BigChiefSlapaho Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Think you're getting jipped on your internet connection? Promised 1.5 mbps download and only hitting 600 kbps or so? Check this site out. They have a variety of tests to determine exactly how fast you're connecting at. Cool geeky stuff. http://www.dslreports.com/tools
BigChiefSlapaho Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 At work, doh! 2003-10-21 13:44:14 EST: 60 / 186Your download speed : 60280 bps, or 60 kbps. A 7.3 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 186915 bps, or 186 kbps. Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked? Your connection hardly qualified as broadband, at least in that test
The NZA Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 2003-10-21 14:11:30 EST: 948 / 143Your download speed : 948350 bps, or 948 kbps. A 115.7 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 143163 bps, or 143 kbps. ..is that good? If not, i blame Bellsouth, and Spiffy's mad downloadin spree.
BigChiefSlapaho Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 Well, I'm assuming you're on DSL, that means it should be 1.5mbps download and 256kbps upload. You're a bit off on both, but not bad.
The NZA Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Hmm...accordin to the security checks they have, they dont like my netbios. comment even though file and print sharing may be OFF netbios (microsoft networking) is still bound to this IP advice remove netbios from your public IP address or, filter incoming netbios packets. result netbios is active score Points Deducted:30 So, should i remove this, what happens if i do? and how would i, for that matter?
BigChiefSlapaho Posted October 23, 2003 Author Posted October 23, 2003 Basically, you can't remove NetBIOS b/c its tied into your name & password for Microsoft Networks. What you need is Norton Personal Firewall (from kazaalite or something) installed and watching your ports, to prevent hackers from attacking features in your NetBIOS applications. If you have DSL and you don't have NPF, you're really missing out security wise.
The NZA Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Really? I dunno man, last time we tried a firewall, it was ZoneAlarm...Yahve beta'd it on my shit, and next thing you know, i couldnt use internet, AIM etc, and roomates on my server were locked out too...bad experience i guess, you think its worth another go?
BigChiefSlapaho Posted October 23, 2003 Author Posted October 23, 2003 Maybe not ZoneAlarm. Try downloading a good version of NPF2003/2004 and configure that to how you like it. Don't block all your ports, just allow yourself to be notified when someone tries to get in through one.
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