Ok I'm gonna follow your guidelines
1) Win98SE
2)Videotron High Speed Internet 5.1meg down/768k up
3)A win98 registry tweak from SpeedGuide.net
http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:22fe56d?service=cable&speed=5100&os=win98SE&via=normal
Not sure if my connection is pppoe or normal or routerpppoe , cause i'm connected to a Dlink Di704p router
5)
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 5248 Kbps about 5.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)
Download Speed is:: 641 KB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 94 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.6 second(s)
Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=AG0KD6BI7
:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 583 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 579 KB)
Upload Speed is:: 71 KB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 10 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 14.42 second(s)
Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=LKFY0PBHN
TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1e
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 773.32Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 4.60Mb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link
click START to re-test
I'll get back to you on the tracert in next post, my computer is being a Beast.
6) Done
7) Done
Done and set to 100 full duplex since i am connected to a router
9) Will be done after this post
10) Have them and Done
11) No Zonealarm ,router has built in firewall
12) I use Tiny personal Firewall
13) AVG ,great program and Done
14) Done
15) Done, Thx for the great program
16) Have it installed, also downloaded the Vanburens cablenut settings 3, but have not done anything yet till I can get a response from you to know which would be the best settings to use.