On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 17:45 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > > 2. Everyday around 7.30 pm-8.00pm my network is very slow. sometimes > > (when it happens) i ping to the ISP. and get the round trip 3900ms also, > > and some packet drops. > > Odds are that your ISP is swamped. That's a classic "massive login" > period (where everyone and his brother is trying to get online). > That's probably correct. One question though. Do you have all the unnecessary port closed on the router? If you are not running a server, you can close all the ports. -- Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence Fight Spam: http://www.tqmcube.com/rbldnsd.htm Daily Updates: http://www.tqmcube.com/spam_trap.htm