Thread: My internet is an absolute failure.

Originally Posted by arby

8MB =/= 8Mb. A lower case b means bits and upper case means bytes. So, if the speed is 8Mb, you actually just have a 1MB connection.

deduct another 5% as well for overhead (not all the information in a TCP/IP packet is useful data, the packets also contain source & dest. IP's, parity bits, various flags, etc.)

but the speeds he's quoting are less than 56K, so something's going on

turn off the router for a couple of minutes, then plug it back in
this will clear the router of all temporary information and force clients to requery for an IP

btw, I didn't ask before,
but your not using P2P or similar on any other machine are you?

Originally Posted by Ynot

turn off the router for a couple of minutes, then plug it back in
this will clear the router of all temporary information and force clients to requery for an IP

btw, I didn't ask before,
but your not using P2P or similar on any other machine are you?

OK, I'll unplug and replug; is there anything I should do once I've rebooted it?


There is no p2p on any machine but mine, and mine is usually not turned on.

It isn't on now.