How to Troubleshoot Your Internet Connection for DSL or Cable Service

One of the common problems among internet users is testing their internet connection to pinpoint the exact problem. There is a big number of internet users who use DSL, and cable modem service.

You set us your connection the way your ISP (internet service provider)instruct you to. Sometimes, it doesn't work for numerous reasons.

You service is not ready, your hardware in not connected properly, or your ISP is having problems.

Whatever the cause of the problem maybe, there are some diagnostic tools you can use in Windows XP, in order to identify the problem.

If you are not exact in your diagnostic, you will get a good idea at least.

Before we get to the diagnostic tools, let us discuss what is involved in an internet connection.

The information travels over the internet to your computer through your ISP service. This is done through a High speed modem then to a network card installed in your computer.

Your computer is called a host, your service provider will give you the DNS IP address, and you get your login and password. That is all what you have from your ISP.

Sometimes, your internet connection fails, and you want to find out the problem. You may be able to fix it, or at least get some information about the problem to advise your isp for help.

You will start by accessing the command prompt by going in sequence to:

Start menu, program, accessories, then command prompt. A window will open where you type commands from the prompt.

At the command prompt, you type: IPCONFIG. This command will give you the active network connection on your computer. Here is an example:

PPP adapter Copy :

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.239.158.45
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.239.158.45

The above output was produced when I ran the Ipconfig command on my own computer running Window XP OS, and A DSL connection. The IP address is my computer address assigned by the ISP.

Please note, you can add an option to this command, in order to get more detailed information about your connection. Here is the output, when I ran the same command with the "all" option.

Ipconfig /ALL

PPP adapter Copy :

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.239.158.45
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.239.158.45
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 151.198.0.39 151.197.0.39 NetBIOS over TCP/IP. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Notice now, the output includes the phisycal address of the network interface card installed in my computer. Also, you see the DNS IP addresses. With the above information, I didn't have any problems.

Supposed ,I disconnect my DSL connection and ran the command again, this is the new result:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Notice in this case, where I disconnected my connection, you don't get a DNS server. This tells you that I am not connected to the internet.

Also, notice the IP address starts with 192.168, which is the default address whenever your computer is not connected to the internet.

Another command is the ping command. It will allow to check if a computer is connected to the network and ready to communicate, whether intranet, or internet.

Once you run it,it will sent a packet to the computer specified and gives the time it took for the packet to travel. This is an a output when I tried to ping www.yahoo.com:

C:>ping www.yahoo.com

Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [216.109.118.66] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.109.118.66: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.109.118.66: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 216.109.118.66:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 35ms, Maximum = 39ms, Average = 38ms.

That shows that the host was reachable, and connected to the internet.

A very important command is the Nslookup. This will let you check if DNS (domain name server) is working properly. The function of the DNS server is to translate ip addresses to domain name of the networked computer. Here is an example:

C:> nslookup www.yahoo.com
Server: home5.bellatlantic.net
Address: 151.198.0.39

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net
Addresses: 216.109.118.67
Aliases: www.yahoo.com

So, you enter the name after Nslookup, it will give you IP addresses and vice versa.

In summary, there more commands in Windows Xp, but using the three above commands should give you a good idea about your internet connection problems. You can find where the problem is occurring. Is it your machine, or the ISP.

Thanks,
George Chamoun

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Do you still have landline phone service? Still stuck on dial-up Internet service because you think it's cheaper than broadband? What if I said you can essentially get unlimited local plus long distance phone service and broadband Internet for the same price or less than what you're paying for those so called cheaper services?

Ask yourself this: How much am I paying just for local phone service? Are you including all of the taxes fees and sir charges? If so, you're probably paying fairly close to 50 dollars a month just in local phone service charges. Is it fair to say you pay at least 10 dollars a month in long distance including fees?

Either way you cut it, if you are paying more than 60 dollars for phone service each month you're getting ripped off even if you think you're getting a pretty good deal. How about dial-up ISP? Do you have one of those super cheap dial-up Internet providers that only charge around 10 dollars a month for ISP? Good deal right? Wrong!

