For All Uk Adsl Users...

Shockeh

<div class="IPBDescription">A quick tip</div> Working for an ISP, I hear this every day, and therefore, I thought I would make you all aware, in case you're affected.

BT have an MTU for their networks, a Maximum Transmission Unit, which controls the maximum packet size can be sent through it. The problem was, some time ago BT <b>lowered</b> that size, but didn't tell anyone. As a result, a lot of people experienced heavy lag, as their packets were being transmitted above that size, so they would be fragmented, resulting in twice as many packets as they had before.

You can change your MTU to match this. For which, I suggest www.zensupport.co.uk/MTU/ and read on.

Maybe it'll save me some calls in the future too. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

Moquiao

i got BT openworld ADSL and im waiting one more month before i go to a GOOD isp... im stuck on that 1 year contract..

Necrotic

Vaguely on topic here, I'm just about to get broadband, bought my router and have it ready to go into my network once I register and stuff...but do you recommend Zen or Nildram? Nildram has the fastest connection but lots of people seem to recommend zen... any input would be most helpful ^^

Necrotic

Nildram is apparently "recommended by online gamers" also why would I be blocked D:

Shockeh

Well, I'm obviously going to be biased, because I work for 'em.

But the MTU thing is OLD, but you'd be surprised how many calls per day I STILL get about it.