You're right and I'm still trying to change the IP of Thomson so that I can connect to my router.

today i had 3 rounds of PPP authentication no reply issue, and maxis said this and intermittent dc are open issues at TM without timeframe.

i requested for private ip for time being, looking forward to stable connection.

This post has been edited by swimming: Aug 24 2012, 11:43 PM

I believe a GIANT file hosting company like Mediafire use super mesh gigabit internet connection with multi-tier load balancer to cater all those user download speed requirement to ensure every connection will get maximum and optimum speed. It's not like what you imagine by simply divide 100 to 10k connection. FYI I always get maximum speed when downloading from Mediafire doesn't matter I use dialup, Streamyx, Unifi or Maxis FTTH because they didn't put any download speed limit to free user or paid user.

Thanks and hope it helps to clarify.

That is what you believe but unfortunately you are wrong again Even if you have a premium account for Rapidshare, Filesonic, etc, you cannot get full speed from Malaysian ISP. Have you tried using premium accounts? I am very doubtful when you say that no matter what connection you are using, you can get full speed from Mediashare. If so, please show me some proof of it via screenshots (dialup, Streamyx, Unifi or Maxis FTTH) showing your connection speed and max download speed. I have been using Internet since 1990's and seriously, you are the first person that claims all your connection are able to do full speed from file sharing sites, it's bizarre

You are also confused between the function of load balancer vs bandwidth. A load balancer is just a hardware that balances the connection for different servers and it DOES NOT increase your connection speed. If 100 Mbps is what you have then that's what you have.

Facing similar scenario for me as well....especially during the night time.

Getting loads of "PPP PAP Authenticate Request sent"

The router is faulty. I have same problem too previously. After maxis change one for me, so far so good.

Today I found out that..that Thomson router...cannot use for CCTV recorder?no have port forwarding?

my router restarts itself also after retrying connecting couple times without success (during PPP no reply issue).
however it does not restart when connection stable or during intermittent dc, i wonder why... a feature???

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Added on August 25, 2012, 5:53 amthis down time can last for 15min to few hours, it seems getting more frequent and worrying...

during the problem, VOIP working but internet down, connect status always Retrying, router may restart itself after a while (btw i try connecting every 3 minutes), if i tried wrong password/username, will get PPP fail reply; no PPP reply if correct password.

when i report the issue, maxis said some public ip users affected and advise was to restart modem and router then just wait. but this does not reduce the down time and seems like maxis cant do anything about it. i requested 2 login for both public and private ip, maxis said cannot; switching private/public ip will still take times within 24hr.

This post has been edited by swimming: Aug 25 2012, 06:03 AM

No offense, I have premium for RS and I do get full speed most of the time (95%) for the past 3 years.
I only complaint to Streamyx once, reset port and it went back to normal. I was using 4MB, speed was around 500kbps +/-

Now with Maxis, Rapidshare full speed also, but not stable. Well, not exactly not stable, it will go from 1.3mbps to 800kbps at some time, but most of the time is max speed. (PREMIUM)

My Thomson also self-reboot after I retry Connect via webpage many times... this difficulty in connection happens more often at night. This morning, boot up the Thomson + BTU no issues getting connected.

I've request to switch back to Private IP to check if this problem ("PPP PAP Authenticate Request sent") is "reduced" or not.

TM customer service like to use "submarine cable" as their shield
Maxis CS just use "TM" as their shield

if was TM issue why public IP users face more frequent dc issue then private IP users?
if was TM issue then what exactly was "the issue"? do try us with some specific technical terms

I feel like the speed is back to 'normal' yesterday, good seeds torrent max only could get 200kbps, Microsoft max 500kbps etc.... maybe all back from kampung already?

Above happening during peak hour, this morning I try again, huala, 1.2mb per sec.

That's alright, you have a very good connection there Majority of people with Maxis Home Fiber are unable to complete a download from RS including myself and this is a known issue due to the high latency. Besides, not all files will give you "full speed" and when you term it as "full speed", it means 1MB/s (at least) in this case. If it's 800 KB/s, how can that be "full speed"?

Btw, I used to have Filesonic Premium with Streamyx 4MB a year ago and I never get full speed 100% as well. Certain files I can get full speed but not all files. However if we are talking about MediaFire, it really does not make sense if people say they can get full speed all the time for all files (that's my whole point).

This post has been edited by clawhammer: Aug 25 2012, 11:50 AM

Here is the speed I get using Maxis FTTH


It's different story if you compare download speed between Mediafire (not Mediashare) and other file sharing sites because Mediafire didn't cap our download speed limit for free users.
FYI, there are so many type of load balancer (LB), here is some of them:
Application LB - to loadbalance between application server and get optimum connection
Internet link LB - to loadbalance between multiple network termination unit devices and get optimum connection to internet

BTW you can PM me if you want more details about these stuff because this thread just discussing about Maxis FTTH only

Show me you can get 1.25MB/s for this file I can't even hit 500KB/s here

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?i6ua00spypgepzk

For me ok leh...




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mediafire i always get 200Kbps+ only

How about downloading from hulkshare.com? They also didn't limit download speed and total simultanious connection per file for free user.

Both of you are using a download manager to do the job. The reason why you are getting "full speed" is because the download manager optimizes the download for you by using multiple connections and downloading the files in parts (please read more about segmented downloading). Segmented downloads mean you can download the same file with many streams, resulting in higher download-speed. That explains why you claim it is getting "full speed".


Your observation and experience is correct. They are claiming "full speed" downloads because they are using download managers which somewhat optimizes the connection to get that sort of speed.