[wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

[Michael Dittmer]

I get 1.4 - 1.5Mbps downing off the CityLink FTP mirror.

I used to have a SB4200, but TelstraClear upgraded it (for free) when we
moved houses. We now have a small Motorola black thing.

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of
scanning at paradise.net.nz
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:26 PM
To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

Couldn't resist sticking my five cents in :) 
 
I'm connected by a Motorola SB4200 and haven't had any problems with 
smooothwall using a DSE 8139. My connection is nominally at 256kb/s, but can

go higher when the God's and Paradise are smiling :) 
 
I think the best I have had so far is 580-600KB/s. Before you ask, that is
not 
a typo. Absolute heaven. 
 
Quoting Jamie Baddeley <wellylug at vpc.co.nz>: 
 
> I finally worked this out. 
>  
> Word to the wise. It seems that Linux (specifically debian sarge) has 
> problems autonegotiating with Motorola modems. My system had no such 
> problems with the older com21. Using a realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ 
> NIC 
> (i.e. a DSE special) 
>  
> setting the eth card to HD solved the problem. i.e mii-diag -F 
> 10BaseT-FD 
>  
> Maybe if the install tech had known to check that when he installed, he 
> could have saved us all some time... 
>  
>  
> jamie 
>  
> On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 19:43, Jamie Baddeley wrote: 
> > I'm currently going through hell on Paradise's cable network. 
> >  
> > It all started when my com21 based connection started reporting 
> ~300ms 
> > delay and ~50% packet loss. 
> >  
> > The answer from TelstraClear was to replace this with a Motorola 
> Docsis 
> > based modem. This was duly done. 
> >  
> > Since then the best connection I have managed is 128kbps (I pay for 
> > 2Mbps). I have spent over an 1.5 hrs on the phone and they still 
> can't 
> > fix it. I am now told I need to wait till monday. 
> >  
> > what part of service don't they understand? 
> >  
> > jamie 
> >  
>  
>  
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