Network nerds, I need your help (updated)

[OCMI_Teddy]

I'm on a wireless network and cannot connect to a hard line. During the day my internet runs fine, but after 6 or 7 my internet speeds go to **** and my ping goes through the roof. Normally I'm at about 1.5Mb/s and a 50 ms ping but at night I get this. It's driving me crazy! Anyone have any ideas why this is?

yes

I did the tracert thing; things are good now

I was out of town the past couple days. But it's still draggin ***.





So any ideas on what's wrong and how to fix it?

[JDay]

Call 311 and have them run a line test when this happens. Probably condensation getting into the DSLAM or the box on your house. Has nothing to do with your wireless.

[G-Man WC]

Do have DSL and did you secure your junk? It could be your neighbours are tapping you if your not locked down on security.
-g

[elrcastor]

how close are you to your access point?

[OCMI_Teddy]

100 feet/2 rooms, but it world just fine from the exact same spot a few hours ago.

[singlemalt]

Ping your router when you have the problem (usually 192.168.1.1) -- if the latency is over 10ms, the problem is wireless interference OR someone is hijacking your Internet. Solution to that would be to secure the wireless and try changing the wireless channel (1,6,or 11). Otherwise, it's a problem on your Internet provider's end.

[goober]

if no one else is sucking your bandwidth look for appliances/devices/lights/etc. (that may be interfering w/ your wireless signal or affecting your WAN connection) that you only use at night/during the affected times.
try turning things off & on while watching to see if it gets better.

[Oldbud]

Can you do a speedtest with a pc "hard" wired at the router during such outages? To see if it is your broadband connection, or the wireless connection.

2.4ghz is popular with many devices, cordless phones, cameras, baby monitors which could be causing interference. Also dsl lines can be affected by numerous devices as well.

[nick]

It most likely has to do with people coming home from work.

It could be either your wireless connection, or your Internet connection. To check which one it is, do a few tests using your wireless connection, then connect to your router using an Ethernet cable and do a few tests that way. If the results are the same, it's your Internet connection. If the results are seriously different, it's your wireless link.

For the Internet connection, if you're on cable, you're SOL. They probably don't provision enough bandwidth for your hub (you're sharing the bandwidth with your neighbors at the local hub). You can call the provider anyway, and see what they can do. There're ways to deal with it, but your router likely doesn't support it, and your provider won't be happy.

If you're on DSL, that shouldn't be happening. Call your provider and have them test the line. I don't suppose you're sharing phone lines with anyone. Right?

If it turns out to be the wireless connection, there're likely some devices close enough to interfere. Try getting a dual-band N router or access point, and play with frequencies and channels. For that matter, make sure that your current router isn't using channel 1, 6, or 11 (which are most commonly used by default). Try switching channels and see which one gives you best performance in peak hours.

[nick]

Wait, did I just brand myself as a nerd?

[OCMI_Teddy]

Here's what happened when i pinged my external IP

[five.five-six]

Ping your router when you have the problem (usually 192.168.1.1) -- if the latency is over 10ms, the problem is wireless interference OR someone is hijacking your Internet. Solution to that would be to secure the wireless and try changing the wireless channel (1,6,or 11). Otherwise, it's a problem on your Internet provider's end.

sometimes 192.168.0.1 too


are you on cable or DSL, could be your ISPs backbone is getting overloaded... typical in collage dormitory/ high density housing... is it the very worst Saturday nights after 7:00p?

[OCMI_Teddy]

sometimes 192.168.0.1 too


are you on cable or DSL, could be your ISPs backbone is getting overloaded... typical in collage dormitory/ high density housing... is it the very worst Saturday nights after 7:00p?

the thing is I live in a very open nieghborhood. Pretty much most of our houses sit on 2 or more acres. Is my external IP the same as the router?

I have no idea what we have. I'm pretty sure it's DSL. We rent our guest house to a tech company and they give us internet. I was going to go down and plug into the hard line for our house router but one of the guys is down there, and I don't think he'd be too happy about me just strolling into his office at 10:30.

[CpuFixrMan]

the thing is I live in a very open nieghborhood. Pretty much most of our houses sit on 2 or more acres. Is my external IP the same as the router?

I have no idea what we have. I'm pretty sure it's DSL. We rent our guest house to a tech company and they give us internet. I was going to go down and plug into the hard line for our house router but one of the guys is down there, and I don't think he'd be too happy about me just strolling into his office at 10:30.

Well, if they are a "tech company" it could be they are serving "content" that just happens to have a higher incidence of activity after school/work/etc or they could be downloading "content" after work/school/etc. Since this is likely a shared line, their activity will have a direct influence on your network performance.

[five.five-six]

the thing is I live in a very open nieghborhood. Pretty much most of our houses sit on 2 or more acres. Is my external IP the same as the router?

no, your router is an internal "traffic cop" everything in your house goes to his intersection which is 192.168.1(or 0).1 most times. Your "external IP is assigned to you by your ISP and is unique globaly

run:

tracert 66.102.7.103

when things are running good and again when things are running bad, we can tell a lot from this... oh yea, post up screen shots too