The Reverend

Relatives were gathered in the waiting room of a hospital as their family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber. "I'm afraid that I am the bearer of bad news," he said as he looked upon the worried faces. "The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant.

In the attachment is something to bide your time with.

Any of that thar speed fer sale?

I was amazed at how much attention the silly thing attracted. It was unreal! lol... So yes, it is a blast at the office because somebody is always asking you for "the count." lol.... "The Rev"

OMG! heheh... DANKE!!!

It just clutters up your system, gives your CPU and memory worthless things to do ...and if you try a search before and after, you'll find that the "without indexing" is faster ..because you have gained THAT MUCH MORE in resources!

Thanks Lance! It's been so long since I've had DWay installed that I just could NOT remember how I used to do it! DUH! Thank you VERY much! (With the 6000s, you open up your choice of pages in your browser and have access to over 500 functions within the modem)! Trouble is, they won't give the users a manual ...they want a 'cut of the action' each time a tech comes out and reads out of his manual that he paided big bucks for. grrr.... Cheers! The Reverend

Weekend is a very accurate reporting utility, which is based upon your system settings, that will report how many days, hours, minutes and seconds are left until Friday afternoon at precisely 5:00PM.

The latest poll I read stated that 50% of the medium to intense group of computer users were NOT aware of any part of XP System Services, not to mention that the Indexing was half-killing their performance.

Dry Dry Dry (but hilarious humor) you have there Troll Guy. rofl.... Tooooo funny!

I see your point, but from your description of this manner of router, I am half-minded to say that it just may be incompatible with a SELF HOSTED MODEM ....see what I mean? Sounds to me like that router isn't designed for this newer breed of modem that has it's own DHCP "factory." Simple! Make sense? "The Rev"

Well, I know for sure that DirecWay has NO CLUE who is using what for a browser because they simply don't have manpower to check nor do they care. DWay will work will virtually ALL browsers (or even in pure DOS mode for that matter) ...so that's not it. I can't speak for Micro$oft though ...I suppose anything is possible yet that seems rather unlikely to me. There isn't enough competition from any browser to cause MS to try to derail anyone's products in that manner. You said you were messing in the rigging so perhaps you effected a change in the registry that only a reload of the OS is going to fix? I dunno ...but since ALL other browsers are getting slower response except for IE, Microsoft isn't singling out Firefox right? XP has a nice habit of repairing itself after a few reboots or over a few days. I would try going into the Prefetch folder, a subfolder of C:Windows, and delete everything in there except ANYTHING that does NOT end in .pf (like the Layout.ini file ...don't mess with it)! After about three reboots, the files you are using the most will be back in the prefetch folder and that just might cure the problem. It has to be something silly like that. If it were major you would not be surfing at all, or the other browsers wouldn't even launch! Check it out and see if that may help matters, and I'll keep researching this 'el strango' as best as I can. "The Rev"

Hi, In Windows XP a System Service was added in hopes that it would aid in the finding of files, or at least make it more efficient.

Now that's an odd one ....I thought I had it set to use the full CPU to cause that spaz! Made a liar out of myself.....you using an Intel or AMD? Thanks! "The Rev"

AH! You discovered the secret to 'nabbing' the little bugger ...and I suppose that is fair since it is a built in "must win" for gamers. lol... I never did figure out why it spazzes out though other than maxing out your CPU when you do. (If it will launch, do a Control Alt Del when you catch it and check out your CPU ...it should be at 100% unless you are runnning a P4...then it should say 55% cuz you are only using 1 thead, or 1/2 of the CPU. Maybe I should tear it apart and see what is going on to cause the 'spazzo routine'? I had it once so that if you DID manage to catch it the dang thing would just disappear and close the program on its own. heheh... But it ended up "as is" due to multiple complaints. C'est la vie! Cheers! "The Reverend"

For what it is worth, that works out to roughly 822 colones per litre ....glad it only a 20 gallon tank! heheh

Yeah but I hate not having alot of 'real estate' for my displays ...that's why I decided to setup a dual panel display! Macs have some pretty tiny displays! I never could figure out why anyone would want them so small either. TVs got larger, IBMs got larger ...Macs have stayed about the same ...mostly anyway. Argh ....I dunno, perhaps there is something about a Mac that I should be made aware of? lol.... The Reverend

In my case they are all confined to the idiot in the chair. Cheers!

