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Here are the results of the test: TCP options string = 020405ac01010402 MTU = 1492 MTU is optimized for PPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput. MSS = 1452 MSS is optimized for PPPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising your MTU value. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits Unscaled Receive Window = 65535 Note: TCP 1323 Options need to be enabled for RWIN over 2^16 (65535). Windows 9x might also need the MS Vtcp386 fix. For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS. Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS: 511104 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 255552 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4) 127776 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2) 63888 (MSS x 44) bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test): Your RcvWindow limits you to: 2621.4 kbps (327.675 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1048.56 kbps (131.07 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON Time to live left = 120 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)

I believe I have the 1mb package. Oh and here is another test: The current date is: Thu 01/19/2006 The current time is: 13:58:55.78 Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=48 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=73ms TTL=48 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=72ms TTL=48 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=48 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 72ms, Maximum = 75ms, Average = 73ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms dslrouter [192.168.1.1] 2 34 ms 33 ms 33 ms 10.32.103.1 3 34 ms 34 ms 33 ms 130.81.10.41 4 31 ms 32 ms 35 ms 130.81.18.88 5 47 ms 33 ms 31 ms so-6-0-0-0.PEER-RTR1.NY111.verizon-gni.net [130.81.17.129] 6 32 ms 35 ms 33 ms so-1-0-0-0.gar2.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.78.174.13] 7 107 ms 34 ms 33 ms ae-1-53.bbr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.68.97.65] 8 94 ms 69 ms 72 ms ae-0-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109] 9 72 ms 75 ms 72 ms ae-13-55.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.143] 10 71 ms 72 ms 71 ms 4.78.220.10 11 73 ms 72 ms 73 ms vl31.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.29] 12 71 ms 71 ms 73 ms vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83] 13 72 ms 74 ms 73 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69] 14 73 ms 76 ms 73 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete.

Here is another test I ran: click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 138.75Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 717.21kb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: The receive buffer should be 237.42 Kbytes to maximize throughput

Windows XP Home Verizon DSL Avast! virus protection SpyBot & Lavasoft & SpyBlaster CCleaner Here are my results with my DSL: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 714 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 87 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:41:22 GMT-0500 Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB download in 11.77 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 15.19 % of your hosts average (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9X7CBPVWS As you can see, I am running only at 15% of my host's average. I have downloaded Cablenut but I have no idea how to use it. Thanks

I just installed Cablenut and tweaked my system according to FallowEarth's sticky and I increased my speed dramatically. I installed all the recommended software; ie spybot, lavasoft, CCleaner, Cablenut, Avast!. Also recommended was a firewall with the two suggested being those by Outpost and Sygate. I am not really sure what firewalls do. Could someone give me a quick rundown on them and on which one is a good one. Thanks

I'm sorry, one more question. Do you have to tweak your system using Cablenut often to maintain high connection speeds? Or is once enough? Thanks

I installed Cablenut and used the settings suggested by cdf216; namely this: * 10000_1000.ccs Here are the results: :.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5986 Kbps about 6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 731 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Jan 11 2006 21:03:55 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 107X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.4 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 90.11 % of your hosts average (optonline.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PIHBL5186 According to the latest test my speed is now 90% ( ! ) of my hosts average. This is up from 35%. Is that possible? And could it have been that easy? If it is, I don't know how to say thankyou enough. The rest of my info: spybot lavalsoft spyblaster Avast! Latest Windows Updates (auto updater) Connection via ethernet link (not USB) Windows 2000 professional CCleaner Evidence Eliminator Optonline cable provider w/ max download speed 10mps Last question: I don't really understand firewalls and I don't have one installed. What do they do and which one is better of the two suggested; Outpost or Sygate? Thanks again.

Then how would I go about getting my connection to be so fast?

Thankyou for the replies. I called my cable company and they said that 10mps is the max download speed but that most people wont get near that. The tech guy had me run a test and my system is downloading at 1mps. He said that was very fast. Is he right? If I tweaked it could it run faster? Should I try? Thanks again.

My stats: ::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2303 Kbps about 2.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 281 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Jan 10 2006 19:13:46 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 41X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.64 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 34.64 % of your hosts average (optonline.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-2EW1HBLTD OS: Windows 2000 Professional No tweaking programs as of yet Here is another test which was reccommended: SpeedGuide.net TCP/IP Analyzer TCP properties Browser/OS = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 TCP options string = 020405b401010402 MTU = 1500 MTU is fully optimized for broadband. MSS = 1460 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 17520 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits Unscaled Receive Window = 17520 RWIN is a multiple of MSS Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS: 513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4) 128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2) 64240 (MSS x 44) bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test): Your RcvWindow limits you to: 700.8 kbps (87.6 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 280.32 kbps (35.04 KBytes/s) @ 500ms Consider increasing your RWIN value to optimize TCP/IP for broadband. MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON Time to live left = 121 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0) I have spybot and adaware I have avast! virus protection I have CCleaner and evidence eliminator I am new to this board so I do not know the ettiquete. But I would appreciate any help offered on improving my speed. Thankyou