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Okay I guess problem solved! :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1280 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 156 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Wed Feb 01 2006 13:55:08 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.56 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 55.82 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BHU97WKN4 The qwest guy came and ran some new wire(CAT5) because we have an older house with old phone cords or something that don't allow fast data or something. So I guess...case closed! Thanks!

Here was a saved tracert: Tracing route to qwest.net [204.147.80.81] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 42 ms 34 ms 34 ms roch-dsl-gw01-193.roch.qwest.net [209.181.190.193] 4 * 49 ms 34 ms roch-agw1.inet.qwest.net [209.181.190.125] 5 49 ms 34 ms 34 ms rch-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.157.33] 6 38 ms 38 ms 38 ms mpl-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.230] 7 39 ms 38 ms 37 ms mpl-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.128.98] 8 46 ms 39 ms 38 ms min-svcs-03.inet.qwest.net [207.225.159.243] 9 * 50 ms 38 ms wwwld.uswest.net [204.147.80.81] Trace complete. The first 2 are local right? so that could have told you it was on my end or something? I tried saying that in my first post but...whatever. Help is on the way...well they will be tomorrow so...Thanks anyway. I may still need your help if something doesn't work or who knows what. I actually have a question or two...So I was looking around my modem and router setups and noticed in the DHCP section it says that only one should be on so...which one should I have on? The router's or modem's? and how would I set everything up if I wanted my computers to have static IP's? Would I turn BOTH DHCP's off? Maybe I'm way off here IDK...

Well I called Qwest today to find out WTH was going on and they said theres a problem in the line so they're coming over tomorrow. Hopefully they can fix the problem. I'll post my speed results tomorrow and hopefully they're near 1.5mb!

What do you mean? without the router? Another weird thing is I left my torrent up and running all night, and when it started it was getting MAX 10kb/s DL and like what I set as my limit UL. But this morning the DL speed was going up to like 25+ kb/s every once and awhile. Could the problem be that I forwarded the BitComet ports in both the router AND modem? or is that what you're supposed to do?

Well....I power cycled like you said...and things just got worse: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 27 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 3 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 2006 21:34:38 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 0X faster than 56K 1MB download in 341.33 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 1.17 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1TJIFEM7H :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 859 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 105 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 2006 21:48:14 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 15X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 9.75 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 80.08 % faster than the average for host (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-09BXAP5W1

Okay, I recently upgraded my DSL speed from 256kb to 1.5mb and qwest sent a new modem (ActionTec GT701-WG). I also have a router (NetworkEverywhere/Linksys NR041). So heres the thing, I was able to get the internet to work and everything but it was slow on both computers connected to the network. I've tried messing around with PPPoE and PPPoA and bridging and all this stuff that I really know nothing about and I messed everything up and nothing worked. Well I finally got everything back but it's REALLY slow now. So I'm just wondering, what sort of settings do I need on both the router and the modem for a good connection? I tried getting help in the "Make it faster..." forum and a guy (trogers) made me a ccs file which he said was perfect and that the problem was elsewhere. One of the bad things I've noticed is when I run tracert. For the first 2 hops I get "request timed out." everytime and then I usually get "request timed out." for the last 1-10 hops. Also know that I'd like to have everything set up for Static IP's so I can use Port Forwarding. If you want me to run some tests I'll run them, just please help someone! Here's the download test using Firefox: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 107 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 13 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 2006 17:35:34 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 78.77 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 4.64 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-WB0KDHL18 upload: :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 843 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 103 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 2006 17:41:05 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 15X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 9.94 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 76.73 % faster than the average for host (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-T65ZYWREF download test with IE: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 124 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 15 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 17:45:08 CST 2006 Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 68.27 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 5.37 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-L3G5DO0Q4

Yeah I think you're right, so do you have any ideas on what to do? I've been trying to look it up through MULTIPLE! google searches but no luck so far...