Of course I can't sit here and figure each persons monthly billing, but most of you reading this who have landline phone service, make long distance phone calls either by calling card, or a long distance plan, and use dial-up Internet service are likely paying at least 70 dollars or more per month between the three services.

What would you do if you could get high speed Internet, plus unlimited local plus long distance calling for that same 70 dollars? Would you just nod wisely and still keep your landline phone service and slow dial-up Internet? Would you keep swearing by the same cheap calling cards for long distance?

Did you know that most people in the U.S. can get broadband Internet either by cable or DSL for less than 50 dollars a month? Did you know that by having that broadband Internet service you can take advantage of unlimited local and long distance phone service for less than 20 dollars per month?

In effect, you could be getting super fast Internet connections and unlimited calling for the same price, and often times less than what you are paying for service right now. Even if it averages out to be about the same price, you're still getting better service for the same amount of money!

Of course, more often than not, the combination of broadband Internet, and broadband phone service is cheaper than the cost of landline phone service plus the cost of dial-up. Sure, the price of broadband Internet alone is going to cost more than dial-up, but factor in the savings with broadband phone service and the combination of the two are going to be much cheaper than landline phone service plus dial-up.

Quite literally, the cheapest phone service or cheapest Internet service is going to be broadband Internet like DSL or cable broadband plus broadband telephone service. Try as you might, you just cannot get a better deal than that. You've always wanted to "stick it" to your phone company, and modern technology has finally provided you a way to do just that.

Daymon Hoag is the founder of Cheapest Service where you can shop for Broadband - High Speed Internet - Cable - DSL - Wireless

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Cheapest Internet and Phone Service

Do you still have landline phone service? Still stuck on dial-up Internet service because you think it's cheaper than broadband? What if I said you can essentially get unlimited local plus long distance phone service and broadband Internet for the same price or less than what you're paying for those so called cheaper services?

Ask yourself this: How much am I paying just for local phone service? Are you including all of the taxes fees and sir charges? If so, you're probably paying fairly close to 50 dollars a month just in local phone service charges. Is it fair to say you pay at least 10 dollars a month in long distance including fees?

Either way you cut it, if you are paying more than 60 dollars for phone service each month you're getting ripped off even if you think you're getting a pretty good deal. How about dial-up ISP? Do you have one of those super cheap dial-up Internet providers that only charge around 10 dollars a month for ISP? Good deal right? Wrong!

Of course I can't sit here and figure each persons monthly billing, but most of you reading this who have landline phone service, make long distance phone calls either by calling card, or a long distance plan, and use dial-up Internet service are likely paying at least 70 dollars or more per month between the three services.

What would you do if you could get high speed Internet, plus unlimited local plus long distance calling for that same 70 dollars? Would you just nod wisely and still keep your landline phone service and slow dial-up Internet? Would you keep swearing by the same cheap calling cards for long distance?

Did you know that most people in the U.S. can get broadband Internet either by cable or DSL for less than 50 dollars a month? Did you know that by having that broadband Internet service you can take advantage of unlimited local and long distance phone service for less than 20 dollars per month?

In effect, you could be getting super fast Internet connections and unlimited calling for the same price, and often times less than what you are paying for service right now. Even if it averages out to be about the same price, you're still getting better service for the same amount of money!

Of course, more often than not, the combination of broadband Internet, and broadband phone service is cheaper than the cost of landline phone service plus the cost of dial-up. Sure, the price of broadband Internet alone is going to cost more than dial-up, but factor in the savings with broadband phone service and the combination of the two are going to be much cheaper than landline phone service plus dial-up.

Quite literally, the cheapest phone service or cheapest Internet service is going to be broadband Internet like DSL or cable broadband plus broadband telephone service. Try as you might, you just cannot get a better deal than that. You've always wanted to "stick it" to your phone company, and modern technology has finally provided you a way to do just that.

Daymon Hoag is the founder of Cheapest Service where you can shop for Broadband - High Speed Internet - Cable - DSL - Wireless

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