Minstrel

Hi to all in the forum: These are the most recent results I've gotten after using "j79zlr's" cablenut tips & tweaks, :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 14340 Kbps about 14.34 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1750 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 453 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 55 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2009/12/13 - 11:04pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-UNRHAZCMV U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-IXSTV8Q4A User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] I am very happy with the DL speed , but if anyone can point in the direction to improving the UL, I would be much obliged! I used to get mid 700's on UL but can't come close with any custom settings. And when I use the Cablenut suggested settings for Cable, I lose my top DL speeds.

Yeah mudmanc4, I think you're right. I shouldn't be complaining when both DL & UL is higher than average for RCN. I think I'll just shutup and be happy with what I've got. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop "tweaking". I'll squeeze every last kbps out of this critter if it's the last thing I do! Thanks for the help.

BTW, here's the most recent speed check... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 12368 Kbps about 12.4 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1510 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2009/10/14 - 11:15am Bottom Line:: 216X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.68 sec Tested from a 12288 kB file and took 8.139 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 139.83 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VU4ATQND1 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] And the Upload... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 749 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 91 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2009/10/14 - 11:45am Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 11.25 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 16.369 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 1.77 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-C5HU0V4J2 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] I guess I shouldn't be complaining, both speeds are above average for RCN.

Ok, I ran it in IE8, seems that my Java Runtime Environment was disabled... anyways, here's the results. TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.5.4b click START to begin ** Starting test 1 of 1 ** Connected to: ndt.anl.gov -- Using IPv4 address Another client is currently being served, your test will begin within 45 seconds Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 761.0kb/s running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [s2C]) . . . . . . 7.33Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link here's the the stat details... WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 761.0kb/s running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [s2C]) . . . . . . 7.33Mb/s ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.6.0_16 ------ 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 = 79.01 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and There were 99 packets retransmitted, 345 duplicate acks received, and 307 SACK blocks received The connection stalled 3 times due to packet loss The connection was idle 0.85 seconds (8.5%) of the time S2C throughput test: Packet queuing detected: 0.88% This connection is sender limited 49.76% of the time. This connection is network limited 50.23% of the time. 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 Server 'ndt.anl.gov' is probably behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port failed] Client is probably behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port failed] 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 [216.164.xxx.xxx] but Client says [192.168.1.100] and here's the "more details" screen... WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 CurMSS: 1460 X_Rcvbuf: 262142 X_Sndbuf: 262142 AckPktsIn: 2204 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 144540 CongAvoid: 0 CongestionOverCount: 0 CongestionSignals: 3 CountRTT: 1826 CurCwnd: 97820 CurRTO: 284 CurRwinRcvd: 513920 CurRwinSent: 5888 CurSsthresh: 77380 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 9355660 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 6392 DupAcksIn: 345 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 3 MaxCwnd: 195640 MaxMSS: 1460 MaxRTO: 324 MaxRTT: 176 MaxRwinRcvd: 513920 MaxRwinSent: 5888 MaxSsthresh: 137240 MinMSS: 1460 MinRTO: 244 MinRTT: 44 MinRwinRcvd: 513920 MinRwinSent: 5840 NagleEnabled: 1 OtherReductions: 3 PktsIn: 2204 PktsOut: 6392 PktsRetrans: 99 RcvWinScale: 7 SACKEnabled: 3 SACKsRcvd: 307 SendStall: 0 SlowStart: 0 SampleRTT: 84 SmoothedRTT: 84 SndWinScale: 3 SndLimTimeRwin: 0 SndLimTimeCwnd: 5140457 SndLimTimeSender: 5090614 SndLimTransRwin: 0 SndLimTransCwnd: 885 SndLimTransSender: 885 SndLimBytesRwin: 0 SndLimBytesCwnd: 8746260 SndLimBytesSender: 609400 SubsequentTimeouts: 0 SumRTT: 144276 Timeouts: 3 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 3 WinScaleSent: 7 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTimeUsec: 786485 Duration: 10234165 c2sData: 2 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 3 s2cAck: 3 half_duplex: 0 link: 0 congestion: 1 bad_cable: 0 mismatch: 0 spd: 7.32 bw: 6.51 loss: 0.000469337 avgrtt: 79.01 waitsec: 0.85 timesec: 10.00 order: 0.1565 rwintime: 0.0000 sendtime: 0.4976 cwndtime: 0.5024 rwin: 3.9209 swin: 2.0000 cwin: 1.4926 rttsec: 0.079012 Sndbuf: 262142 aspd: 0.00000 CWND-Limited: 501.83 minCWNDpeak: 2920 maxCWNDpeak: 194180 CWNDpeaks: 4 The theoretical network limit is 6.51 Mbps The NDT server has a 127.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 25.31 Mbps Your PC/Workstation has a 501.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 49.62 Mbps The network based flow control limits the throughput to 18.89 Mbps Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1' Server Data reports link is 'Ethernet', Server Acks report link is 'Ethernet' What do think the problem is mud...?

Sorry mudmanc4, I can't connect to http://ndt.anl.gov/, security settings in my browser is blocking it.

Here's an update for all the RCN users out there. After using RCN's new beta speed test (http://pa.speedtest.rcn.net/newtest/) the results are much different from those here at testmy.net. According to RCN, my speeds are "Max Download Speed: 6.97Mbps (or 55760 kbps)" and "Max Upload Speed: 1.38Mbps (or 11040 kbps)". Now, can someone please explain the discrepancy in these two location speed tests? They were only taken 5 min. apart.

