[olug] Recommendations for Lincoln NE

Wed Aug 5 09:36:06 UTC 2009

do this: http://www.speedtest.net/ :from inside the network. this is usually
the first thing windstream tells me to do when i call them anyway, and it's
a good way of starting things out. pay particular attention to the upstream
(last part of the) test. this is where your bottleneck is. when i
intentionally saturate my upstream, i get the same (well, similar) results
you are having. if your results are suspect, then move on to next step..

replace 192.168.254.254 with a *nix box running wireshark. capture a few
minutes worth of packets and isolate/analyse some packet streams. trace them
back to the internal IP addresses and start doing spyware/virus sweeps. if i
were you, i'd hesitate before hooking my own windows up to this
network...unless i wanted this problem at home.

commercial spy/virus software (norton, etc) usuallly misses all kinds of
stuff, and is a burden to the host system.
i recommend clamwin (open source -
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/clamwin/clamwin-0.95.2-setup.exe) and
spybot S&D (donation supported -
http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd162.exe). better results, and no
subscription/suspition needed.

also, windstream typically will not support you on a linux box, so (sigh)
boot up a local windows box before you dial the number, if you need to
resort to calling them again. i've found that WS customer support can be a
little bit of a crapshoot, but they have some good people on the staff, so
don't be a dic+k until you have good reason. as far as i know, the call
center is still on the east coast of the US somewhere and not india (yet).

the connection they provide me with has, for the most part, been solid as a
rock.
it sucks that they are practically a monopoly for lincoln/rural nebraska,
but WS actually isn't that bad. i have a fast "naked" dsl business
connection with them that costs about 65$ a month, and it comes with free
incoming calls on the phone line, i just can't call out unless it's a 1-800
number. it's basically a public pay-phone without a coin slot.

so guys, how'd the OLUG meeting go?
i'd be there, but social anxiety is a bitc+h.
maybe someday....

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:34 AM, Kenny Kant <kenny.kant at running-config.com>wrote:

> I second the ideas below.  It sure sounds like a saturated connection to
> me.  Concentrate your traffic tests to Alltel's/windstreams default
> gateway and see if you can get the same results.  Download pingplotter
> (http://www.pingplotter.com/download.html) - there is a free 30 day
> trial of this - and get it running on a machine on site and have it
> record the output and failures, once again focusing on default Gateway.
> Send the traces to windstream and escalate.  But if its a residential
> connection YMV.  If you purchased your own DSL modem I would scrap it
> and have the provider send you one that they deal with everyday,
> ActionTec, Netopia ..etc dont give them any ability to point their
> finger back at  you :)  Have you asked them to come out and do a line
> test?
>
> Kenny
>
>
> DYNATRON tech wrote:
> > this seems internal and/or you may haveu  a saturated connection.
> > if you've got a bunch of M$ boxes on the network, they are prob. owned,
> > doing something nefarious for someone across the globe.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM, <charles.bird at powerdnn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I've seen this bahavior with owned windows machines sending multicast
> and
> >> caused upstream provider's routers to flap, and even their redundant
> routers
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Noel Leistad <noel at metc.net>
> >>
> >> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:11:43
> >> To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [olug] Recommendations for Lincoln NE
> >>
> >>
> >> Hurley Rod wrote:
> >>
> >>> We had the same results as below that was fixed with a new switch and
> >>>
> >> cabling at the demarc.  We of course put the latest firmware on the
> modem(s)
> >> and a $300 switch and new cat6 cable saved us weeks of performance
> testing
> >> and working with support.
> >>
> >>>
> >> @Sam :
> >> Well, yes, it IS Linksys residential, second or third one, last replaced
> >> maybe 6 months ago....
> >>
> >> /////////////
> >>
> >> Replaced Linksys/Cisco SR2024 switch w/ same ~ 2 months ago. All patch
> >> panel connections are CAT6 except from Linksys to Switch. Believe
> >> Linksys to Windsteam is "factory" cable provided by Linksys, Linksys to
> >> Switch is same? from previous router?? Sticking w/ a color scheme? . DSL
> >> "jack" mounts directly behind rack...think/hope it's "home-run" directly
> >> back to NID??
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> #######################################################
> >> # Noel Leistad #
> >> # noel at metc.net #
> >> #######################################################
> >>
> >>
> >> She's genuinely bogus.
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