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In demon.tech.modems Richard Veitch <richard@the-ways.demon.net> wrote:
> Im having problems with my connection (big red spikes in halflife basically)
> My average ping used to be about 200-220 / now 260 -300

Pings to some extent can be misleading, especially if you're doing
it from within a game to a games server (which may be heavily loaded
and doing more useful things than reply to a ping request!).

The most consistent way to check the ping response of your machine
with Demon is to use the address 158.152.1.222 (which is a special
address representing the NAS you're connected to). And like any
attempt to check your systems performance it's best done in 
controlled conditions, eg little else happening on your machine or
at Demon (about now is good...). And with a tool that is fairly common
across platforms, in this case command line ping. Also note the
packet size being used (ping rates vary with packet size).

What you should see from that address with a 64 byte ping is
something more in the region of 120-150 with a 56K modem.

> I was hainv noticable (audible) line noise problems a couple of nights ago -
> these have gone but Imn not sure the line is 100%
> My telephone provider is Telewest - I connect using green romp

Also try other ROMPs, there may be transient problems with GREEN.
Additionally the routeing in Demon between Green and the games servers
_may_ (or may not) be slightly inferior to that from the other ROMPs.

[snip]

> Ive looked at the modem FAQ and tried the test described (quote below)

[snip Netcom test results]

> +---------------------------------------------------------------+
> | -20 | . . x x x x x x x x x x x X X X X X X x . . . . . |   1 |
> | -22 | . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . . |   3 |
> | -24 | . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . |   5 |

> Is this OK???

It's been a while since I looked at one, but it looked on the good
side of average to me, ie you may not get 54000 CARRIER, but what
you do get should be fairly consistent. And I wouldn't expect to see
the dramatic drop in your ping results based on anything in there
(the few tests I've done with varying CARRIER and ping did show a
relationship, unfortunately I can't find them right now :( 

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