Since the mid-December snow/ice storms that hit East TN, something odd has been happening with my home network. I have had multiple occasions where accessing websites will grind to a halt, file transfers will stop, and games will hitch and jerk as if there has been a huge lag spike. This has happened on both of the family laptops as well as the desktop. We are currently AT&T DSL customers with the 6 Mbps "Extreme" (hah!) package because there is no non-satellite alternative.
One of the more interesting / confusing things in the midst of this has been the results I've gotten on Speedtest.net. Below is one screen grab from a test this afternoon; I forgot to grab the link for the test that came up at 122.5 Mb/s downstream.
When file transfers don't give out, there will be a period of no movement followed by a sudden download completion. That's the way it worked with SpeedTest as well - the dial sat at 0, then spiked into the red zone and the test finished with an impossibly high result. It is affecting my wife's ability to work from home for her business and is annoying me and my guild on game night.
Tests from computer to computer and among other devices show no internal issue, although power-cycling the router does seem to help just a little bit. At no point are there LAN disconnects or errors. I'm listing the network topography below. All computer systems are running unmodified Windows 7 installations. This network had been running without reset or reconfiguration for more than 4 months.
Thanks for your help and advice in diagnosing this horribly annoying situation.
Phone line --> DLink DSL Modem (bridge mode) --> WNDR3700 (1.0.4.68 firmware)
WNDR3700 -wired-> Desktop (Intel Gigabit CT PCIe NIC), DLink Vonage adapter
WNDR3700 -wireless-> HP laptop, Sager laptop, ASUS NT13 router configured as repeater
ASUS NT13 - wired-> LG BD560, DirecTV HD/DVR
One of the more interesting / confusing things in the midst of this has been the results I've gotten on Speedtest.net. Below is one screen grab from a test this afternoon; I forgot to grab the link for the test that came up at 122.5 Mb/s downstream.
When file transfers don't give out, there will be a period of no movement followed by a sudden download completion. That's the way it worked with SpeedTest as well - the dial sat at 0, then spiked into the red zone and the test finished with an impossibly high result. It is affecting my wife's ability to work from home for her business and is annoying me and my guild on game night.
Tests from computer to computer and among other devices show no internal issue, although power-cycling the router does seem to help just a little bit. At no point are there LAN disconnects or errors. I'm listing the network topography below. All computer systems are running unmodified Windows 7 installations. This network had been running without reset or reconfiguration for more than 4 months.
Thanks for your help and advice in diagnosing this horribly annoying situation.
Phone line --> DLink DSL Modem (bridge mode) --> WNDR3700 (1.0.4.68 firmware)
WNDR3700 -wired-> Desktop (Intel Gigabit CT PCIe NIC), DLink Vonage adapter
WNDR3700 -wireless-> HP laptop, Sager laptop, ASUS NT13 router configured as repeater
ASUS NT13 - wired-> LG BD560, DirecTV HD/DVR