[PLUG] Comcast speed upgrade

[Larry Brigman]

Docsis modems will broadcast a request for configuration on initial boot.
Think of it like DHCP/bootp configuration for computers.

You may get more bandwidth on the outbound than you have now.

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You might ask them "What else are you doing?"
>
>
> -Denis
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> wrote:
>
> > An email arrived this afternoon from xfinity (Comcast) telling me that
> > they are upping my speed from 75 Mbps to "up to 100 Mbps" after I
> > reboot. These are download speeds. They provided directions:
> >
> >
> > 1.
> >
> > Shut down your computer &
> > unplug your modem from the outlet
> >
> > 2.
> >
> > Wait 10 seconds, then plug your modem back in
> >
> > 3.
> >
> > Wait 30 seconds, then turn your computer back on
> >
> >
> > Before going through that process I ran the test at speedtest.net on two
> > machines in the house:
> >
> > Machine Ping      Download     Upload
> > Wife's Win97     17 ms     91.29 Mbps    6.1  Mbps
> > My Ubuntu 14.04  20 ms    119.02 Mbps    6.18 Mbps
> >
> > I ran mine a second time and got
> >
> >                    9 ms    119.62 Mbps    9.19 Mbps
> >
> >
> > So, without shutting anything down I get better than promised speed on
> > my machine, and close to it on my wife's machine.
> >
> > Is there likely to be any change if I shut down my router, their cable
> > modem, and start them back up?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dick Steffens
> >
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