🚀 go-pugleaf

   Arg, you seem to be entirely correct... I downed the response limit 
from 30 results to 1 and I can easily maintain 25 connections without 
problems.  Checking the bandwidth usage, things start to fall apart 
right around the 14 - 20 kilobyte / second upstream rate... That sucks. 
  Guess I'll be looking into DSL ;)  Many thanks for the assist..


rabat wrote:

> I'm willing to bet your problem is limited upstream bandwidth.  Even
> though you are mainly downloading, you must send the servers a bit of
> data to confirm that you are still there and are getting the data.  If
> those packets don't make it, the server assumes it's drowning you with
> data and cuts back.  If you have a tool to watch your upstream bandwidth,
> I'll bet it's approaching that magical (terrible) 128 kb/s figure.
> 
> "Jp Calderone" <kuran42@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3C1C4D67.3060407@yahoo.com...
> 
>>   Recently switched back to cable after a stretch on dialup... I'm in a
>>different area now though, and with a different ISP.  Everything seemed
>>ok until I signed on to gnutella.  It seems that the "high" number of
>>connections (I like to keep 15+ gnutella host connections open) is
>>driving the SurfBoard 4100 cable modem into a confused state of
>>disfunction.  Connectivity remains, but at a seriously poor quality
>>level.  Pings take upwards of 5 seconds to come back, and total
>>throughput for *all* connections, gnutella or otherwise, falls to
>><10KB/s.  I've done a lot of testing and I am quite confident this is a
>>modem problem, I can post details if anyone thinks it might help... but
>>basically my question is:  Is the SurfBoard 4100 a pile of junk?  Or is
>>it just mine that is defective?  I've been hesitant to contact Comcast
>>about it because I'm using an unsupported operating system; should I
>>call tech support?
>>
>>
>>   Thanks,
>>      Jp Calderone
>>
>>
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