. If you have DSL than NAT will take place another time. Cable
> > modems will give you a routable IP.
> > I would think that NAT (Network Adress Translation) is occuring on your
> > Router. A packet of data is sent from your box with an IP of 10.0.0.8,
> > but when it goes through your router, it must be given a routable IP so
> > it can get back to you from the site you are trying to visit. This often
> > causes anerly imperceptible bottle neck in your packet traffic (if
> > everything is going well).
> >
> > Try, just for testing purposes, connecting directly to your DSL/Cable
> > modem to eliminate one or the other as the potential culprit.
> >
> > Good Luck-
> > Justin
> >
> > On 12/7/05, John <john_82@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I have made use of grc.com for some years now - my machine doesn't
> > > stealth. I
> > > use the linux firewall and the router is a zoom adsl x5. It does have
> > > an inbuilt firewall. grc.com has info on turning off certain aspects
> > > of this type of router.
> > > I can't see any odd network activity and traces of any addresses used
> > > all go
> > > back to tiscali. Seem to remember reading about tansparent proxies on
> > > grc though but that's a really paranoid thought.
> > > If no one can come up with anything it looks like I am going to have to
> > > completely reload my machine from scratch. That will bring back awefull
> > > memories of windoze. I have xp on this machine too but I can't use it
> > > as a recent update of nero and then xp has totally trashed it. It takes
> > > 3 to 4 hours to reload everything! At least Linux is quicker.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 18:55, you wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 18:54, John wrote:
> > > > > Thanks but still no luck.
> > > > > Changing the mtu had no effect. export KDE_NO_IPV6=1 noticabley
> > > > > slowed down the lookup, changed the way the tiscali page loaded but
> > > > > was still very very slow. If I then use shift F5 the load is much
> > > > > the same as it was before. I have restored firfox to it's former
> > > > > glory and it has the same problems. It was hanging on start up
> > > > > following a symbolic link to
> > >
> > > a
> > >
> > > > > java library installed by following the instructions on their web
> > >
> > > site.
> > >
> > > > > I have one other symptom to add if I manually check for emails with
> > >
> > > Kmail
> > >
> > > > > the access light on the router blinks several times about 4 secs
> > > > > apart for each address checked. Normally 4 addresses usually take
> > > > > that
> > >
> > > amount
> > >
> > > > > of time in total. That is why I thought that it was a line fault.
> > > > > Also I have had this sort of thing before but a reboot has sorted
> > > > > it
> > >
> > > out.
> > >
> > > > > I believe that it has only occurred following my 14 year olds use
> > > > > of
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > > computer - he may have an interest in certain aspects of Brit.
> > > > > Spears anatomy etc. I'm sure that he hasn't changed settings but
> > > > > have
> > >
> > > wondered
> > >
> > > > > about hacking etc. He did use the machine before this particular
> > >
> > > problem
> > >
> > > > > cropped up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 14:16, Philip Rodrigues wrote:
> > > > > > John wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello All
> > > > > > > My machine has started downloading web pages very slowly. A
> > > > > > > page
> > >
> > > like
> > >
> > > > > > > tiscali.co.uk takes 2 to 3 mins. KMail also takes about 2 mins
> > > > > > > to check
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For the web problems, try loading pages in firefox or some other
> > > > > > browser. Also, try setting the environment variable KDE_NO_IPV6=1
> > > > > > .
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Philip
> > > >
> > > > This is just a thought as you mentioned your son had had his hands on
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > buttons. After my son had visited me, I found a definately unwanted
> > > > URL
> > >
> > > on
> > >
> > > > my list, and about that time I had a lot of unexplained incoming
> > >
> > > traffic,
> > >
> > > > verified by running, netstat -a , as root. which showed an unknown
> > >
> > > foreign
> > >
> > > > address. Rebooting got rid of the foreign address, which thankfully
> > > > has
> > >
> > > not
> > >
> > > > come back, and I removed the dodgy URL references. I'd suggest using
> > >
> > > Ksim,
> > >
> > > > KDE's monitor for network traffic, cpu useage, etc. After KDE on
> > > > Fedora Core !, this is now a panel extension, and added to the
> > > > desktop with,
> > >
> > > right
> > >
> > > > click on the panel,add, panel, ksim. This should show you if you have
> > > > unusual amounts of incoming or outgoing traffic that may be tying up
> > > > bandwidth. Also it's probably worth checking that the firewall is
> > > > secure and stealthed. You can run a firewall check using Shields Up,
> > > > at, http://www.grc.com. I presume your router has a built in
> > > > firewall, but
> > >
> > > it's
> > >
> > > > worth setting up Ksim, just to see whats going on traffic wise. This
> > > > may
> > >
> > > be
> > >
> > > > nothing to do with your problem, but perhaps worth a look. Nigel.
> > > >
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