Paschendale

Yup, I can ping my ISP and have no firewall. I tried using your settings but that didn't really change anything. Any others?

Hey guys, Yes, I do have STAC compression enabled because it really helps with my ISP. Well, I spent a lot of time trying different settings with Cablenut, TCP Optimizer, TweakMaster, Tuneup Utilities '06, Modem Booster etc. and I used tools to measure the performance of each set of tweaks - but what I found is that the default Windows settings seem to always be higher than the performance of any other tweak. This is what I'm getting with defaults: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 46 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 6 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Nov 02 2005 08:51:41 GMT+1100 (AUS Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 170.67 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 2.95 % of your hosts average (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-GCE9LA23U I'm guessing that this is pretty much as high as I will be able to go, if you guys have any additional settings please let me know. Thanks, Paschendale

Hey ROM-DOS, My initial connection speed is either 50.6Kbps or 52Kbps - it varies between those two values, which I think indicates a fairly good connection. I applied the settings you suggested and rebooted, and there is an increase in the test results, but only a slight one: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 45 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 5 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Nov 01 2005 10:21:34 GMT+1100 (AUS Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 204.8 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 2.87 % of your hosts average (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QTNDIX4ZW Hopefully the CableNut settings will help me out, Thanks for your help so far, Paschendale

Hey guys, I recently reformatted my machine (WinXP SP2). Prior to it, I had tweaked my 56k connection and was getting consistent download speeds of 6.5Kbs. Now, without any tweaks, I'm getting around ~4.5-5Kbs. I was hoping you guys could help me out by suggesting settings that are good for downloading - as I can't seem to remember which tweaks I had used last time. I don't play any online games, so increased ping as an expense for faster downloads is not a problem. Looking forward to a response, Thanks, Paschendale PS. Here's the test I did on this site just incase you need any info: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 43 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 5 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Mon Oct 31 2005 21:27:04 GMT+1100 (AUS Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 204.8 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 2.74 % of your hosts average (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-D9YA1G4PR