from time to time my IP address changes from 118 prefix to a 180 prefix which causes problems to my download speed to certain sites is there a way this can be sorted  

You could pay more money for a fixed IP...but that could bring "other problems"

or keep reconnecting until you get a 118 address...yeah not a very good solution at all.

 

why do you think  118 is better than 180 ?

 

4 minutes ago, johng said:

You could pay more money for a fixed IP...but that could bring "other problems"

or keep reconnecting until you get a 118 address...yeah not a very good solution at all.

 

why do you think  118 is better than 180 ?

 

180 reduces speed of some apps as 118 does not reduce speed to any apps. 

Have you done a "tracert" to the effected server whilst using 118 and compared the results with one using 180 ?

Maybe some details would help to solve the mystery.

180 and 118 could be ToT? Or what provider/technology you have (ADSL, VDSL, fiber)?

 

Your observations are comparable in terms of day of week, time of day?

Where are the servers (country) you download from?

2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Maybe some details would help to solve the mystery.

180 and 118 could be ToT? Or what provider/technology you have (ADSL, VDSL, fiber)?

 

Your observations are comparable in terms of day of week, time of day?

Where are the servers (country) you download from?

TOT fibre it happen yesterday  at about 1900. 118 using tv mucho from the UK. is no problem at a good download speed  on 180 download speed drops to 1.8  

8 minutes ago, johng said:

Have you done a "tracert" to the effected server whilst using 118 and compared the results with one using 180 ?

Always a good idea.

 

I am on ToT and if I do a traceroute to a German server I see this:

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    1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2     *        *        *     <timeout>
  3     3 ms     2 ms     2 ms  203.113.40.93
  4    14 ms    13 ms    14 ms  203.113.44.237
  5    13 ms    14 ms    13 ms  203.113.37.165
  6    13 ms    13 ms    28 ms  203.113.37.186
  7    79 ms     *       79 ms  122.155.230.61
  8    75 ms    86 ms    75 ms  61.19.9.146
  9   192 ms   196 ms   197 ms  amsix.bb-c.nkf.ams.nl....
 10   194 ms   197 ms   197 ms  ae-6.bb-c.act.fra.de.....

No. 6 (at 13 ms) is obviously the last one in Thailand.

Will hardly vary up to that.

After that there might be significant differences in routing.

The one above "looks good". 197 ms to Europe is quite OK.

1 minute ago, jonesthepost said:

TOT fibre it happen yesterday  at about 1900. 118 using tv mucho from the UK. is no problem at a good download speed  on 180 download speed drops to 1.8  

OK, so you are in comparable situation like me (ToT fibre).

I am on a 1.4.xxx.xxx address currently.

And yes, I had some problems yesterday too and still have bad download rates from Germany (testmynet.com).

But I doubt that it is related to the IP address.

If you watch the forum for years you will remember "slow internet" messages again and again.

I learned to be patient and hope for improvement.

The big content (Google/youtube, Microsoft, Facebook) comes from regional sites, is fast and so most Thai people don't take notice.

Just started my VPN, connected to Singapore and retested the download from Germany.

Significant improvement.

6.3 Mbit/s is not lightning fast but acceptable.

Yesterday I had some results less than 1 Mbit/s.

So I am afraid to say: ToT is throttling or fiddling on their international connections.

I'm on ToT  ADSL    180.180.**.*** address    don't know why it resolves to mail.tvmucho.com   ??

 

20 minutes ago, johng said:

don't know why it resolves to mail.tvmucho.com

That's what they have registered.

mail.tvmucho.com (46.165.242.11)

tvmucho.com (46.165.242.11)

Not much to worry about as long as it works.

And also that the usual tools say the server is located in Germany