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My downloads are slow! How do I submit information to help diagnose my problem?
My downloads are slow! How do I submit information to help diagnose my problem?

What information we require in order to investigate your issue.

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Written by Andy
Updated over a week ago

*** STEP 1 - PROVIDE BASIC INFO ***

Please download both of these files and let us know the average download speed (in KB/sec or MB/sec) for each:

Then, please provide answers to the following:

  • What is the name of your ISP?

  • What type of connection do you have with your ISP? (e.g. ADSL2+, Cable etc)

  • What country are you located in?

  • Which timezone are you in, and are there particular times in your timezone when downloads are slow?

  • Are you using a proxy or VPN?

  • Are you using a download manager which would help you speed up downloads? If so, which one?

  • Does the problem occur on all downloads or only some? Are you able to supply a URL of a particularly slow download?

*** STEP 2 - PROVIDE AN MTR TRACE ***

PLEASE NOTE: without an MTR trace it is unlikely that we will be able to help resolve your issue.

Please provide us with a bidirectional "MTR" trace. An MTR is a combined traceroute and ping tool that runs multiple times before returning results. It lets our network engineers identify any potential congestion or packet loss. Unfortunately, MTR is not included with Windows, so you must download and run a free utility called "WinMTR" that provides this functionality.

Install the application:

1. Download the free utility called "WinMTR" from here: http://winmtr.net/

2. Unzip the file, and run WinMTR.exe (the version in the WinMTR_x32 folder should be fine, but you can run the version WINMTR_x64 if you're on a 64bit version of Windows)

3. Right-click the WinMTR program icon and select "Run as administrator" and then click YES to allow the program (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/how-do-i-run-an-application-once-with-a-full-administrator-access-token)

Perform an MTR to our network:
1. Enter 95.211.200.52 into the "Host" box
2. Click "Start"
3. Wait for around two minutes, then click "Stop"
4. Click "Export TEXT" and save the results as a .txt file (filefactory-mtr.txt for example)
5. Attach the .txt file to this ticket
[At least 100 packets are required, and Resolve names must be turned off in the Options menu]

MAC USERS

Here's the MTR download and instructions: http://www.reddit.com/r/TagPro/comments/2j6qx7/how_to_run_an_mtr_on_mac/ - after installation open the Terminal window and type the following commands and send us both results (you should be able to copy and paste). If the Terminal window asks you for your password, that is the user password of your Mac.

sudo /usr/local/sbin/mtr -n 100 95.211.200.52

If you can please get back to us with as much information as possible, we can investigate further.

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