It surely sounds like it is entirely Firefox related since your normal (IE) browsing is unaffected ...which is a big relief. Bear in mind that the DW6000 was not built with Firefox in mind. It was a narrowminded move on their part, but the 6000 is designed to work best with IE 5or6 ...and it expects you to keep updated too. NOC is constantly adding software to the 6000s (silently) so that it will work with the latest updates from Microsoft ...which saves them a ton of headaches at NOC. I don't have alot of knowledge about FireFox for that very reason, so I pray you can get it nailed down with a bit of luck and patience 'to boot'! Lemme know how she turns out, or page me again if it starts looking like a DWay prob and we'll tear it down. "The Rev"

No ....a Registry Cleaner only gets rid of files that are unneeded, lead to deadends, or otherwise have no use. If you use Regedit, you go in there first and make a backup of your registry (THAT IS A MUST) ....so if anything goes wrong, restoring it is simple! Just get into regedit, click on file, then export, then save a copy to your HDD ...THEN run the reg cleaner! Good luck!

Those speeds you have posted are DOUBLE that of the greater majority of DW600s users.

Your sig is normal ...however, without some more specific input, there is nothing in the least that I can do to offer you any assitance. Any chance you have an abundance of dust in your box? "Loose wires"? NIC Card and all other connections in good shape? Did you power cycle the modem for at least five minutes (any less is worthless)... Are the two proxy boxes checked in your browser, and under the advanced tab does it say 192.168.0.1 and Port 87? down below in the Exceptions box, do you have the entries: direcwaysupport.com;192.168.0.* Are you sure that you have CableNut completely out of there and that your TCP/IP stack is back to the default? Have you run Dr. TCP and turned on Time Stamping? That is especially for Satellites. Is the light on your NIC 'flashing or dead'? Are you using a router or are you using the DW6000 to hand out your DHCP #'s? HDDs fully defragged? There are 101 things that could be doing it... I will be here if you wish some assistance, one step at a time so that nothing is overlooked. Best of luck if you would rather troubleshoot it on your own! That's cool too! "The Rev"

Please tell me what satellite and transponder (frequency) you are using so that I can check to see if there are any problems or issues with it. Also, what were you doing just prior to noticing that your speed was trashed? That is probably the best clue to solving your problem available! If you have a static IP ....I can check it from my station to see where you are in the system (globally anyway). Please keep me posted if you wish... I'll wait...

Hi whiteolorin! ltns! I do believe I can help you with this one. For one, when using DirecWay you just can't use the Cablenut programme (it is made for cable-modem users and will put the screws to a Satellite configuration). The good news is that it is pretty easy to fix! First, launch the Cablenut programme and reset it so that it brings back all of your default settings. (It may ask you to reboot and please do so if it does). DirecWay has no idea what a proxy is. Go into your IE (I assume you are using IE), click on Tools, Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings and uncheck everything, then place a checkmark in both proxy boxes. Now click on the advanced button and make sure it says 192.168.0.1 and that it is set for Port 87. Look down below and you'll see the Exceptions box. Please place the following (using cut n paste) in that box: direcwaysupport.com;192.168.0.* (if you put it in by hand, that's a semicolon used as a separator)! Now "OK" your way out of there. DO NOT RUN THE LCCU or it will 'uncheck' the two proxy boxes that you just checked ...and it is worthless for the DW6000 (but great for the DW4000s). I have attached a little utility from SpeedGuide.net called TCP Optimizer. I am not saying that it will work miracles, but it will "pull" some number for you that are helpful in diagnosing problems like yours. Before you run it for testing/setup....Open the FILE then choose the first option to Backup your present settings and save them to wherever on your HDD. That's it for the moment with that one, so just close it for a few. I am sure you have Dr. TCP right? If not I've attached that one too just in case you do not. Here are the numbers/settings you should use for the best possible performance: Tcp Receive Window 0 Window Scaling No Time Stamping Yes Selective Acks Yes Dial up (RAS) MTU (blank) Path MTU Discovery YES Black Hole Detection No Max. Duplicate Acks 2 TTL 64 Adapter Settings: Realtek RTL8139 Family.... <---or whatever is the hardware that is directly connected to your DW6000. If the DW6000 is listed or if it say SAT USB ....use it instead! MTU1500 (1500 is the standard for all of the DW6000s, but if you know for sure that your MTU is lesser, put your number in there. Now just click on Save then Exit. Reboot even if it doesn't tell you to! Now, between those two things, some kind of difference should be seen in your speed. So for the moment let's stop right here to see what happens. I'll be online all night so feel free to either post another Distress Call, or drop me an e-mail. Your choice! (It's better to post for the benefit of other users though ...if you don't mind)! I'll keep an eye out for you! Good luck and please keep me "in the loop." on this one! Thanks! "The Reverend"

12:00 O'clock Flashers? ROFL!!!!! Sounds like ex-neighbors back in the states! That's a new "term" on me ....and I love it! Toooooo funny resopalrabotnick And yes, he's under the gun for a rather miserable form of support ...but takes it all in stride, so I'm giving him a click on the ole Applause button! Cheers!