Spooner

Anyone have COX in Las Vegas.  They advertise 4meg download and 256k upload.  I'm not getting anywhere near that.

I've done everything Van B has said and had a modem replaced...line tested ect ect.  I'm wondering if anyone in the local area has had the same problem.

Van super hero,

I did call cox and they came out and replaced my modem and did a line test and speed test to the local server and SHAZAAAM I was getting 4.08meg download and 256 k download.  By the way I'm in Las Vegas.

When I go to DSLReports and do a speed test (Las Angeles) I get 1.5 meg.....when I go to Testmy.net I get about 1meg.

As far as the tweaks go I loaded the file you made specially for me 4000/256.

The COX tech said it was just internet congestion.  What am I doing wrong?

I've tested with and without my router

I've tested at 2am

I'm at a loss

I've tried everything that Van has suggested.....and I'm still only running at about 45% of Cox's 4meg/256

...any superhero's out there?

Thanks

1505 on the third

On that website I got 2663.2 download on the first test

on the second test I got 1592.2 download

What the hell.

My line quality issue is resolved.

My Tweak Test tells me my RWIN settings are too high (i'm using the 4000/256)

and this is my last test to testmy.net

What am I doing wrong.  I used to bitch about getting 1.5Meg out of 4.  Now I don't even get 1?

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 569 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 579 KB)

Download Speed is:: 69 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Thu Mar 3 21:10:34 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB download in 14.84 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 18.21 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-5NU8F3JR0

If I was pingable and everything was set up right here are my results.

http://www.broadbandreports.com/speedresults/282975499b82/1665462

I'm not sure I was pingable.  My IP was correct.  COX changed it today that's why I wasn't sure of the new numbers.

Van B-

Sorry I'm such a rookie and I'm new to some of the terms.

How do I make myself Pingable?

If I do an IPConfig my address is what is assigned thru my router/gateway.  Which address do I use and how do I get it?

Thanks for your patience

Other results after your suggestion

Receive Window (RWIN): 563200

Window Scaling: 4

Path MTU Discovery: ON

RFC1323 Window Scaling: ON

RFC1323 Time Stamping: OFF

Selective Acks: ON

MSS requested: 1452

TTL:(less any hops behind firewall) 62

TTL remaining: 48

Test 146000 byte download

Actual data bytes sent: 148252Actual data packets: 103Max packet sent (MTU): 1492Max packet recd (MTU): 1492Retransmitted data packets: 2sacks you sent: 1pushed data pkts: 2data transmit time: 1.402 secsour max idletime: 555.8 mstransfer rate: 81845 bytes/sectransfer rate: 654 kbits/secThis is not a speed test!transfer efficiency: 98%

ICMP (ping) check

Minimum ping: 90 msMaximum ping: 93 msPing stability:90 93 90 92 90 90 92 90 92 90

Van B

We're getting closer.  I'm getting some fair results then a few bad?  Why all over the chart?

Connection is:: 1415 Kbps about 1.4 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB)

Download Speed is:: 173 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Thu Feb 24 05:07:33 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 25X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.92 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 44.44 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-01JAF2KEQ

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3a

click START to begin

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 286.49Kb/s

running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 3.59Mb/s

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

click START to re-test

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 293.59Kb/s

running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 2.86Mb/s

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

click START to re-test

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 1663 Kbps about 1.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB)

Download Speed is:: 203 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Thu Feb 24 05:18:04 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 30X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.04 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 52.23 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-S7W35I812

Couldn't get DSLReports to work this morning.  Kept getting hung before it would give Tweak test results or speed test

OK  VAN-B

Here's what I have.  Good luck.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 361 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 386 KB)

Download Speed is:: 44 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Wed Feb 23 20:16:50 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB download in 23.27 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 11.29 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-J6BM4KEUT

2005-02-23 23:15:12 EST: 3625 / 218

Your download speed : 3712231 bps, or 3625 kbps.

A 453.1 KB/sec transfer rate.

Your upload speed : 223638 bps, or 218 kbps.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms  192.168.2.1

  2    34 ms    14 ms    15 ms  10.203.16.1

  3    11 ms    11 ms    6 ms  24-234-1-121.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.1.121]

  4    10 ms    12 ms    10 ms  24-234-116-101.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.116.101]

  5    13 ms    10 ms    7 ms  24-234-5-94.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.5.94]

  6    8 ms    7 ms    7 ms  24-234-6-49.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.6.49]

  7    8 ms    11 ms    11 ms  24-234-6-33.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.6.33]

  8    10 ms    12 ms    10 ms  24-234-6-14.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.6.14]

  9    8 ms    7 ms    15 ms  68.1.0.81

10    30 ms    30 ms    41 ms  paltbbrj01-pos010000.r2.pt.cox.net [68.1.0.95]

11    53 ms    42 ms    55 ms  68.105.31.18

12    63 ms    60 ms    88 ms  so-6-1-0.mpr3.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.28.141]

13    35 ms    32 ms    36 ms  so-0-0-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.30.2]

14  120 ms    84 ms    82 ms  so-2-2-0.cr1.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.46]

15    83 ms  117 ms  116 ms  64.124.79.77.theplanet.com [64.124.79.77]

16    77 ms    75 ms    75 ms  dist-vlan31.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.

127.30]

17    78 ms    76 ms    75 ms  dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.

127.76]

18    78 ms    76 ms    75 ms  dsr2-2-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8]

19    82 ms    75 ms    76 ms  gig1-0-1.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.

116.70]

20    80 ms    81 ms    87 ms  6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6]

Trace complete.

