pipex trouble?

[Majik]

Is there any you could recommend for a 1mb/2mb user? Presumably a router is better?

Edit: I have just restarted and here is another tracert.

tracert 193.238.84.1

Tracing route to 193.238.84.1 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 44 ms 62 ms 46 ms loopback1.ar3.he1.systems.pipex.net [62.241.161.
230]
2 46 ms 38 ms 46 ms ge-1-0-0.cr2.he1.systems.pipex.net [62.241.161.1
85]
3 46 ms 46 ms 45 ms ldn-b2-geth4-1.telia.net [213.248.75.57]
4 47 ms 46 ms 31 ms ldn-b1-pos9-1.telia.net [213.248.74.38]
5 47 ms 30 ms 31 ms ge-6-22.car2.London1.Level3.net [4.68.111.181]
6 46 ms 46 ms 46 ms ae-25-56.car5.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.179]

7 46 ms 46 ms 46 ms 195.50.81.66
8 46 ms 39 ms 46 ms 83.142.51.138
9 36 ms 46 ms 46 ms 193.238.84.1

Trace complete.


After a restart 5 minutes later.


Tracing route to 193.238.84.1 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 107 ms 109 ms 93 ms loopback1.ar3.he1.systems.pipex.net [62.241.161.
230]
2 93 ms 93 ms 90 ms ge-1-0-0.cr2.he1.systems.pipex.net [62.241.161.1
85]
3 * 93 ms 124 ms ldn-b2-geth4-1.telia.net [213.248.75.57]
4 109 ms 109 ms 109 ms ldn-b1-pos9-1.telia.net [213.248.74.38]
5 101 ms 93 ms 78 ms ge-6-22.car2.London1.Level3.net [4.68.111.181]
6 93 ms 93 ms 93 ms ae-25-56.car5.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.179]

7 93 ms 93 ms 101 ms 195.50.81.66
8 94 ms 108 ms 109 ms 83.142.51.138
9 93 ms 109 ms 93 ms 193.238.84.1

Trace complete.

Here is the results of a friend who lives in the same street, also on pipex and pinging the same server as me.

Tracing route to 193.238.84.1 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 2958 ms 1 ms 1 ms . [192.168.2.1]
2 92 ms 121 ms 97 ms loopback1.ar3.he1.systems.pipex.net [62.241.161.
230]
3 85 ms 81 ms 85 ms ge-1-0-0.cr2.he1.systems.pipex.net [62.241.161.1
85]
4 85 ms 78 ms 78 ms ldn-b2-geth4-1.telia.net [213.248.75.57]
5 80 ms 85 ms 72 ms ldn-b1-pos9-1.telia.net [213.248.74.38]
( 6 86 ms 79 ms 75 ms ge-6-22.car2.London1.Level3.net [4.68.111.181]
7 100 ms 98 ms 96 ms ae-15-51.car5.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.19]
8 103 ms 104 ms 108 ms 195.50.81.66
9 103 ms 95 ms 103 ms 83.142.51.138
10 114 ms 95 ms 103 ms 193.238.84.1
Trace complete.

Is it fair to assume its a pipex problem?

 

[tolien]

Netgear DG834's a popular enough device. Router's not necessarily better (NAT can be a PITA), but as cheap as most (decent) ethernet ADSL modems.

Not really definite where the fault lies - same street means same exchange so possibly same VP, so potentially nothing changes between the two of you between exchange and Pipex.
Mostly eliminates it being the modem's fault though.

 

[Majik]

Ok thanks for all your help tolien mate.