bookworm1x

Yes and same results. He doesn't even use a router in his room. I do and have tried with the aforementioned no change.

We both have separate modems provided by the apartment complex (they're in each room, motorolla surfboards).

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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 2 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 * 7 ms 9 ms 10.3.32.1 3 9 ms 10 ms 8 ms 68.12.10.209 4 8 ms 9 ms 7 ms mtc3dsrc02-gew0303.rd.ok.cox.net [68.12.14.13] 5 7 ms 8 ms 7 ms 68.1.1.56 6 14 ms 13 ms 12 ms dllsbbrc02-pos0002.rd.dl.cox.net [68.1.0.114] 7 14 ms 17 ms 13 ms dllsbbrc01-pos0100.rd.dl.cox.net [68.1.0.142] 8 14 ms 28 ms 12 ms 68.105.30.2 9 14 ms 15 ms 18 ms 64.124.79.77.theplanet.com [64.124.79.77] 10 15 ms 14 ms 13 ms vl31.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.30] 11 15 ms 23 ms 13 ms vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91] 12 13 ms 14 ms 12 ms gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.8 5] 13 15 ms 13 ms 14 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85 ] Trace complete. C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator>tracert yahoo.com Tracing route to yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 6 ms 8 ms 6 ms 10.3.32.1 3 10 ms 10 ms 7 ms 68.12.10.209 4 10 ms 8 ms 7 ms 68.12.14.25 5 9 ms 14 ms * 68.1.1.56 6 29 ms * 14 ms dllsbbrc02-pos0002.rd.dl.cox.net [68.1.0.114] 7 14 ms 15 ms 13 ms 68.105.30.42 8 425 ms 59 ms 59 ms so-5-1-0.pat1.pao.yahoo.com [216.115.101.132] 9 66 ms 68 ms 60 ms ge-3-0-0-p250.msr2.scd.yahoo.com [216.115.106.18 1] 10 65 ms 61 ms 61 ms ten-1-3-bas1.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.82.217] 11 61 ms 60 ms 60 ms w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] Trace complete. C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator>

Here's some info and TYTYTY for the help in advance...(btw trogers tried to help me in the speed section and sent me here) Running Windows Media Center 2005 OS (Windows XP) Cox provides the net at adv. speeds of 4 Mbps down and 512 Kbps up I use McAfee anti-virus Here are my test results: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 251 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 31 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net Test Time:: Wed Feb 15 21:33:59 CST 2006 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 33.03 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 6.1 % of your hosts average (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8N2ZJ4LXM Here are my netstat -b results: C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator>netstat -b Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State PID TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:1043 ats-rab.dial.aol.com:5190 ESTABLISHED 1796 [AOLSoftware.exe] TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:1049 205.188.8.23:5190 ESTABLISHED 1968 [aim6.exe] TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2354 kdc.uas.aol.com:https ESTABLISHED 1796 [AOLSoftware.exe] TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2994 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2995 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2996 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2997 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2999 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3001 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3002 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3005 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3006 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3009 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3010 opium2.msg.vip.dcn.yahoo.com:http TIME_WAIT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3015 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3016 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3017 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3018 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3019 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3020 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3021 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3022 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3023 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3024 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3025 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3026 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3027 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3029 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3030 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3031 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3032 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3033 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3034 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3035 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3036 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3037 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3038 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3039 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3040 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3041 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3042 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3043 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3044 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3046 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3048 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3053 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3055 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3059 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3061 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3063 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3064 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3065 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3066 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3067 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3068 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3070 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3071 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3073 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3074 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3075 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3076 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3077 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3078 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3079 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3080 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3081 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3082 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator> I can provide you with whatever else you need. And in closing, I've tried everything recommended, tried moving modem/router, tried direct connect, everything. Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated. TY

