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:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14169 Kbps about 14.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1730 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Jan 28th 2005 2:16 AM GMT Bottom Line:: 253X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.59 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=FCY25RAN8 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14333 Kbps about 14.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1750 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Jan 28th 2005 2:16 AM GMT Bottom Line:: 256X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.59 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=2SOFTZ8WG :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14502 Kbps about 14.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1770 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Jan 28th 2005 2:18 AM GMT Bottom Line:: 259X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.58 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=ZCS3FYDR6 ...351 people online... I'd say the server is doing just fine. Once again, good job!

Just to put that in perspective for all.... 300 GB ain't alot with a connection like that. When I first set up my newsgroup account on my office connection, I downloaded about 15 gigs that day in about 3-4 hours.... had to get the unlimited Giga-News account... Now I just need more hard drive because that goes away really quickly now.

Interestingly enough.Van, I ran tests from home and the office on testmy.net and on http://speedtest.umnet.umich.edu/ .... here they are: Home: (BellsouthDSLXtreme - 3.0 Mbps / 384Kbps) http://speedtest.umnet.umich.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------ TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1d click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 357.12Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 2.50Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem click START to re-test Testmy.net: -------------------- :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2421 Kbps about 2.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 296 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 3:18 PM MST Bottom Line:: 43X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.46 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=UEAYO0CXZ :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 322 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Upload Speed is:: 39 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 3:19 PM MST Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB download in 26.26 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=5PUZ6C3GE Ok... The scores look consistant with eachother.... now from the office: http://speedtest.umnet.umich.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------ TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1d click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 35.23Mb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 34.56Mb/s The slowest link in the end-to-end path is a 100 Mbps Half duplex Fast Ethernet subnet Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link click START to re-test www.testmy.net ------------------------ :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14291 Kbps about 14.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1745 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 3:22 PM MST Bottom Line:: 255X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.59 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=7CZWD2LI1 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3142 Kbps about 3.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Upload Speed is:: 383 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 3:23 PM MST Bottom Line:: 56X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.67 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=P01Q8SLX9 What do ya make of that?

Yeah, I dunno what the deal is... Actually the people that manage the complex say that the offices are supposed to be limited to about 4 mbps up and down..... but apparently there's a little more headroom.... I mean 4 DS3 lines is alot of bandwidth... especially if they're multiplexed.... I'm just going to enjoy it as long as I work there... and I'll reguarly be adding hard drives as I use them up... lol

Ok, I set it up with these settings and the results were nearly the same. I suspect that I can't get much faster due to maybe network congestion or whatever... still I'm happy though.... Here's 7 tests after I made the setting.... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 17297 Kbps about 17.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 2111 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 12:49 PM MST Bottom Line:: 309X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.49 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=PNACE0D7R :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14801 Kbps about 14.8 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1807 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 12:49 PM MST Bottom Line:: 264X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.57 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=YOV1SFR76 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14478 Kbps about 14.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1767 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 12:50 PM MST Bottom Line:: 259X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.58 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=6I7BU0WVQ :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 13951 Kbps about 14 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1703 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 12:50 PM MST Bottom Line:: 249X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.6 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=RE65YHT7P :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 14867 Kbps about 14.9 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1815 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 12:50 PM MST Bottom Line:: 265X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.56 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=YENOB61M9 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15024 Kbps about 15 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1834 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 12:51 PM MST Bottom Line:: 268X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.56 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=P8QYLKASB :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15422 Kbps about 15.4 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1883 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 12:51 PM MST Bottom Line:: 275X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.54 sec Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=T8VUOQYMR I appreciate your help...

Ok... Done deal. I ran all of the files and they all seem to do about the same on this machine... i.e.- the performance is best when WindowScaling is on and I am running TcpWindowSize and GlobalTcpWindowSize at either 253920 or 507840.... when it's at 64380 I consistantly get speeds of 10 Mbps or lower.. with the 2 higher settings it's more like 14 Mbps.... Also, my Upstream test does better in this range so I think I'm going to leave it like this for now... It will run better once I clean this machine out as well. It's been about 2 years since it's been formatted (isn't that a shame? I format mine at the house about every 90 days or so).... Thanks for taking time to look at it though and if you have some more suggestions then let me know.... ...Ody...

I used to wear contacts years ago... I think there are a few reasons they tell you not to re-use the solution are A) It's just "good practice" to use fresh solution each time, Your eyes can easily get infected should the wrong thing get in there... perhapes they figure there's more of a chance of contamination when re-using the stuff, or maybe C) The eye doctor is a stock holder in the contact lens solution maker and he wants dividends....(well maybe not)..... Just a few guesses.... I never was lucky enough to be able to keep mine in...I had to take mine out every night.

Damn cobra, another kick-ass sig man.... great work.

Ok... working on it now... this will take me a little while...

