Comments on: Continued frustration with throttled connections, solved?

By: J R

J R — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:40:15 +0000

Ive noticed something similar with the MAC platform , N.B. the issue I noticed was that I seemed to be downloading inspite of having no “DOWNLOADS” open on any client. I did some research and realized something called as the mdns response and my machine being part of a multicast group which I haven’t voluntarily subscribed to .I would recommend that you try a tcpdump on the relevant interface and post the findings.

By: AR

AR — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:33:43 +0000

Im having the same problem….does anyone have any experience with Lightspeeds Premium 2000 service. Its supposedly a 2mb connection with unlimited download for BHD45 a month???? (only problem its a 12m contract!)

By: salman

salman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:24:28 +0000

i advice you to change the password of your user in Batelco from their site, and change your router as will.

good luck

By: Darth

Darth — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:09:05 +0000

The deal with TATA is all over the press – thats going to change thing when it comes to redunduncy in the Gulf especially with the fact that we rely heavily on the Falcon Cable (FLAG) – and it will provide more bandwidth for better prices! The Govt is wisely using BD14 Million from the BD86 Million we got with the 3rd Mobile Auction. I hear that STC will also lay fiber to connect Bahrain with Saudi with even more cables. The TATA cable should connect with BIX and re-energize it with a ton of bandwidth. We should have been doing this along time ago. This would go along way in reducing the problems we’ve had on this island when it comes to data connectivity.

By: F.A.J

F.A.J — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:13:37 +0000

If your work depends on the Internet as you said, then why don’t you just simply get 2 internet packages, one that is personally for you and the other one is for your kids, this way you will be more able to determine where the problem is?

Believe me even 100gb limit won’t be enough for your kids .

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:49:10 +0000

When did you last change the passwords on the router? It’s a pain, but change the wifi passwords on the router and the clients. Do activate MAC access control, but keep in mind that can be spoofed. Does your router keep logs or stats, maybe you can check bandwidth usage that way. Try turning off all your computers overnight, and see if bandwidth is still used up, then someone else is using your network. Leave your computers on, but unused, and if you’re using up bandwidth, than something is running on you machine that’s using up your bandwidth. It’s a process of elimination. Run full virus and malware scans on all your systems.

btw, as someone who’s coming to Bahrain soon, I love reading you blog.

By: mahmood

mahmood — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:38:34 +0000

Thanks, will look into this.

By: mahmood

mahmood — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:30:07 +0000

Not at all. I’ve enforced passwords on the routers. I think the next step is to enforce MAC address-based access which I have partially done.

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:14:40 +0000

I know this is a long shot. But you don’t use an unsecured wifi network by any chance?

By: Loki

Loki — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:05:59 +0000

btw, I think you can view your bandwidth usage by logging onto the Batelco website. You can view your account setting and the amount of bandwidth remaining and how much you’ve been downloading and when.