Slow Time Linux

[NEWBIE911]

[09:28:48] + Attempting to send results [September 7 09:28:48 UTC]
[09:28:48] - Reading file work/wuresults_06.dat from core
[09:28:48] (Read 49190971 bytes from disk)
[09:28:48] Connecting to http://171.64.65.56:8080/
[10:20:32] Posted data.
[10:20:32] Initial: 0000; - Uploaded at ~15 kB/s
[10:20:40] - Averaged speed for that direction ~14 kB/s
[10:20:40] + Results successfully sent
[10:20:40] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[10:20:40] + Number of Units Completed: 3

Does it always take this much time to send a work Unit ????

One time it took 2 hours to send

Finally got this Linux working after 18 months I gave up back in Jan 2008 .. works a lot faster than XP . just the time thing takes so long for me

[HayesK]

normal upload for me is about 125KB/s, about 10x what you showed.

[11:35:10] Sending work to server
[11:35:10] Project: 2671 (Run 46, Clone 13, Gen 97)


[11:35:10] + Attempting to send results [September 7 11:35:10 UTC]
[11:35:10] - Reading file work/wuresults_04.dat from core
[11:35:15] (Read 49199056 bytes from disk)
[11:35:15] Connecting to http://171.67.108.24:8080/
[11:40:58] Posted data.
[11:40:58] Initial: 0000; - Uploaded at ~138 kB/s
[11:41:03] - Averaged speed for that direction ~125 kB/s
[11:41:03] + Results successfully sent
[11:41:03] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[11:41:03] + Number of Units Completed: 509

[petteyg359]

It can only upload as fast as your connection. It states quite clearly there that you're only sending at ~15kBps. A 40+ MiB file is going to take a while at that speed.

[Jolly-Swagman]

NEWBIE911 what is your normal Internet speed

[NEWBIE911]

NEWBIE911 what is your normal Internet speed

Up to 256 Kbps upstream UP to 1.5 Mbps DL

Maybe I should change to 768 Kbps UP 9 Mbps Down ????????


I Have Cox

http://ww2.cox.com/residential/omaha/internet/preferred-internet.cox

[petteyg359]

http://ww2.cox.com/residential/omaha/internet/preferred-internet.cox

Slightly off-topic LOL quote from that page:

Badge of honor. #1 with more customers in Cox areas nationwide choose our Internet service over the other guys, award-recogonized service and speeds DSL just can't beat.*

Like there's any real competition in this country for them to win... :rolleyes:

@OP: Upgrading might help, it might not. You're already only getting half of your advertised speed. 256kb is 32kB, and you're only getting 16kB.

[Zerix01]

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Go there and see if your getting the speed your paying for. If not then contact the cable company and see if there is a reason why. Maybe your modem just needs to be reprogrammed for your current service. This has happened to me before when they stop offering package X and auto upgrade me to package Y but the modem is still set to package X speeds.

Also 256Kbps upstream is pretty low. It might just be time to get the next step up. But make sure they give you the speeds you are paying for.

[Adak]

It definitely sounds like a problem with your service. You might want to try uploading a big fat picture file to something like swoopshare or photobucket - anywhere that you can time it, and from the size of the file, calculate your upload speeds.

Then when you talk to Cox, they can't say "... that must be a problem with FAH's servers then...".