Well heres the test results after shutting down Ad-Watch and Symantec and Using IE: Connection is:: 324 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 20972 kB) Download Speed is:: 40 kB/s Tested From:: http://matrixau.net Test Time:: Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB download in 25.6 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 14.03 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SI3K7CGNP I have a AMD Athlon 1.73GHz with 512 MB RAM with Qwest DSL using an ActionTec GT701-WG and a NetworkEverywhere/Linksys NR041 Router which has my computer, my dad's comp., and my XBox hooked up to it. I set both my comp. and my dad's to a static IP because I read I can get better speeds on torrents that way...so maybe thats the problem? Here's a tracert that I ran....seems pretty bad. Anyone have any ideas on my router setup then, since I think trogers right in saying the problem is with the router and modem? Thanks guys. Tracing route to qwest.net [204.147.80.81] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 42 ms 34 ms 34 ms roch-dsl-gw01-193.roch.qwest.net [209.181.190.193] 4 * 49 ms 34 ms roch-agw1.inet.qwest.net [209.181.190.125] 5 49 ms 34 ms 34 ms rch-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.157.33] 6 38 ms 38 ms 38 ms mpl-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.230] 7 39 ms 38 ms 37 ms mpl-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.128.98] 8 46 ms 39 ms 38 ms min-svcs-03.inet.qwest.net [207.225.159.243] 9 * 50 ms 38 ms wwwld.uswest.net [204.147.80.81] Trace complete.

Well Jodokast96 sent me a PM saying "Hey, try this. In CableNut, set your DefaultReceiveWindow (very first thing) and TcpWindowSize (about half way down on the right side) to 17520, reboot and retest." so I did and here are my results: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 174 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 21 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Sun Jan 29 2006 17:03:18 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB download in 48.76 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 7.52 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8W4C2E6NI WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 901.51Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 425.80kb/s ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.5.0_06 ------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------ Cable modem/DSL/T1 link found. Link set to Full Duplex mode No network congestion discovered. Good network cable(s) found Normal duplex operation found. Web100 reports the Round trip time = 149.09 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and There were 13 packets retransmitted, 74 duplicate acks received, and 100 SACK blocks received The connection stalled 1 times due to packet loss The connection was idle 0.36 seconds (3.59%) of the time This connection is receiver limited 3.08% of the time. Increasing the the client's receive buffer (17.0 KB) will improve performance This connection is network limited 96.89% of the time. Excessive packet loss is impacting your performance, check the auto-negotiate function on your local PC and network switch Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to: RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF RFC 1323 Window Scaling: OFF Packet size is preserved End-to-End Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Information: Network Address Translation (NAT) box is modifying the Client's IP address Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.90<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.03>.9], (loss < .01) [0.01<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [0.00>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.96>.6], (loss < .01) [0.01<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [8760>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.90<9.5] (loss < .01) [0.01<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [2.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5] (Estimate > 50 [0.54>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.03>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/2=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link (speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0] (SendTime = 0) [2.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for half-duplex condition (rwintime > .95) [0.03>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.96>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [8760>0] estimate = 0.54 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 149.09msec, and loss = 0.01891253 The theoretical network limit is 0.54 Mbps The NDT server has a 101.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 5.29 Mbps Your PC/Workstation has a 17.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 0.89 Mbps The network based flow control limits the throughput to 0.97 Mbps Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1' Server Data reports link is '10 Gig', Server Acks report link is 'T1' It doesn't seemed like that helped at all but thanks anyways...anyone else wanna take a stab?

Heres trying the new ccs file: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 375 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 46 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Sun Jan 29 2006 15:57:53 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB download in 22.26 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 16.19 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SG7VQROD2 WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 898.82Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 454.73kb/s ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.5.0_06 ------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------ Cable modem/DSL/T1 link found. Link set to Full Duplex mode No network congestion discovered. Good network cable(s) found Normal duplex operation found. Web100 reports the Round trip time = 205.13 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and There were 15 packets retransmitted, 120 duplicate acks received, and 126 SACK blocks received The connection stalled 1 times due to packet loss The connection was idle 0.42 seconds (4.19%) of the time This connection is receiver limited 6.65% of the time. This connection is network limited 93.33% of the time. Excessive packet loss is impacting your performance, check the auto-negotiate function on your local PC and network switch Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to: RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF RFC 1323 Window Scaling: OFF Packet size is preserved End-to-End Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Information: Network Address Translation (NAT) box is modifying the Client's IP address Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.89<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.06>.9], (loss < .01) [0.01<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [0.00>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.93>.6], (loss < .01) [0.01<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [32120>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.89<9.5] (loss < .01) [0.01<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [3.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5] (Estimate > 50 [0.41>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.06>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [5/6=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link (speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0] (SendTime = 0) [3.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for half-duplex condition (rwintime > .95) [0.06>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.5>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.93>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [32120>0] estimate = 0.41 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 205.13msec, and loss = 0.017456359 The theoretical network limit is 0.41 Mbps The NDT server has a 101.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 3.84 Mbps Your PC/Workstation has a 62.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 2.38 Mbps The network based flow control limits the throughput to 2.44 Mbps Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1' Server Data reports link is '10 Gig', Server Acks report link is 'T1'

