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Internet Problems

Started by Bigman1990 , Feb 25 2006 08:16 PM

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Bigman1990

Posted 25 February 2006 - 08:16 PM

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ok this just started happening to me awhile ago, i have cable internet and its gonig very very very slowly if i play a game online i have a bad ping or even if im using ventrilo to talk to my friends i sometimes go to a ping of 11 thousand!!! so if sum1 could please help me figure this out it would be greatly appreciated thanks :tazz:

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Johanna

Posted 27 February 2006 - 07:49 PM

The Leather Lady

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3,038 posts

Turn off the computer and unplug the cable modem. Wait a few minutes. Boot the system and on the Windows Splash screen plug in the modem. This forces the modem to request a new lease from your ISP. Test your speed here:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest

Johanna