lol....TYTYTY

OK, thank you so much for your efforts. One last thing though, what information should I post for them to help me and what should I list as the problem? TY again.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator>C:netstat-b 'C:netstat-b' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator>netstat -b Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State PID TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:1043 ats-rab.dial.aol.com:5190 ESTABLISHED 1796 [AOLSoftware.exe] TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:1049 205.188.8.23:5190 ESTABLISHED 1968 [aim6.exe] TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2354 kdc.uas.aol.com:https ESTABLISHED 1796 [AOLSoftware.exe] TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2994 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2995 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2996 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2997 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:2999 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3001 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3002 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3005 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3006 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3009 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3010 opium2.msg.vip.dcn.yahoo.com:http TIME_WAIT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3015 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3016 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3017 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3018 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3019 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3020 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3021 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3022 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3023 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3024 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3025 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3026 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3027 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3029 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3030 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3031 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3032 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3033 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3034 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3035 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3036 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3037 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3038 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3039 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3040 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3041 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3042 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3043 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3044 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3046 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3048 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3053 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3055 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3059 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3061 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3063 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3064 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3065 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3066 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3067 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3068 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3070 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3071 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3073 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3074 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3075 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3076 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3077 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3078 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3079 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3080 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3081 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 TCP your-55e5f9e3d2:3082 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com:http TIME_WA IT 0 C:Documents and SettingsHP_Administrator>

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.0f click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 270.99Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 260.42kb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem click START to re-test 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 = 1473.96 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and No packet loss was observed. This connection is receiver limited 63.24% of the time. Increasing the current receive buffer (63.0 KB) will improve performance This connection is network limited 36.66% of the time. Contact your local network administrator to report a network problem 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 Server says [x.x.x.x] but Client says [x.x.x.x] WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 AckPktsIn: 116 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 0 CongestionSignals: 0 CountRTT: 116 CurrentCwnd: 65700 CurrentMSS: 1460 CurrentRTO: 2810 CurrentRwinRcvd: 65535 CurrentRwinSent: 5840 CurrentSsthresh: 2147483647 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 394200 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 270 DupAcksIn: 0 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 0 MaxCwnd: 65700 MaxMSS: 1460 MaxRTO: 3020 MaxRTT: 2050 MaxRwinRcvd: 65535 MaxRwinSent: 5840 MaxSsthresh: 0 MinMSS: 1460 MinRTO: 280 MinRTT: 50 MinRwinRcvd: 65535 MinRwinSent: 5840 NagleEnabled: 1 PktsIn: 116 PktsOut: 270 PktsRetrans: 0 Rcvbuf: 128000 SACKEnabled: 3 SACKsRcvd: 0 SmoothedRTT: 2000 Sndbuf: 128000 SndLimTimeRwin: 6509910 SndLimTimeCwnd: 3773750 SndLimTimeSender: 9243 SndLimTransRwin: 1 SndLimTransCwnd: 1 SndLimTransSender: 1 SndLimBytesRwin: 211700 SndLimBytesCwnd: 182500 SndLimBytesSender: 0 SumRTT: 170980 Timeouts: 0 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647 WinScaleSent: 2147483647 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTime: 2147483647 CurrTime: 10314890 c2sData: 2 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 6 s2cAck: 2 Checking for mismatch condition (cwndtime > .3) [0.36>.3], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0], (PktsRetrans/sec > 2) [0>2], (estimate > 2) [7.55>2] Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0.30>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.27<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.63>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.36>.6], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0.30<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0.30>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.27<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [8.97=0], (speed < 5) [0.30<5] (Estimate > 50 [7.55>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.63>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/1=1], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link (speed < 2) [0.30<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0] (SendTime = 0) [8.979973871316965E-4=0], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for half-duplex condition (rwintime > .95) [0.63>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.10>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.10>30], OR (link <= 10) [100<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.36>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] bw = 7.55 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 1473.96msec, and loss = 1.0E-6 The theoretical network limit is 7.55 Mbps The transmit buffer (125.0 KByte) limits the application to 0.66 Mbps Your receive buffer (63.0 KByte) limits the application to 0.33 Mbps The network based flow control limits the application to 0.34 Mbps Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1' Server Data reports link is 'OC-12', Server Acks report link is 'T1'

Thanks for all of your help and support. Here is what you asked for. C:DOCUME~1HP_ADM~1>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 8 ms 14 ms 7 ms 10.3.32.1 3 10 ms 9 ms 11 ms 68.12.10.209 4 9 ms 15 ms 7 ms mtc3dsrc02-gew0303.rd.ok.Cox.net [68.12.14.13] 5 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 68.1.1.56 6 12 ms 24 ms 14 ms dllsbbrc02-pos0002.rd.dl.Cox.net [68.1.0.114] 7 18 ms 14 ms 14 ms dllsbbrc01-pos0100.rd.dl.Cox.net [68.1.0.142] 8 14 ms 41 ms 14 ms 68.105.30.2 9 15 ms 15 ms 14 ms 64.124.79.77.theplanet.com [64.124.79.77] 10 13 ms 15 ms 14 ms vl31.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.29] 11 33 ms 15 ms 14 ms vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83] 12 12 ms 15 ms 14 ms gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.85] 13 15 ms 15 ms 14 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. EDIT: ...and to clearify...I restored my computer after I tried all the tweaking. That explains the difference.

