I've had a problem for the last few months. Sometimes it's twice a week, often it is every day.
Modem / Router: Netgear DG834PN, latest FW
ISP: UK Online 8mb ADSL, only get around 500k down though
Distance from Exchange: 1.26km as crow flies
Noise: Not sure the exact figure but quite bad from what they say on the phone.
My connection will not drop, but it would appear my connection to the internet is...pausing. If I am downloading
all downloads will stop or move along to a crawl. If I am gaming it is impossible, I have to disconnect or I am kicked
from servers for 1000+ ping. It will be impossible to browse, the internet will be so slow that half loaded pages will
appear in basic text rather than rich tect with pictures, if you get me.
Then it will all pick back up again, downloads will eventually resume but it is still infuriating.
It probablyt started 6 months ago one evening. I thought it must just be BT doing maintenance and sure enough it went away.
Then over the last few months it's been coming back more and more. It used to be just in the late evenings, but now
it was 3pm onwards - even to now at 22.30!
Below are two videos that show what my router is doing
Router as normal - fast blinking on the light that shows packet transfer
Router when I have the problem, taken literally minutes after the video above.
Note the slow blinking rather than fast blinking in the last one.
I've called UKOnline quite a bit and they just say everything is fine their end and they keep asking me when was the last time I changed my microfilter.
Any ideas?
Modem / Router: Netgear DG834PN, latest FW
ISP: UK Online 8mb ADSL, only get around 500k down though
Distance from Exchange: 1.26km as crow flies
Noise: Not sure the exact figure but quite bad from what they say on the phone.
My connection will not drop, but it would appear my connection to the internet is...pausing. If I am downloading
all downloads will stop or move along to a crawl. If I am gaming it is impossible, I have to disconnect or I am kicked
from servers for 1000+ ping. It will be impossible to browse, the internet will be so slow that half loaded pages will
appear in basic text rather than rich tect with pictures, if you get me.
Then it will all pick back up again, downloads will eventually resume but it is still infuriating.
It probablyt started 6 months ago one evening. I thought it must just be BT doing maintenance and sure enough it went away.
Then over the last few months it's been coming back more and more. It used to be just in the late evenings, but now
it was 3pm onwards - even to now at 22.30!
Below are two videos that show what my router is doing
Router as normal - fast blinking on the light that shows packet transfer
Router when I have the problem, taken literally minutes after the video above.
Note the slow blinking rather than fast blinking in the last one.
I've called UKOnline quite a bit and they just say everything is fine their end and they keep asking me when was the last time I changed my microfilter.
Any ideas?
