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Unreliable Internet Speed
Sakumo
Newbie
‎04-05-2010 06:53 PM

I switched to Verizon about a month ago from Charter. The first few weeks, internet was speed and stable, but lately it's been slow and incredibly instable. Some days there will not be a problem, but other days, it's plagued with problems. I originally thought it was caused by me being wireless, but my brother, who is connected by an Ethernet cable, is also experiencing the same problem. I have tried numerous fixes, but none prevailed. Please help me out, it's so frustrating attempting to play a game, but always lagging at crucial moments.

Etc. Info:

OS: Vista x64

Router: Actiontec MI424WR-GEN2

Adapter: D-Link WDA 1320

Fios Speed: 15 download/5 upload

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Re: Unreliable Internet Speed
spacedebris
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‎04-06-2010 11:04 AM
@Sakumo wrote:

I switched to Verizon about a month ago from Charter. The first few weeks, internet was speed and stable, but lately it's been slow and incredibly instable. Some days there will not be a problem, but other days, it's plagued with problems. I originally thought it was caused by me being wireless, but my brother, who is connected by an Ethernet cable, is also experiencing the same problem. I have tried numerous fixes, but none prevailed. Please help me out, it's so frustrating attempting to play a game, but always lagging at crucial moments.

Etc. Info:

OS: Vista x64

Router: Actiontec MI424WR-GEN2

Adapter: D-Link WDA 1320

Fios Speed: 15 download/5 upload

Looks like you are a gamer. There is a problem with bandwith intensive programs (games lol ) and the Verizon routers prior to version E.  If your actiontec router is a version A-D, then you may have a problem with the tiny NAT table. So a search for the tiny NAT, there is several links over to DSL reports for how to get around or fix that issue. If you are on Version E of the router, the nat issue should be corrected and we need to look else where. At that point, tracerts and other tests can give more info.

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Re: Unreliable Internet Speed
Sakumo
Newbie
‎04-06-2010 11:28 AM

Thanks for replying. And yea, I'm a gamer and I have Rev. E.

Here's a couple of tracert results:

C:\Users\David>tracert google.com

Tracing route to google.com [74.125.19.103]over a maximum of 30 hops:  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]  2    14 ms    13 ms    14 ms  L100.LSANCA-VFTTP-113.verizon-gni.net [98.119.77.1]  3     5 ms     5 ms     5 ms  11-0-4-1013.LSANCA-LCR-10.verizon-gni.net [130.81.138.242]  4     6 ms     7 ms     6 ms  so-4-0-0-0.LAX01-BB-RTR2.verizon-gni.net [130.81.28.74]  5     7 ms     6 ms     7 ms  0.so-1-2-0.XL4.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.10.125]  6     7 ms     6 ms     5 ms  0.xe-2-0-0.BR3.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.113.189]  7     6 ms     6 ms     5 ms  xe-10-1-0.edge1.LosAngeles9.Level3.net [4.68.63.129]  8    19 ms    18 ms    17 ms  ae-93-90.ebr3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.144.244]  9    25 ms    18 ms    17 ms  ae-2-2.ebr3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.132.9] 10    26 ms    17 ms    17 ms  ae-73-73.csw2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.134.230] 11    18 ms    18 ms    66 ms  ae-2-79.edge1.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.68.18.78] 12    16 ms    17 ms    16 ms  GOOGLE-INC.edge1.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.79.43.146] 13    17 ms    30 ms    17 ms  209.85.251.98 14    17 ms    17 ms    16 ms  nuq04s01-in-f103.1e100.net [74.125.19.103]Trace complete.

Here's a local server that I play on normally.

C:\Users\David>tracert 64.27.13.36Tracing route to unassigned.calpop.com [64.27.13.36]over a maximum of 30 hops:  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]  2     4 ms     4 ms     5 ms  L100.LSANCA-VFTTP-113.verizon-gni.net [98.119.77.1]  3     7 ms     7 ms     6 ms  11-0-4-1913.LSANCA-LCR-09.verizon-gni.net [130.81.138.68]  4     7 ms     7 ms     8 ms  so-4-0-0-0.LAX01-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.28.72]  5     9 ms     7 ms     7 ms  0.so-1-2-0.XL3.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.10.133]  6     6 ms     7 ms     6 ms  0.xe-1-0-0.BR3.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.113.185]  7     8 ms     6 ms     8 ms  xe-10-1-0.edge1.LosAngeles9.Level3.net [4.68.63.129]  8     7 ms     8 ms     7 ms  CALPOPCOM-I.edge1.LosAngeles9.Level3.net [4.53.228.66]  9    32 ms     7 ms     8 ms  zlata.calpop.com [206.125.44.253] 10     7 ms     7 ms     7 ms  unassigned.calpop.com [64.27.13.36]Trace complete.

Sorry about the way the results were pasted, but both of them showed under 20ms, but the lag will pick up usually after 8PM, when I start playing FPS games...

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Re: Unreliable Internet Speed
Hubrisnxs
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‎04-06-2010 12:14 PM

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/verizonfios/3.0_Networking

do yourself a favor and get a different router, although revision e has a larger nat table it's still woefully inadequate and gets overwhelmed with bittorent applications, streaming video and games.   when you get the lag find out what the other people are doing on your network, or simply disconnect everyone but yourself and test to see if you get the same lag.    I had that issue with a rev e and I found one of the roomates was watching streaming video (tv shows and movies) and that was killing my lag times and in some cases they had some bitorrent swarms running.

you might find something similiar.,

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Re: Unreliable Internet Speed
Sakumo
Newbie
‎04-06-2010 02:51 PM

Well, I can't get a different router. I heard that if you bought Fios TV, you need the Actiontec. Since I bought the Triple Play, I can't replace it....

Also, no one really does anything except me now. My brother's computer doesn't do anything anymore, since he's almost always out, and the only computer that is left(that's not mine) is only turned on after 11PM. So it can't be caused from streaming, seeding, etc.

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Re: Unreliable Internet Speed
dslr595148
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‎04-07-2010 11:08 AM
@Sakumo wrote:

Well, I can't get a different router. I heard that if you bought Fios TV, you need the Actiontec. Since I bought the Triple Play, I can't replace it....

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Just a dumb question, did you read that FAQ at DSLR that   pointed you to?

@Sakumo wrote:

Well, I can't get a different router. I heard that if you bought Fios TV, you need the Actiontec. Since I bought the Triple Play, I can't replace it....

That person who said that, has no idea of what he/she is talking about. They lied to you.

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Re: Unreliable Internet Speed
Sakumo
Newbie
‎04-07-2010 01:18 PM

Thanks for telling me it's a lie. Anyway, I read it and it says if I'm connected by a Coax cable(which I am), I can use a 2nd router, but I can't replace it.

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