Okay this is weird...I left TrendMicro's Housecall running all night and it didn't find anything this morning but now my speeds are back to where they were...so maybe it was a flook(sp?). And no, I closed BitComet down and waited awhile and kept retesting, assuming that it might take awhile for the connections to disconnect and for me to get my full speed back that the results that I posted were from AFTER I restarted and like an hour or more after closing BitComet! Anyways, I did what you said trogers. Here's before I installed the new ccs file(sorry forgot to get the stats and last 2 paragraphs...) Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 889.86kB/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.26Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link Here's after: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 904.39kB/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 293.26kB/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 904.39kB/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 293.26kB/s ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.5.0_06 ------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------ Cable modem/DSL/T1 link found. Link set to Full Duplex mode Information: throughput is limited by other network traffic. Good network cable(s) found Normal duplex operation found. Web100 reports the Round trip time = 169.82 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and There were 10 packets retransmitted, 56 duplicate acks received, and 66 SACK blocks received The connection stalled 1 times due to packet loss The connection was idle 0.57 seconds (5.69%) of the time This connection is network limited 99.98% of the time. Excessive packet loss is impacting your performance, check the auto-negotiate function on your local PC and network switch Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to: RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON Packet size is preserved End-to-End Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Information: Network Address Translation (NAT) box is modifying the Client's IP address Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.90<5] (rwintime > .9) [0>.9], (loss < .01) [0.02<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [0.00>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.99>.6], (loss < .01) [0.02<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [7300>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.90<9.5] (loss < .01) [0.02<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [2.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5] (Estimate > 50 [0.41>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [0/1=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link (speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0] (SendTime = 0) [2.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for half-duplex condition (rwintime > .95) [0>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.99>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [7300>0] estimate = 0.41 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 169.82msec, and loss = 0.025830258 The theoretical network limit is 0.41 Mbps The NDT server has a 8192.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 376.86 Mbps Your PC/Workstation has a 125.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 5.77 Mbps The network based flow control limits the throughput to 0.72 Mbps Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1' Server Data reports link is 'T1', Server Acks report link is 'T1' There you go trogers and everyone else.

Okay....umm things have taken a HORRIBLE shift...I have like 56k MODEM speeds now!!! What happened!?!? Here: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 40 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 5 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Sun Jan 29 2006 01:03:25 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 204.8 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 1.72 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7KO09YZR1 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 731 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 89 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Sun Jan 29 2006 01:10:33 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 11.51 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 53.89 % faster than the average for host (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VZ1K0L3US TCP options string = 020405b40103030201010402 MTU = 1500 MTU is fully optimized for broadband. MSS = 1460 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 192512 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 2 bits (scale factor of 4) Unscaled Receive Window = 48128 For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to 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: 7700.48 kbps (962.56 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 3080.192 kbps (385.024 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = OFF Time to live left = 105 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 11101000 (232) Precedence (priority) = 111 (Network Control) Delay = 0 (normal delay) Throughput = 1 (high throughput) Reliability = 0 (normal reliability) Cost = 0 (normal cost) Check bit = 0 (correct, 8th checking bit must be zero) DiffServ (RFC 2474) = No valid DiffServ equivalent. See the TCP Optimizer documentation, or RFCs 2474, 2475, 2597, 2598, 2873. The current date is: Sun 01/29/2006 The current time is: 1:19:48.96 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=73ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=50 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 65ms, Maximum = 73ms, Average = 67ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 42 ms 34 ms 34 ms roch-dsl-gw01-193.roch.qwest.net [209.181.190.193] 4 * 43 ms 34 ms roch-agw1.inet.qwest.net [209.181.190.125] 5 34 ms 36 ms 34 ms rch-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.157.33] 6 48 ms 38 ms 37 ms mpl-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.230] 7 53 ms 46 ms 47 ms cer-core-02.inet.qwest.net [67.14.8.18] 8 47 ms 47 ms 47 ms cer-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.139.62] 9 55 ms 47 ms 48 ms qwest-gw.cgcil.ip.att.net [192.205.32.97] 10 67 ms 66 ms 65 ms tbr2-p014001.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.70] 11 69 ms 67 ms * tbr2-cl7.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.46] 12 67 ms 67 ms 67 ms 12.122.9.141 13 66 ms 66 ms 67 ms tbr2-cl6.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90] 14 65 ms 65 ms 65 ms gar1-p370.dlrtx.ip.att.net [12.123.196.97] 15 73 ms 65 ms 65 ms 12.119.136.14 16 72 ms 65 ms 65 ms vl31.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.30] 17 65 ms 66 ms 65 ms vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83] 18 66 ms 65 ms 75 ms gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.85] 19 65 ms 64 ms 65 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. Wow....It took FOREVER to load that upload test but it seems like thats doing GREAT!...I don't have like a hacker or anything do I? I mean I was downloading stuff all day through BitComet and the speeds were good like 20-40kbps DL and like 30-40kbps upload...but then I shut that down and noticed the slow speeds and rebooted and STILL slow speeds. I scanned for spyware but not viruses yet...which I WILL do overnight tonight so...Any ideas anyone? PLEASE!? This is so sudden...and odd...Please ANY ideas or anything would be GREATLY appreciated!

