[GRLUG] Speed loss

[Bob Kline]

I will give both those things a try at some
point.

I'm happy to see relatively simple solutions
to the overall problem.  Whether it's the
router or the modem, the simplest of all
appears to be to use another suggestion
made here - put in a timer and just interrupt
the power for a minute or so each day. At
bottom, it's just the way it is.




On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/01/2013 10:55 PM, Bob Kline wrote:
> > Since I brought up the issue of losing
> > bandwidth for the last 4 or 5 days, let
> > me add just a bit.  The downstream
> > bandwidth, using the speedtest.net <http://speedtest.net>
> > Detroit test point, hosted by Comcast,
> > has degraded by about 35%, and still
> > seemed to be going down. The upstream
> > bandwidth was more or less unchanged.
> >
> > What to do?  Why, power cycle!  I mean,
> > why not?  What can it hurt?
> >
> > Doing that, everything came back, and
> > the bit rates up and down are what they
> > were a week ago.
> >
> > So,  how come?  Other than the fact
> > that power cycling cured what was ailing
> > the bit rate, why should I have needed
> > to do this at all? Something to do with
> > the modems interaction with Comcast?
> >
> > Just curious.  In the end I'll have to
> > power cycle in any case in the bandwidth
> > sags again, but if anyone has any thoughts
> > about this, please post them.
>
> There are a number of things that can get crufty in network equipment if
> they're not configured properly. Since it seems most consumer network
> equipment runs Linux, it also seems likely manufacturers don't change
> defaults much...and there are things (such as how long to assume
> connections are open) with insanely long timeouts. Like five *days*.
>
> I've got a thought that the problem may not be with the modem, but with
> the router's routing tables and other cached information. Powering off
> the modem would look like a link drop to the router, leading it to do
> some internal cleanup and garbage collection.
>
> A couple things to try in the future:
>
> 1) Unplug the network cable, wait 15-30 seconds, plug it back in.
> 2) Unplug the router, wait 15-30 second, plug it back in.
>
> Both are ways of testing that theory.
>
>
>
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