Ahhh... ok I see.. it's a server-side thing with them.... Yeah, the MSS is 1380 (I suppose our provider has it set like that.).... I have set the appropriate settings in cablenut to reflect that, but if you feel like making a tweak file for it, that would be cool. It is in fact a dedicated connection... hell, make 2 files... one for 50 Mbps and one for 100 Mbps... I'll try them both..... Thanks. ...ody... BTW - whatever tweaks you and cable are doing are working... my speeds just keep getting better.... I haven't tweaked on this machine today.... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 21207 Kbps about 21.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB)

Yeah, well I might as well get paid to figure stuff like that out...

Van,

Ok... I got really bored in the office.... A penny weighs ~2.5 grams according to the U.S. Mint.... A nickel weighs 5 grams according to the same source.... 3,600,000 nickels = 18,000,000 pennies 18,000,000 pennies = 45,000,000 grams = 45,000 Kilograms = ~99,000 lbs. (49.5 tons) 3,600,000 nickels = 18,000,000 grams = 18,000 Kilograms = ~39,600 lbs (almost 20 tons) $180,000 takes alot of space if you think of it in those terms.... Geez... I need to go home, I'm entirely too bored.

Don't worry Van, to kill ya they gotta catch you... and judging from your speeds, not many of them can do that.. .

Seems to be working good this morning.... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15422 Kbps about 15.4 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1883 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 275 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 0.54 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=4LDJH6K21

hehehe.... Touche'

Here's mine from the office and from home.... From the office.... ---------------------------- C:WINDOWS>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 69.2.35.253 2 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 69.2.32.67 3 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms s10-1-0.ar1.ATL1.gblx.net [64.211.111.137] 4 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms so1-0-0-2488m.ar1.dal2.gblx.net [67.17.73.34] 5 56 ms 58 ms 56 ms The-Planet.ge-0-2-1.ar1.DAL2.gblx.net [64.213.17 6.150] 6 56 ms 57 ms 56 ms dist-vlan31.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.29] 7 56 ms 57 ms 57 ms dist-vlan21.dsr1-1.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.67] 8 57 ms 57 ms 57 ms dsr2-2-v2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.40] 9 57 ms 57 ms 57 ms gig1-0-2.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18. 116.86] 10 57 ms 57 ms 57 ms 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6] Trace complete. C:WINDOWS> From Home: ------------------- Microsoft® Windows DOS ©Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001. C:WINDOWS>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 launchmodem [192.168.1.254] 2 10 ms * 9 ms 68.152.185.217 3 8 ms 10 ms 9 ms 68.152.185.201 4 9 ms 8 ms 9 ms 209.149.134.82 5 24 ms 10 ms 11 ms axr00msy-7-1-0-1.bellsouth.net [65.83.237.80] 6 11 ms 10 ms 11 ms pxr00msy-0-0-0.bellsouth.net [65.83.236.32] 7 20 ms 22 ms 22 ms so-2-0-0.gar2.Dallas1.Level3.net [67.72.4.1] 8 21 ms 21 ms 21 ms ge-1-2-52.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.38] 9 22 ms 21 ms 21 ms 4.78.220.10 10 21 ms 23 ms 22 ms dist-vlan31.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.30] 11 22 ms 23 ms 22 ms dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.76] 12 23 ms 22 ms 23 ms dsr2-1-v2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.39] 13 22 ms 23 ms 22 ms gig1-0-2.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18. 116.86] 14 22 ms 25 ms 22 ms 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6] Trace complete. C:WINDOWS>

I think this site, or maybe the atlanta speakeasy.... it's hard to say I guess.... I guess I shouldn't be picky...

Yeah.. I've noticed a few things... some speakeasy tests have my d/load really low and my u/load really high... then some are more evened out... I think of all of the speakeasy tests, the atlanta one is the closest to what I observe when using the connection.... When d/loading I typically am around 10-15 Mbps... sometimes better depending on the server... and on upload my ftp can support between 5-7 megabits mostly (more when multiple users are connected sometimes)... sometimes more or less but usually about there... I think the reason the atlanta one is somewhat accurate is because most of the time my first hop out of the building is a Global Crossing backbone in Atlanta, which could be the one Speakeasy uses... dunno for sure..... Or, sometimes it's one of Qwest's backbones... depending on the address I am going to.... ++++Edit: Nope, nevermind.. it goes through the qwest server to get to the atlanta speakeasy server... here's the traceroute.... Microsoft® Windows DOS ©Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001. C:WINDOWS>tracert atl.speakeasy.net Tracing route to atl.speakeasy.net [216.27.175.2] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 69.2.35.253 <=== router 2 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 69.2.32.67 <=== Provider (in the building) 3 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms iah-edge-01.inet.qwest.net [67.132.143.77] 4 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms iah-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.31.45] 5 13 ms 15 ms 13 ms dal-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.8.125] 6 14 ms 13 ms 14 ms dap-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.225.49] 7 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 205.171.1.110 8 23 ms 22 ms 23 ms so-0-0-0.cr2.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.28.210] 9 35 ms 36 ms 36 ms so-2-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.above.net [64.125.29.10] 10 36 ms 34 ms 36 ms so-6-0-0.mpr2.iad1.us.above.net [64.125.28.130] 11 36 ms 36 ms 36 ms so-0-0-0.mpr1.iad1.us.above.net [64.125.29.109] 12 36 ms 36 ms 36 ms so-3-0-0.mpr2.iad2.us.above.net [64.125.28.214] 13 36 ms 36 ms 36 ms so-3-0-0.mpr2.iad10.us.above.net [64.125.30.121] 14 36 ms 36 ms 38 ms 209.249.11.221.available.above.net [209.249.11.2 21] 15 51 ms 50 ms 50 ms 591.fe-2-0.er1.atl1.speakeasy.net [69.17.82.173] 16 50 ms 50 ms 49 ms dns.atl1.speakeasy.net [216.27.175.2] Trace complete.