So I've checked everything, tried to tweak everything, and I still have the aforementioned slow speeds. I live in an apartment and my roommates computer is running at the same slow speed as well. I had a tech guy from Cox come out and he said everything looks great and he doesn't think I have a problem. His recommendation was to wait a while and call back if the speed doesn't pick up. I've scanned for viruses and spyware, and nothing shows up. I tried moving things around in case of potential noise, no luck. Here's the main problem I think...it seems whenever I try to download something, the speed starts off OK and quickly plummets to 31kbps range. I think something is inhibiting the speed, but I'm too computer dumb to figure out what. Web pages load fine and the tech guy said I had good ping numbers and I didn't lose hardly any packets (he could be wrong but I took him for his word). Any input would be appreciated.

So I posted in the wrong forum it looks like and since I'm an idiot noob I didn't even do that right. I'm looking for any help anyone can offer. Here's most of what was asked for. TY Running Windows Media Center 2005 OS (Windows XP) Cox provides the net at adv. speeds of 4 Mbps down and 512 Kbps up I'm not totally sure what I'm doing, but I believe I DL'ed the tweaks from speedguide.net Checked for spyware and I'm running Norton Anti-Virus Here are my test results: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 256 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 31 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Fri Feb 10 14:53:38 CST 2006 Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB download in 33.03 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 6.23 % of your hosts average (Cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-MIVDC5N1A ------ 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 = 1506.91 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and No packet loss was observed. This connection is receiver limited 64.95% of the time. Increasing the the client's receive buffer (63.0 KB) will improve performance This connection is network limited 35.03% of the time. Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to: RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: OFF 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 Server says [x.x.x.x] but Client says [x.x.x.x] WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 AckPktsIn: 123 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 0 CongAvoid: 0 CongestionOverCount: 0 CongestionSignals: 0 CountRTT: 123 CurCwnd: 65700 CurMSS: 1460 CurRTO: 2880 CurRwinRcvd: 65535 CurRwinSent: 16304 CurSsthresh: 2147483647 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 411720 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 282 DupAcksIn: 0 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 0 MaxCwnd: 65700 MaxMSS: 1460 MaxRTO: 3040 MaxRTT: 2080 MaxRwinRcvd: 65535 MaxRwinSent: 16304 MaxSsthresh: 0 MinMSS: 1460 MinRTO: 320 MinRTT: 70 MinRwinRcvd: 65535 MinRwinSent: 16304 NagleEnabled: 1 OtherReductions: 0 PktsIn: 123 PktsOut: 282 PktsRetrans: 0 X_Rcvbuf: 103424 RcvWinScale: 2147483647 SACKEnabled: 0 SACKsRcvd: 0 SendStall: 0 SlowStart: 43 SampleRTT: 2060 SmoothedRTT: 2050 X_Sndbuf: 103424 SndWinScale: 2147483647 SndLimTimeRwin: 7066091 SndLimTimeCwnd: 3811210 SndLimTimeSender: 2575 SndLimTransRwin: 1 SndLimTransCwnd: 1 SndLimTransSender: 1 SndLimBytesRwin: 229220 SndLimBytesCwnd: 182500 SndLimBytesSender: 0 SubsequentTimeouts: 0 SumRTT: 185350 Timeouts: 0 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647 WinScaleSent: 2147483647 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTimeUsec: 824939 Duration: 10882447 c2sData: 2 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 9 s2cAck: 2 half_duplex: 0 link: 100 congestion: 0 bad_cable: 0 mismatch: 0 spd: 0.00 bw: 7.39 loss: 0.000001000 avgrtt: 1506.91 waitsec: 0.00 timesec: 10.00 order: 0.0000 rwintime: 0.6495 sendtime: 0.0002 cwndtime: 0.3503 rwin: 0.5000 swin: 0.7891 cwin: 0.5013 rttsec: 1.506911 Sndbuf: 103424 aspd: 1.32349 Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.27<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.64>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.35>.6], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.27<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [2.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5] (Estimate > 50 [7.39>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.64>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/1=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) [0.64>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.35>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] estimate = 7.39 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 1506.91msec, and loss = 1.0E-6 The theoretical network limit is 7.39 Mbps The NDT server has a 101.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 0.52 Mbps Your PC/Workstation has a 63.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 0.33 Mbps The network based flow control limits the throughput to 0.33 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' TCP properties for IP = x.x.x.x Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0) Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address. TCP options string = 020405b4 MTU = 1500 MTU is fully optimized for broadband. MSS = 1460 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS. Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits Unscaled TCP 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: 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 TCP Window limits you to: 2621.4 Kbps (327.675 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your TCP Window limits you to: 1048.56 Kbps (131.07 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON Time to live left = 119 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = OFF IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0) If there's any other info needed, I can try to get it for you. Thank you very much in advance for the help.

