From the first of those two posts I was going to suggest the modem. After all, that is what manages the connection. The router/switch/WAP does what it says on the tin.

Have you tried giving the whole setup 30 minutes rest, and disconnecting/reconnecting all data and power cables at both ends?

In reply to a post by yarwell:

good idea, if you can keep the links from the master socket to the incoming cable and snip the other things off the jelly crimps that would be a start.

Phil

Isn't there likely to be a detrimental effect from all the electrical equipment located in the same area? Shouldn't the junction box be moved away from all this equipment?

Wagstaff

Isn't there likely to be a detrimental effect from all the electrical equipment located in the same area? Shouldn't the junction box be moved away from all this equipment?

there may be, the router is probably sat on the electric meter or something.

Hi there,

Tried turning it off for 30 minutes and connecting everything in individually, no difference.

The modem is above all the electrical equipment and a Gigabit switch is plugged in to that.

Tried different DSL cable aswell, no difference.

By the way, whenever I do speedtests, the little speedometer thing on http://speedtest.net fluctuates ALOT. For example, one minute it could be on 3.57Mbps and it keeps jumping around the place all the time. Is that normal?

what is the downstream sync speed, as opposed to speed tests ? Speed tests can be affected by many things other than what's going on at your end.

some of the java / flash tests are all over the place, yes. Downloading 100 MBytes is a better test.

I think sync speed is on the router - correct me if I'm wrong. As followed:


Downstream Rate: 4608 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 448 Kbps

correct, 4.6M so not too bad.

So what do ye' think I could do about this ping?

One minute it's 70 next it's 300

likely an ISP thing with congestion, buffers filling up somewhere.

I don't want to get an engineer around - on the line right beside me the ping is always around 70 and it still is so isn't it likely that its something on that line / that modem?