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3a

click START to begin

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 464.19Kb/s

running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.14Mb/s

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

click START to re-test

1. Your Tweakable Settings:

Receive Window (RWIN): 4096000

Window Scaling: 6

Path MTU Discovery: ON

RFC1323 Window Scaling: ON

RFC1323 Time Stamping: OFF

Selective Acks: ON

MSS requested: 1460

TTL:(less any hops behind firewall) 61

TTL remaining: 47

Test 146000 byte download

Actual data bytes sent: 146000Actual data packets: 100Max packet sent (MTU): 1500Max packet recd (MTU): 1500Retransmitted data packets: 0sacks you sent: 0pushed data pkts: 1data transmit time: 1.851 secsour max idletime: 103.2 mstransfer rate: 63120 bytes/sectransfer rate: 504 kbits/secThis is not a speed test!transfer efficiency: 100%ICMP (ping) check Minimum ping: 90 msMaximum ping: 100 msPing stability:94 100 90 92 94 92 93 92 94 93

...Oh I forgot

I'm running winXP Home SP2

Did everything van-B said....and here is my traceroute

Also did spybot, CC cleaner, XPsp2update and patch.

EVERYTHING

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:Documents and SettingsDefault>tracert testmy.net

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms  192.168.2.1

  2    9 ms    12 ms    11 ms  10.203.16.1

  3    9 ms    8 ms    11 ms  24-234-1-121.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.1.121]

  4    11 ms    11 ms    11 ms  24-234-116-101.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.116.101]

  5    11 ms    11 ms    13 ms  24-234-5-94.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.5.94]

  6    13 ms    11 ms    11 ms  24-234-6-49.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.6.49]

  7    12 ms    11 ms    12 ms  24-234-6-33.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.6.33]

  8    11 ms    15 ms    11 ms  24-234-6-14.ptp.lvcm.net [24.234.6.14]

  9    8 ms    11 ms    11 ms  68.1.0.81

10    *      15 ms    15 ms  68.1.0.87

11    23 ms    20 ms    18 ms  rsmtbbrc01-pos0100.rd.oc.cox.net [68.1.0.182]

12    20 ms    19 ms    19 ms  fed1bbrc01-pos0102.rd.sd.cox.net [68.1.0.187]

13    31 ms    31 ms    33 ms  fed1bbrc01-pos0200.rd.sd.cox.net [68.1.0.193]

14    60 ms    58 ms    58 ms  68.105.31.18

15    71 ms    59 ms    62 ms  so-6-1-0.mpr3.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.28.141]

16    62 ms    61 ms    58 ms  so-0-0-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.30.2]

17    61 ms    62 ms    62 ms  so-2-2-0.cr1.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.46]

18    58 ms    68 ms    59 ms  64.124.79.77.theplanet.com [64.124.79.77]

19    59 ms    59 ms    58 ms  dist-vlan32.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.

127.61]

20    62 ms    59 ms    59 ms  dist-vlan21.dsr1-1.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.

127.67]

21    62 ms    59 ms    59 ms  dsr2-2-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8]

22    59 ms    62 ms    59 ms  gig1-0-1.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.

116.70]

23    62 ms    59 ms    64 ms  6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6]

Trace complete.

C:Documents and SettingsDefault>

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 924 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB)

Download Speed is:: 113 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Tue Feb 22 21:05:49 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB download in 9.06 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 28.63 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-3J8ERYXMV

Speed from Cyberonic:  Your Speed (218kbps up, 1183kbps down)

DSLReports was too busy. all of my tests are in this thread - They aren't changing much.

I've done everything Van-B said.  I even had COX replace my modem.

Here are some results VAN-B

I sure could use some help.  I followed all of the directions cleaning everything up.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 1209 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 748 KB)

Download Speed is:: 148 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Mon Feb 21 23:29:46 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.92 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 37.41 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-VHMB6ZSKA

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 957 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 579 KB)

Download Speed is:: 117 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Mon Feb 21 23:30:33 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.75 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 29.61 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-IT26PL91J

CP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3a

click START to begin

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 463.68Kb/s

running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 2.42Mb/s

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

click START to re-test

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 464.65Kb/s

running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 2.20Mb/s

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

click START to re-test

Another client is currently being served, your test will begin within 45 seconds

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 464.19Kb/s

running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.58Mb/s

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

click START to re-test

Yea...my cox.net test (test.lvcm.com) always shows 2+ times faster than anything I ever get at Testmy.net or DSLreports

...anyone have any thoughts.  I did everything Van-B said......Nothing has improved consistently.  My max at testmy.net has been around 2meg download.  I should be getting 4 at peaks

Download CableNut,  www.cablenut.com

Download the attatched file below,

Load that file into cablenut, save to registry

Restart your computer, and retest. Post your results back here.

-REH

......I did.  not looking so hot.

what exactly is "startup inspecter".....is it a program or procedure

Thanks for all of your help

sorry for the brevity.

Cox is fast...just like they advertise (but the distance is short)

DSLReports is slow, Testnet is slow and another one I forgot is slow.

I'm lost and COX is saying it's not their problem or mine -- which confuses the hell out of me

I did call COX and they replaced my modem and did some line tests that were OK and they also did some speed tests to their local server which turned out to be 3.96 meg down and 247 up  (test.lvcm.com)

They said everything was good and that I may be experiencing problems due to network traffic and the distance to testmy.net server.

That's why I came to  you guys....the experts

This is what I got after using the Cablenut and 4000/512:

::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 704 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 748 KB)

Download Speed is:: 86 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Sun Feb 20 22:31:35 PST 2005

Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB download in 11.91 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 21.67 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-0K4G1ZL5V

New to "TWEAKING".  I'm have less than optimal results.  I'm looking for settings for cox.net (in Las Vegas)  I'm supposed to be getting 4meg down and 256 up.  I'm lucky to get 1 meg down from testmy.net

All tips will be well appreciated

Thanks