[ale] Comcast DNS

[Jeff Lightner]

On occasion I've seen this kind of slowness with Comcast.  When you call
them they say they don't see any slowness getting to you but if you just
do simple ping tests you'll be able to quantify the slowness.   

Since they were so useless I've taken to unplugging (not just putting on
standby) the cable modem when not in use for hours (e.g. when I'm
sleeping).  This seems to make it work fine the rest of the time. 

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Scott
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:45 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] Comcast DNS

David Ritchie wrote:
>> Scott,
>>    still, consider using Wireshark to grab traces - network engineers
>> understand network traces a bit better
>> than 'its slow'... it help quantify the level of problem you are
>> having, and in a form that is transportable to
>> the ISP... Good luck!
>>
>> -- Dave
>>
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David, any suggestions as to what I should be looking for or specific 
filter settings? What I meant by going slower is that when I was in my 
apt using charter, sites with secured logins were pretty quick 
responding and changing pages (ie Bank sites I have the local one that 
is calling itself Live Solid, Bank Solid and also the one with bouncing 
orange ball) When I moved to a house with Comcast the process got very 
slow. Today it suddenly sped up. The login screen now just pops up, and 
subsequent screens also started popping in at the speed that I was used 
to with Charter. This seemed to be happening with several sites. I also 
do understand network engineering as I worked in that field until my 
neck injury several years ago. I don't get a chance to play around with 
analyzers anymore, it's been several years now.
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