I tried moving things around to no avail, my speed actually dropped to half of what i posted earlier. BTW TY guys for the help so far I really appreciate it.

My advertised speeds are 4 mbps downstream and 512k up. And I'm getting not so much.

So I saw some other dude pasted this info too so here it is (hope it helps)... ------ 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 = 1514.31 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and No packet loss was observed. This connection is receiver limited 64.87% of the time. Increasing the the client's receive buffer (63.0 KB) will improve performance This connection is network limited 35.11% of the time. Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to: RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: OFF 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 ] WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 AckPktsIn: 123 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 0 CongAvoid: 0 CongestionOverCount: 0 CongestionSignals: 0 CountRTT: 123 CurCwnd: 65700 CurMSS: 1460 CurRTO: 2870 CurRwinRcvd: 65535 CurRwinSent: 16304 CurSsthresh: 2147483647 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 411720 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 282 DupAcksIn: 0 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 0 MaxCwnd: 65700 MaxMSS: 1460 MaxRTO: 3060 MaxRTT: 2080 MaxRwinRcvd: 65535 MaxRwinSent: 16304 MaxSsthresh: 0 MinMSS: 1460 MinRTO: 320 MinRTT: 70 MinRwinRcvd: 65535 MinRwinSent: 16304 NagleEnabled: 1 OtherReductions: 0 PktsIn: 123 PktsOut: 282 PktsRetrans: 0 X_Rcvbuf: 103424 RcvWinScale: 2147483647 SACKEnabled: 0 SACKsRcvd: 0 SendStall: 0 SlowStart: 43 SampleRTT: 2060 SmoothedRTT: 2040 X_Sndbuf: 103424 SndWinScale: 2147483647 SndLimTimeRwin: 7096079 SndLimTimeCwnd: 3840807 SndLimTimeSender: 2589 SndLimTransRwin: 1 SndLimTransCwnd: 1 SndLimTransSender: 1 SndLimBytesRwin: 229220 SndLimBytesCwnd: 182500 SndLimBytesSender: 0 SubsequentTimeouts: 0 SumRTT: 186260 Timeouts: 0 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647 WinScaleSent: 2147483647 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTimeUsec: 674734 Duration: 10942156 c2sData: 2 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 9 s2cAck: 2 half_duplex: 0 link: 100 congestion: 0 bad_cable: 0 mismatch: 0 spd: 0.00 bw: 7.36 loss: 0.000001000 avgrtt: 1514.31 waitsec: 0.00 timesec: 10.00 order: 0.0000 rwintime: 0.6487 sendtime: 0.0002 cwndtime: 0.3511 rwin: 0.5000 swin: 0.7891 cwin: 0.5013 rttsec: 1.514309 Sndbuf: 103424 aspd: 1.37505 Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.26<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.64>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.35>.6], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.26<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [2.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5] (Estimate > 50 [7.36>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.64>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/1=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) [0.64>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.35>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] estimate = 7.36 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 1514.31msec, and loss = 1.0E-6 The theoretical network limit is 7.36 Mbps The NDT server has a 101.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 0.52 Mbps Your PC/Workstation has a 63.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 0.33 Mbps The network based flow control limits the throughput to 0.33 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'