Connection speed slowed to a crawl, all tests OK

[Brambory]

I'm having a problem diagnosing a problem with my folk's computer. They are in a residence with a T1 ine which is then distributed to each apartment. It was running fine for several months, then it slowed to a crawl. I tested it on a bandwidth test site at about 3kb per second! I tried the computer (Celeron, XP Home) on my DSL line at work, and it worked fine, leading me to believe that the computer was not the culprit. I got the computer guy at the residence to check the distribution box, and then to bring his laptop to plug into my folk's outlet -- he got 784 kbps, a tad better than what I got. So I assume that the outlet is okay. I reloaded the nic card driver (Intel) and no change. So where do I start to look next? Puzzzled in Minnesota

 

[pyrojunkie]

So you say the computer isn't the problem?
So you say the connection isn't the problem?
I think its a no brainer where to check next. Have you tried another cable?

 

[dawg548]

Have you tested the RWIN or MTU value? For more help go to www.speedguide.net. They have explainations and tools to maximize your TCP/IP connection. Also, if you are running a Celeron, I have found that they really slow down when you have any amount of temporary internet files cluttering up it's path.

Good luck and hope this helps!