Proper VM Coax

[Nemesis379]

I think I may have the wrong coax cable seeing how I rarely get the 1.1MB/s speeds, im always at 300KB/s anyone know the proper VM coax cable?

 

[jaybee]

Do you want some? I have some left over from my old house when VM were NTL. It's a particular type, try google I don't know the name.

 

[Nemesis379]

how long is it?, ive tried googling but virgin media dont sell their own stuff, they shud tho.

 

[PistolPete]

If you modem is syncing at the correct speed, then it's probably nothing to do with the co-ax you are using, unless you are showing signs of signal problems.

Login to your modem at http://192.168.100.1, username and password are both "root" without the quotes, and post your modems downstream stats.

 

[Nemesis379]

There we go, I didnt have to login.

 

[Gaz1988]

Your on 10Mbps connection, 1.1MB/s speed is all you can expect.

EDIT: just noticed your saying you only get 300KB/s

 

[PistolPete]

Those stats are absolutely fine.
If you are getting speed issues it's highly likely to be overutilisation on your UBR.

 

[JimAroo]

You need to get a new modem, VM stopped giving out Scientific Atlanta's about 4 years ago. Ring them up and tell them your modem is ancient.

They should then send you a shiny new Ambit 255/256 modem free of charge.

 

[visibleman]

You need to get a new modem, VM stopped giving out Scientific Atlanta's about 4 years ago. Ring them up and tell them your modem is ancient.

They should then send you a shiny new Ambit 255/256 modem free of charge.

You're probably thinking of the Motorola Surfboard, the SA is a Cisco modem (replaced the Ambit's) and it was only superseded by the Hub/Super Hub.

As long as the coax cable used is R6(R59 if you have to)/HD100 then you shouldn't have any problems. As PistolPete said, it's probably an issue elsewhere.

Does it appear to be capped at 300kb/s or does it fluctuate throughout the day?

Best bet is to get onto the cableforums.co.uk forums and ask on there, plenty of VM/NTL/Telewest engineers that'll be able to help you.

 

[Nemesis379]

Ah nevermind guys, I thought their was a problem but their isnt its the damn seeders, XD, sorry guys :S.

One more question the other day i checked my speed on speedtest.net and it went to like 19Mbps -/+, and the max speed i can get is 1.1MB/s

 

[KIA]

Ah nevermind guys, I thought their was a problem but their isnt its the damn seeders, XD, sorry guys :S.

One more question the other day i checked my speed on speedtest.net and it went to like 19Mbps -/+, and the max speed i can get is 1.1MB/s

Probably caused by Internet Security software.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Ah nevermind guys, I thought their was a problem but their isnt its the damn seeders, XD, sorry guys :S.

One more question the other day i checked my speed on speedtest.net and it went to like 19Mbps -/+, and the max speed i can get is 1.1MB/s

You can't use torrents to guesstimate your speeds
Only as fast as the slowest connectiona nd all that jazz

 

[Nemesis379]

yeah stupid of me, what about that speedtest thing?

 

[PistolPete]

As fluff says, it's usually a bug caused by software firewalls / av /security software.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

You're probably thinking of the Motorola Surfboard, the SA is a Cisco modem (replaced the Ambit's) and it was only superseded by the Hub/Super Hub.

As long as the coax cable used is R6(R59 if you have to)/HD100 then you shouldn't have any problems. As PistolPete said, it's probably an issue elsewhere.

Does it appear to be capped at 300kb/s or does it fluctuate throughout the day?

Best bet is to get onto the cableforums.co.uk forums and ask on there, plenty of VM/NTL/Telewest engineers that'll be able to help you.

Buy some foam shielded Webro WF100. Vastly superior to RG59 and R6.