From: "Stanley Sidlov" Received: from mxout1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.165] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 617095 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:59:53 -0500 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GuVaA-000Adw-Oc for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:59:47 -0500 Received: from admin.nni.com ([216.107.0.100]) by mxin2.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GuVaA-0006Au-GE for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:59:42 -0500 X-Scan:Scanned for Virus By NuNet Received: from [67.81.238.77] (account stanleys@cybernex.net) by admin.nni.com (CommuniGate Pro POP 4.1.8) with XMIT id 546050464; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:59:36 -0500 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:59:34 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: "Stanley Sidlov" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2300 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: Verizon FIOS &$^(%&%^&*%^ ????? Message-ID: X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 216.107.0.100 X-Spam-Score: -1.2 (-) On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:46:34 -0500 (EST), Jeffrey R Smick wrote: >"Networking for Non-Geeks" (or anything by Stanley Sidlov) at warpstock.org Well, you should complain at Warpstock.org as I gave the presentation twice, once in 2005 and once in 2004. Since I am no longer associated with Warpstock after 9 years, you have to speak to John Edwards the president, and Lewis R. about what happened to the old presentations. They also shut down the yahoo groups where they were also stored in favor of the wiki/forum website they have now. I'll look around and see if I can find it and email it privately. >is there some place to look to >learn facts such as your claim about the NetGear router being a bottleneck. Broadbandreports.com has forums for all mfgrs of routers and ISPs. There is a FIOS forum, and a frequent question is what routers work. I know the particular fact on that Netgear, as I have a 15mbps connection, and I had purchased that particular Netgear for someone, and could not make it go faster than the 6mps I stated and only when the spi firewall was not active. As another example, Linksys WRT54G with the linksys software are not good beyond 18mbps, but with DD-Wrt or Hyperwrit firmware work well up to 25mpbs.....according to the stories posted at BBR. I use DD-Wrt, and I believe that I will be upgrading my service to 30/5mpbs shortly, so I'll see first hand. >As for 6 or 4 mbps... My Earthlink service claims to be "up to 5 mbps". My experiences with speed >testers gives results barely topping 2.5 mbps (Tampa to Miami) and (of course) drops as the >distance increases. Speed tests between Tampa and S.F, CA came in less than 1 mbps. > Well, 'up to' is the contract wording. Again, on BBR there is a lot of discussion about specific speed tests, and the preferred one is SpeakEasy's. http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ but it's also java. >In your experience, can I look forward to similar "stellar" performance with the FiOS 5/2 pkg, or will I >actually get the pleasure of seeing download rates around 5 mbps? FIOS users generally get pretty much what they pay for once the overhead is calc'd in. Expect 4mbps. >What browser & java version are you using? You are using OS/2, correct? I am using the OS/2 Firefox 2.0 as for the Java, here's my about:plugins java section: InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in File name: npj2_jpi.dll OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.2_05 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4.2_05 JavaBeans * Yes InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in File name: npj2_j14.dll OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 JavaBeans * Yes InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in File name: npj2_j32.dll OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 JavaBeans * Yes InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in File name: npj2_j12.dll OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 JavaBeans * Yes InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in File name: npj2_j13.dll OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 JavaBeans * Yes InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in File name: npj2_j11.dll OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 JavaBeans * Yes application/x-java-applet Java Applet * Yes application/x-java-bean JavaBeans * Yes InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in File name: npj2.dll OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in 1.4.2_05 for Mozilla MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-java-vm OS/2 Kit for Java Plug-in * Yes InnoTek OS/2 Kit for Acrobat Reader 4.05