Hi group! Can't believe it's been 3 years since I've last posted in here. As I seem to remember my last post, I was complaining that my speeds from RCN were not up to specs and had given up on any success to achieve the advertised results. Well, after numerous attempts with other sources. I went back to Cablenut after finding out that there were new updates available. After getting the correct info from RCN about caps and a few attempts with j79zlr's tweak tool, I have achieved the following results... :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 14140 Kbps about 14.14 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1726 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 393 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 48 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2009/09/26 - 3:51pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-056HDAP4L U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4HYGE6IMA User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] As you can imagine, I am happy with DL speeds in this range since my last post. It isn't an awesome speed, but, it is acceptable. However, the UL speed is still ridiculously slow. I am still trying to figure out why it is so poor. If anyone has any other suggestions to my issue please respond. All I can tell you is that RCN's UL ratelimit cap claims to be 800000. I have tried everything I know to increase my upload speed without success. Any input is welcomed.

If anyone is still following this post and are interested in a test done at Speedtest.net, here's the link to the results... This test was done to a server in Chesterbrook, PA approximately 50 miles from my location. I think I'm just going to be satisfied with the settings for now!

Ok, just out of curiousity, I used Speed Guide Optimizer to find my accurate latency, then made a new custom ccs file, applied it and got these results... Your connection is: 8074 Kbps or 8.1 Mbps You downloaded at: 986 kB/s You are running: 141 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 1.04 second(s) Member Ident:Username:Minstrel CompID:18998581395122 Test Time:: 2007/03/23 - 10:12pm Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3 Test ID: WJ3690T7C (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake) Diagnosis ^info^: Awesome! 20% + : 43.08 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) This was tested from a 12160 kB file and took 12.337 seconds to complete Your connection is: 572 Kbps or 0.6 Mbps You uploaded at: 70 kB/s You are running: 10 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 14.63 second(s) Member Ident:Username:Minstrel CompID:18998581395122 Test Time:: 2007/03/23 - 10:15pm Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3 Test ID: YMBG1TXL7 (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake) Diagnosis ^info^: Awesome! 20% + : 55.86 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) This was tested from a 1013 kB file and took 14.52 seconds to complete Not too bad ... I've got to be close to RCN's caps at this point. I'm happy with the download side, but I know I've had the upload speed at over 750 kbps before. Any suggestions guys?~ The Minstrel

Well, after numerous attempts to tweak my custom cablenut ccs file, I guess I'm just going to have to be satisfied with the latest results... :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 7789 Kbps about 7.79 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 951 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 484 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 59 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/03/23 - 9:41pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7YLNUS8HJ U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-W1HLROGFX User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3 [!] Although this actually is slower on the D/L side than previous tweaks, I've reached a happy medium, and I'll just have to go with it. I know RCN can be faster up & down, but I can't tweak anymore, it's driving me CrAzY! Unless Eagle would like to share his secret to those profound numbers, that is? How 'bout posting your Cablenut file for us RCN users and let us see what you did to achieve those AWESOME stats!? BTW, RCN is located in NE USA, between the states of Massachusetts and Virginia, although I am in NE PA.~ The Minstrel

I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion to increase my D/L speed. I used the Cablenut recent upgrade OOL 10000/1000.ccs file but manually tweaked the GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize & TcpWindow Size to 10278480. This gave me a happy medium between D/L-U/L and the highest U/L I have ever achieved so far for RCN 100Mbps Cable Broadband. But, I would really like to see a better D/L than 5361. Any suggestions without losing the current U/L speed would be MUCH appreciated! Here's the stats... ::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 5361 Kbps about 5.36 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 654 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 710 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 87 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/03/17 - 12:46pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6XICJ25HZ U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-X6W8AYLDM User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2 [!]

Hi again everyone... After three days of experimental tweaking with various programs, (using all Cablenut ccs files I could find, tried the SG TCP Net Optimizer, TuneUp Utilities Internet programs, Broadband Wizard, etc) I just wanted to share my highest stats with you other RCN users. But b4 that, congrats to JunkieXL; those are some AWESOME numbers, similar to what I was getting when the Mach10 was first implemented. Sure wish I could get it tweaked that high again! Anyway, here's the latest... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4885 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 596 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/07 - 10:58pm Bottom Line:: 87X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.72 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.53 % of your hosts average (rcn.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7IH4LZDVX I should at least be over 100x faster than average and I'm about to give up. So Van, if you or any others have any suggestions (RCN users especially welcomed) to give me a boost, I would sure appreciate it! ......This is my final post on this topic.... I'm through tweaking! I've come to the conclusion that there is little more to do on the user end of things to try and boost this modem. Final stats are... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6509 Kbps about 6.5 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 795 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/08 - 11:26pm Bottom Line:: 116X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.29 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 24.5 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YKDOJLXPU I guess I'm just going to have to be happy with the results here. If any other RCN users out there have any suggestions to make this thing fly, I'm listening, but I'm satisfied at present speeds.

Well, after lurking around here for a few weeks, I finally decided I had to join the ranks! But this problem should really be directed to Van. I've tried just about every tweak advertised in here, Net Optimizer, CableNut, manual tweaks, all to no avail. This latest one posted here... ::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1923 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 235 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: 2006/03/02 - 9:42pm Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.36 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 37.77 % of your hosts average (rcn.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-OB8LCI3M4 is after using the CableNut OOL 10000 1000.ccs. I used be really happy with the 157x faster than 56kb dial-up. But, I can't even get close to that anymore. Van, any suggestions?