Hey, I'm back with a faster connection , but now THIS internet isn't running as fast as it should be. I had the 256Kbps and now I have the 1.5Mbps but its only running at around 0.8Mbps, so hopefully you can help. BTW, this modem came with Qwest QuickCare which is supposed to help diagnose the connection if something happens or something...is THAT slowing the connection down? Do I need it? TCP options string = 020405b40103030201010402 MTU = 1500 MTU is fully optimized for broadband. MSS = 1460 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 256960 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 2 bits (scale factor of 4) Unscaled Receive Window = 64240 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 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: 10278.4 Kbps (1284.8 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 4111.36 Kbps (513.92 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = OFF Time to live left = 52 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 11110000 (240) Precedence (priority) = 111 (Network Control) Delay = 1 (low delay) Throughput = 0 (normal throughput) Reliability = 0 (normal reliability) Cost = 0 (normal cost) Check bit = 0 (correct, 8th checking bit must be zero) DiffServ (RFC 2474) = No valid DiffServ equivalent. See the TCP Optimizer documentation, or RFCs 2474, 2475, 2597, 2598, 2873. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 891 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 109 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Fri Jan 27 2006 20:11:37 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 16X faster than 56K 1MB download in 9.39 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 38.29 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SLC5JE8W1 TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 862.40kB/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.27Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link The current date is: Fri 01/27/2006 The current time is: 20:32:44.26 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=103ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=95ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=50 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 95ms, Maximum = 103ms, Average = 98ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 51 ms 34 ms 34 ms roch-dsl-gw01-193.roch.qwest.net [209.181.190.193] 4 49 ms 34 ms 34 ms roch-agw1.inet.qwest.net [209.181.190.125] 5 43 ms 34 ms 33 ms rch-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.157.33] 6 47 ms 37 ms 38 ms mpl-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.230] 7 96 ms 47 ms 46 ms cer-core-02.inet.qwest.net [67.14.8.18] 8 46 ms 46 ms 47 ms cer-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.139.62] 9 49 ms 47 ms 47 ms qwest-gw.cgcil.ip.att.net [192.205.32.97] 10 67 ms 66 ms 68 ms tbr2-p014001.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.70] 11 70 ms 66 ms 67 ms tbr2-cl7.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.46] 12 76 ms 80 ms 68 ms 12.122.9.141 13 66 ms 66 ms 66 ms tbr2-cl6.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90] 14 73 ms 65 ms 65 ms gar1-p370.dlrtx.ip.att.net [12.123.196.97] 15 65 ms 65 ms 65 ms 12.119.136.14 16 88 ms 88 ms 93 ms vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61] 17 92 ms 91 ms 91 ms vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91] 18 90 ms 94 ms 87 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69] 19 87 ms 87 ms 90 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. There you go. Maybe someone can make me a custom .css file again(trogers did it last time), that'd be awesome. Thanks again guys.

Okay, well I didn't get that message when I did the ping test, so I guess I'm good to go. Thanks again guys.

