cholla Posted January 17, 2006 CID Share Posted January 17, 2006 boywonder : Good hint on unplugging the satellite box.This is the receiver box for DISH or Direct TV.If you leave it plugged into a wall jack & your PC is on the same line (not just the same jack) you will get a slowdown & sometimes more disconnects.The only thing it needs to be plugged in for is ordering pay for veiw or accessing your account for customer service .The rest of the time it can be unplugged.Mine is most of the time & I haven't had any problems receiving the channels or gotten a letter from DISH.So that makes at least 2 of us that had a slowdown from the satellite box being plugged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boywonder Posted January 17, 2006 CID Share Posted January 17, 2006 DMN, In some cases such as mine by placing 3 commas in the preffix and/or suffix both ie. ( ,,,555-5555,,, ) gives your modem time to make a more reliable/faster connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMN Posted January 18, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 18, 2006 Ok I was just on Continuum a 2d multiplayer game with liek 50 people per server like astoriods multiplayer kidna thing and my ping range is 150-220 so yeah I guess thats good:)but I still spike and have packet loss sometimes, any tips from packet loss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted January 18, 2006 CID Share Posted January 18, 2006 DMN ~ have you looked in your game folder for the game.cfg file? . . .you might be able to lower the packet size there. Do you recieve Errors in your Connection Status? In your Modem Protocal ~ Enable Modem Error Control and try setting the Modem IRQ Priority tweak. right click My Computer > Properties > under Hardware Tab open Device Manager > click on View and Resourses by type click on Interrupt request (IRQ) find which IRQ## is assigned to your modem goto Start > Run type regedit and goto the PriorityControl branch of local_machine and what ever IRQ## is given to your modem ~ create a new value name dword Irq##Priority and modify the value data = 1 hexadecimal base It should end up looking like this with the ## being the number of your modems IRQ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl PriorityControl Irq##Priority REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1) create and add; (while your there) Win32PrioritySeparation REG_DWORD 0x00000026 (38) [use hexadecimal base] this will give more priority to what is in the forefront ~ what you see on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted January 18, 2006 CID Share Posted January 18, 2006 I have Windows ME so these may not be correct for XP ROM-DOS : I use this IRQ tweak.I also use these in system.ini: [386Enh] COM3IRQ10=230400 COM3IRQ10Buffer=8760 My internal modem is on COM3 I access my system.ini this way :StartRunsystem.ini OK This take you directly to the system.ini notepad instead of the tab in msconfig.I find this is a smoother way to tweak. These are in my win.ini which I access the same way. [Ports] COM3:=230400,n,8,1,x COM4:=115200,n,8,1,x COM2:=115200,n,8,1,x COM1:=115200,n,8,1,x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted January 18, 2006 CID Share Posted January 18, 2006 cholla ~ this is all I have in my system.ini file for XP; ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [driver32] [boot] [386enh] woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON I think it is only used for start-up and/or backward support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted January 18, 2006 CID Share Posted January 18, 2006 ROM-DOS; Can you get the system.ini notepad in XP by StartRun type in "system.ini" then hit OK? Same for win.ini. I just wondered if this worked for XP? I could post my system.ini file but it is long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boywonder Posted January 18, 2006 CID Share Posted January 18, 2006 Works for me run- system.ini ; for 16-bit app support [drivers] wave=mmdrv.dll timer=timer.drv [mci] [vicax] msacm711=16993 msacm811=34245 msacm911=42405 [boot] SCRNSAVE.EXE=C:WINDOWSsystem32MAGICW~1.SCR [driver32] [386enh] Com03Irq18buffer=4096 woafont=dosapp.FON EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted January 19, 2006 CID Share Posted January 19, 2006 boywonder;Thanks on the Com03Irq18buffer=4096 try it COM03IRQ18Buffer=8760 The 8760 comes from 6 X1460 =8760 1460 being my MSS. You can try 8192 to see if it works better. Add this line too COM03IRQ18=115200 or what you use for Maximum speed in you modem properties. I'm not really just how effective the 16-bit app support is with XP but if it decreases performance you can just delete it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boywonder Posted January 19, 2006 CID Share Posted January 19, 2006 Great will try it out after I win a couple of sit 'n go poker tounreys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMN Posted January 20, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 20, 2006 Got some trouble with packet loss well big problems in my game continuum and theres no config file i forced all the gfx to my memory, and turned off all the visuals i could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boywonder Posted January 20, 2006 CID Share Posted January 20, 2006 also, I helps playing on-line at off peak hours ~ lol DMN, What time of day do you try to play online? It would behoove you to play at the wee hours of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMN Posted January 20, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 20, 2006 Ummm yeah about my MTU cholla what do you make of this http://www.mdgx.com/newtip7.htm#AOLMTU its about aol mtu .My isp isent a direct aol but its like a sister company and I think they share servers... I play anytime lol and its really bad at wee hours no ones on at ALL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted January 20, 2006 CID Share Posted January 20, 2006 DMN:I read this its indicates that AOL & Compuserve use MTU 1500 in their software.Speedguide Shows it at 1400 so I don't know. The information in the link was all for Windows 95.98 & 98SE. Do the test at this site .It doesn't give MTU but after the test select "more details" there is a maxmss check what it says add 40 that should be your MTU.Just incase Speedguide is reading your MTU wrong. http://speedtest.umflint.edu/ btw you need java for the test to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMN Posted January 20, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 20, 2006 TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.0f click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 416.84Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 297.64kb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem click START to re-test lmao and WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 AckPktsIn: 141 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 0 CongestionSignals: 0 CountRTT: 140 CurrentCwnd: 13600 CurrentMSS: 1360 CurrentRTO: 530 CurrentRwinRcvd: 12288 CurrentRwinSent: 5840 CurrentSsthresh: 2720 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 379440 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 279 DupAcksIn: 1 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 0 MaxCwnd: 13600 MaxMSS: 1360 MaxRTO: 1540 MaxRTT: 780 MaxRwinRcvd: 12288 MaxRwinSent: 5840 MaxSsthresh: 2720 MinMSS: 1360 MinRTO: 510 MinRTT: 240 MinRwinRcvd: 6800 MinRwinSent: 5840 NagleEnabled: 1 PktsIn: 141 PktsOut: 279 PktsRetrans: 0 Rcvbuf: 128000 SACKEnabled: 3 SACKsRcvd: 0 SmoothedRTT: 300 Sndbuf: 128000 SndLimTimeRwin: 5811901 SndLimTimeCwnd: 4666870 SndLimTimeSender: 4378 SndLimTransRwin: 1 SndLimTransCwnd: 1 SndLimTransSender: 1 SndLimBytesRwin: 259760 SndLimBytesCwnd: 119680 SndLimBytesSender: 0 SumRTT: 44530 Timeouts: 0 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647 WinScaleSent: 2147483647 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTime: 2147483647 CurrTime: 10488634 c2sData: 2 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 6 s2cAck: 2 Checking for mismatch condition (cwndtime > .3) [0.44>.3], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [2720>0], (PktsRetrans/sec > 2) [0>2], (estimate > 2) [32.62>2] Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0.28>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.41<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.55>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.44>.6], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [2720>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0.28<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0.28>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.41<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [4.17=0], (speed < 5) [0.28<5] (Estimate > 50 [32.62>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.55>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/1=1], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link (speed < 2) [0.28<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0] (SendTime = 0) [4.1762260557395495E-4=0], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for half-duplex condition (rwintime > .95) [0.55>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.10>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.10>30], OR (link <= 10) [100<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.44>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [2720>0] bw = 32.62 based on packet size = 10Kbits, RTT = 318.07msec, and loss = 1.0E-6 The theoretical network limit is 32.62 Mbps The transmit buffer (125.0 KByte) limits the application to 3.07 Mbps Your receive buffer (12.0 KByte) limits the application to 0.29 Mbps The network based flow control limits the application to 0.32 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' WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 416.84Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 297.64kb/s ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.5.0_02 ------ 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 = 318.07 msec; the Packet size = 1360 Bytes; and No packet loss - but packets arrived out-of-order 0.70% of the time This connection is receiver limited 55.44% of the time. Increasing the current receive buffer (12.0 KB) will improve performance This connection is network limited 44.51% 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 Information: Network Middlebox is modifying MSS variable Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Client IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMN Posted January 20, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 20, 2006 I was on AIM had a online game minimized and am running a ad aware scan right now if it make s ad iff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted January 20, 2006 CID Share Posted January 20, 2006 Here's mine. . .if you want to compare TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.0f click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 416.14Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.71Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 AckPktsIn: 756 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 0 CongestionSignals: 0 CountRTT: 756 CurrentCwnd: 65700 CurrentMSS: 1460 CurrentRTO: 500 CurrentRwinRcvd: 64240 CurrentRwinSent: 5840 CurrentSsthresh: 2147483647 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 2173940 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 1489 DupAcksIn: 0 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 0 MaxCwnd: 65700 MaxMSS: 1460 MaxRTO: 870 MaxRTT: 510 MaxRwinRcvd: 64240 MaxRwinSent: 5840 MaxSsthresh: 0 MinMSS: 1460 MinRTO: 480 MinRTT: 230 MinRwinRcvd: 64240 MinRwinSent: 5840 NagleEnabled: 1 PktsIn: 757 PktsOut: 1491 PktsRetrans: 0 Rcvbuf: 128000 SACKEnabled: 3 SACKsRcvd: 0 SmoothedRTT: 270 Sndbuf: 128000 SndLimTimeRwin: 8072325 SndLimTimeCwnd: 2058089 SndLimTimeSender: 4480 SndLimTransRwin: 1 SndLimTransCwnd: 1 SndLimTransSender: 1 SndLimBytesRwin: 2000200 SndLimBytesCwnd: 176660 SndLimBytesSender: 0 SumRTT: 199310 Timeouts: 0 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647 WinScaleSent: 2147483647 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTime: 2147483647 CurrTime: 10136632 c2sData: 2 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 6 s2cAck: 3 Checking for mismatch condition (cwndtime > .3) [0.20>.3], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0], (PktsRetrans/sec > 2) [0>2], (estimate > 2) [42.25>2] Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [1.71>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.41<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.79>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.20>.6], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [1.71<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [1.71>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.41<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [4.42=0], (speed < 5) [1.71<5] (Estimate > 50 [42.25>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.79>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/1=1], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link (speed < 2) [1.71<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0] (SendTime = 0) [4.4203718361533924E-4=0], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for half-duplex condition (rwintime > .95) [0.79>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.10>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.10>30], OR (link <= 10) [100<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.20>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0] bw = 42.25 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 263.63msec, and loss = 1.0E-6 The theoretical network limit is 42.25 Mbps The transmit buffer (125.0 KByte) limits the application to 3.70 Mbps Your receive buffer (62.0 KByte) limits the application to 1.85 Mbps The network based flow control limits the application to 1.90 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 'Ethernet' WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 416.14Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.71Mb/s ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.5.0_06 ------ 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 = 263.63 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and No packet loss was observed. This connection is receiver limited 79.64% of the time. Increasing the current receive buffer (62.0 KB) will improve performance This connection is network limited 20.30% 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 Client IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted January 21, 2006 CID Share Posted January 21, 2006 DMN;Your speed looked good on the test.It showed thw your MSS is 1360 so your MTU is 1400.Thats what speedguide's tcpip analyzer found so I guess thats what you have. DMN if you tried the tweaks to your registry from earlier in the topic & these didn't change you MTU or MSS then I guess it is being done by Compuserve & probably not much you can do.A call to their tech staff to ask would be the way to know for sure.If it isn't their equipment do you run through a router? ROM-DOS ;Your MSS is 1460 so your MTUis 1500 but you already knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boywonder Posted January 21, 2006 CID Share Posted January 21, 2006 While we are at it: WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 1.38Mb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 456.94kb/s WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 AckPktsIn: 199 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 0 CongestionSignals: 0 CountRTT: 199 CurrentCwnd: 29200 CurrentMSS: 1460 CurrentRTO: 540 CurrentRwinRcvd: 64240 CurrentRwinSent: 5840 CurrentSsthresh: 2920 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 573780 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 393 DupAcksIn: 0 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 0 MaxCwnd: 29200 MaxMSS: 1460 MaxRTO: 710 MaxRTT: 460 MaxRwinRcvd: 64240 MaxRwinSent: 5840 MaxSsthresh: 2920 MinMSS: 1460 MinRTO: 520 MinRTT: 210 MinRwinRcvd: 64240 MinRwinSent: 5840 NagleEnabled: 1 PktsIn: 199 PktsOut: 393 PktsRetrans: 0 Rcvbuf: 128000 SACKEnabled: 3 SACKsRcvd: 0 SmoothedRTT: 310 Sndbuf: 128000 SndLimTimeRwin: 0 SndLimTimeCwnd: 10333156 SndLimTimeSender: 4979 SndLimTransRwin: 0 SndLimTransCwnd: 1 SndLimTransSender: 1 SndLimBytesRwin: 0 SndLimBytesCwnd: 573780 SndLimBytesSender: 0 SumRTT: 62060 Timeouts: 0 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647 WinScaleSent: 2147483647 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTime: 2147483647 CurrTime: 10342480 c2sData: 4 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 6 s2cAck: 3 Checking for mismatch condition (cwndtime > .3) [0.99>.3], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [2920>0], (PktsRetrans/sec > 2) [0>2], (estimate > 2) [35.71>2] Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [0.44>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [1.38<5] (rwintime > .9) [0>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01] Checking for excessive errors condition (loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.99>.6], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [2920>0] Checking for 10 Mbps link (speed < 9.5) [0.44<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0.44>3.0] (xmitspeed < 9.5) [1.38<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for Wireless link (sendtime = 0) [4.81=0], (speed < 5) [0.44<5] (Estimate > 50 [35.71>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0>.90] (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [0/1=1], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link (speed < 2) [0.44<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0] (SendTime = 0) [4.8161491410201164E-4=0], (link > 0) [100>0] Checking for half-duplex condition (rwintime > .95) [0>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0>30], (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (link <= 10) [100<=10] Checking for congestion (cwndtime > .02) [0.99>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0] (MaxSsthresh > 0) [2920>0] bw = 35.71 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 311.85msec, and loss = 1.0E-6 The theoretical network limit is 35.71 Mbps The transmit buffer (125.0 KByte) limits the application to 3.13 Mbps Your receive buffer (62.0 KByte) limits the application to 1.57 Mbps The network based flow control limits the application to 0.71 Mbps ------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------ 45 Mbps T3/DS3 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 = 311.85 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and No packet loss was observed. This connection is network limited 99.95% 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 Client Data reports link is 'T3', Client Acks report link is 'T1' Server Data reports link is 'OC-12', Server Acks report link is 'Ethernet' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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