[ale] AT&T Extreme

[Chris Fowler]

He ordered the AT&T modem/router.  We've not used it yet.  I programmed
our Linux firewall which works with the G duo (bridge mode).  There may
be some incompatibility there and I just need to use their equipment.

On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 19:17 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 17:40 -0400, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > I'm doing an upload from a friend who dropped SF and with with AT&T.  He
> > kept making jokes that he has 6m down and I only had 3.  I'm trying to
> > transfer about 700m from his house to the eDeltaComm
> 
> > I'm getting 15.1KB/s
> 
> 	Wow...  Sounds like you're off by a factor of 4.  My uplink, what you
> are really concerned with here, is 512Kb which would translate to about
> 64KB/s minus general overhead.  I move large stuff (CD's and what not)
> up my link to my colo over tunnels (more overhead) and it's within the
> ballpark.  Definitely higher than the 384Kb up if it were the 3M
> service.  The 6Mb service is only 1/3 faster on the uplink side, even
> though it's double on the downlink side.  So you should cap out well
> under 48KB while he caps out well under 64KB.  Your figure sounds like
> congestion or other problems.  If I was only getting 15KB, some of my
> transfers would take all day.
> 
> > On my Atlantic Nexus connection I get at least 2x that
> 
> 	Check your router stats.  Go to the modem (probably 192.168.1.254
> unless you've changed it - this is presuming the Westel DSL modem) and
> select "Broadband DSL Line" and then "Statistics" in the right side and
> then DSL.  Note how many CRC errors you have.  I have almost 2500 CRC
> errors on the downlink (and only 28 on the uplink) BUT the modem has
> been up for 113 days.  Ok...  Less than 25 CRC errors per day.  That's
> for something like 255 million received packets (on the Statistics ->
> ATM page).  No high level error packets in or out.  So have him look at
> his stats and compare.  If it's not there, it's something downrange.  If
> it is there and the errors are abnormally high, call for a technician. 
> 
> 	Mike