Well I tried using your .css file trogers and heres what I got. Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; PeoplePal 3.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address. TCP options string = 020405aa01010402 MTU = 1490 MTU is somewhat optimized for broadband. If you're not on a PPPoE DSL connection that limits packet size, consider increasing your MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput. MSS = 1450 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1450, which equals MSS. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 32120 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits Unscaled Receive Window = 32120 For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS. Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS: 510400 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 255200 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4) 127600 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2) 63800 (MSS x 44) bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test): Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1284.8 Kbps (160.6 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 513.92 Kbps (64.24 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = OFF Time to live left = 52 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 11110000 (240) Precedence (priority) = 111 (Network Control) Delay = 1 (low delay) Throughput = 0 (normal throughput) Reliability = 0 (normal reliability) Cost = 0 (normal cost) Check bit = 0 (correct, 8th checking bit must be zero) DiffServ (RFC 2474) = No valid DiffServ equivalent. See the TCP Optimizer documentation, or RFCs 2474, 2475, 2597, 2598, 2873. So it's still 1490 I guess and it looks like some other things changed to...and to me it looks like it's maybe worse now, but there is no noticable speed change so... Oh well, that's okay unless you have any other ideas? I have another question too. Should I be running Cablenut on the other computer on my network as well? The only things I did on the other computer was all the scanning for viruses and spyware, etc. and ran that XP SP2 patcher that changes the limit from 10 to 50, thats it, so maybe thats what I need to do...? Thanks

Well I ran the test again and got the same thing, but I guess that's okay. I guess I didn't read the test results thouroughly enough . I see now that the "9.17%" is based on the assumption that I have like a 1.5mbps or higher connection. Hopefully I WILL be paying for a speed like that in the near future. I'd like to thank you guys here for helping me out. You guys respond WAAAY faster than any other Tech site I've been to so I think I'll be using this place if I ever have any other problems. Thanks again!

Hi, so heres the deal. I've read a bunch of sites on tweaking to make your DSL faster but I'd rather have more personal instructions and a place I can come with questions. It sounds like you guys can help, hopefully. So heres the things you said to post: I'd first like to add that I scanned my computer in safe mode(with networking) and came up with nothing. 1. Win XP, I installed the patch and it changed it from 10 to 50 and it stayed 50 after I rebooted. 2. Qwest MSN DSL with "Speeds up to 256 Kbps download and upload." 3. The only thing I downloaded before coming here was DrTCP. Here's what speedguide.net said: TCP properties for IP = ... Browser/OS = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address. TCP options string = 020405aa01010402 MTU = 1490 MTU is somewhat optimized for broadband. If you're not on a PPPoE DSL connection that limits packet size, consider increasing your MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput. MSS = 1450 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1450, which equals MSS. 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: 510400 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 255200 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4) 127600 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2) 63800 (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) = OFF Time to live left = 116 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0) 4. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 217 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Mon Jan 23 2006 01:29:16 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 9.17 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-M0OPKXI9D TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 211.32Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 216.56kb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: The receive buffer should be 577.76 Kbytes to maximize throughput The current date is: Mon 01/23/2006 The current time is: 1:53:17.64 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=83ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=50 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 81ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 83ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.1.1 3 51 ms 49 ms 51 ms roch-dsl-gw01-193.roch.qwest.net [209.181.190.193] 4 56 ms 50 ms 51 ms roch-agw1.inet.qwest.net [209.181.190.93] 5 55 ms 52 ms 51 ms rch-core-01.inet.qwest.net [207.109.208.241] 6 58 ms 54 ms 56 ms mpl-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.230] 7 66 ms 64 ms 64 ms cer-core-02.inet.qwest.net [67.14.8.18] 8 63 ms 64 ms 64 ms cer-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.139.62] 9 64 ms 64 ms 64 ms qwest-gw.cgcil.ip.att.net [192.205.32.97] 10 88 ms 87 ms 120 ms tbr2-p014001.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.70] 11 88 ms 87 ms 87 ms tbr2-cl7.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.46] 12 89 ms 87 ms 87 ms 12.122.9.141 13 93 ms 87 ms 87 ms tbr2-cl6.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90] 14 86 ms 81 ms 82 ms 12.122.82.45 15 88 ms 81 ms 82 ms 12.119.136.14 16 87 ms 82 ms 80 ms vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61] 17 81 ms 82 ms 82 ms vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91] 18 87 ms 84 ms 81 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69] 19 89 ms 83 ms 84 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. 5. I have Client for Microsoft Networks and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and also File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, QoS Packet Scheduler, and Network Monitor Driver. 6. Nothing was checked in IE. 7. I have a router with the latest firmware but I'm not sure how to set the NIC duplex mode. I power cycled my modem, scanned with both spybot and ad aware, got sygate firewall, i had already scanned for viruses and got all the updates, used CCleaner. I have no idea how to use CableNut so I won't. And I didn't do anything in "16." I hope you guys can help. I tested my speed and its all still basically the same so doing the stuff I did hasn't helped yet. I think I could handle doing the CableNut stuff as long as I have a walkthrough. Well, hope you can help me, thanks again!