Heh.... me too man... me too...

here's some of the others' results.... http://lax.speakeasy.net (Los Angeles, Ca.) ------------------------------------------- 2005-01-23 22:14:36 EST: 9418 / 7599 Your download speed : 9644098 bps, or 9418 kbps. A 1177.2 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 7782101 bps, or 7599 kbps. http://sfo.speakeasy.net (San Fransisco, Ca.) --------------------------------------------- 2005-01-23 22:16:38 EST: 895 / 7907 Your download speed : 917109 bps, or 895 kbps. <======= hahaha wtf? A 111.9 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked? Your upload speed : 8097165 bps, or 7907 kbps. http://dfw.speakeasy.net (Dallas, Tx.) -------------------------------------- 2005-01-23 22:18:19 EST: 2243 / 17755 Your download speed : 2296990 bps, or 2243 kbps. A 280.3 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked? Your upload speed : 18181818 bps, or 17755 kbps. http://atl.speakeasy.net (Atlanta, Ga.) --------------------------------------- 2005-01-23 22:19:06 EST: 11269 / 9140 Your download speed : 11539989 bps, or 11269 kbps. A 1408.6 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 9360374 bps, or 9140 kbps. http://nyc.speakeasy.net (New York, Ny.) ---------------------------------------- 2005-01-23 22:20:05 EST: 5070 / 11488 Your download speed : 5192458 bps, or 5070 kbps. A 633.8 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked? Your upload speed : 11764705 bps, or 11488 kbps. http://mia.speakeasy.net (Miami, Fl.) ------------------------------------- 2005-01-23 22:23:21 EST: 8368 / 9749 Your download speed : 8569650 bps, or 8368 kbps. A 1046 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 9983361 bps, or 9749 kbps. Ok... enough speakeasy.... let's do some others... http://speed.sprintbbd.net/speedtest.cgi (Springfield, Il.) ----------------------------------------------------------- Results: 10,792 Kbps Download Size: 995,974 bytes 1,349 KBytes per second Download Time: 0.72 secs http://dslst.mx.centurytel.net/test (LaCrosse, Wi) -------------------------------------------------- Your current bandwidth reading is: 11.38 Mbps which means you can download at 1.42 MB/sec. from our servers. http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/ -------------------------------------------------- TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3a click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 21.38Mb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 18.45Mb/s The slowest link in the end-to-end path is a 100 Mbps Half duplex Fast Ethernet subnet click START to re-test http://speedtest.umnet.umich.edu/ --------------------------------- TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1d click START to begin Server Busy: Please wait 60 seconds for previous test to finish click START to re-test Server Busy: Please wait 60 seconds for previous test to finish click START to re-test Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 25.97Mb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 32.76Mb/s The slowest link in the end-to-end path is a 100 Mbps Full duplex Fast Ethernet subnet click START to re-test Supposedly I have more bandwidth then what's told in the tests.... our office is connected directily to a tier 1 backbone with 4 DS3 lines..... But I think the network guys keep us choked down a bit... greedy bastards...

Yeah, actually I have trouble decideing which tests are accurate... The majority of the tests I do on upload are around 10+Mbps ... This site is one of the less-giving ones so I tend to believe it more... I'll add

Yes, unfortunately it's not my home connection... It's my office. I control it via PCAnywhere when I need it.... Wanna see something really funny? I did this @ http://speedtest.chartermi.net

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 13176 Kbps about 13.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 KB) Download Speed is:: 1608 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 235 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 0.64 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=RXWLZBO0A :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3158 Kbps about 3.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Upload Speed is:: 385 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 56 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 2.66 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=84PGMVAXS Van, once again dood... your tweaks for cablenut are awesome.... thanks.

I like F-Secure but it can be a bit of a resource hog.... But it's pretty good about spotting infections...