Corobi Posted January 23, 2006 CID Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hi, so heres the deal. I've read a bunch of sites on tweaking to make your DSL faster but I'd rather have more personal instructions and a place I can come with questions. It sounds like you guys can help, hopefully. So heres the things you said to post: I'd first like to add that I scanned my computer in safe mode(with networking) and came up with nothing. 1. Win XP, I installed the patch and it changed it from 10 to 50 and it stayed 50 after I rebooted. 2. Qwest MSN DSL with "Speeds up to 256 Kbps download and upload." 3. The only thing I downloaded before coming here was DrTCP. Here's what speedguide.net said: TCP properties for IP = ... Browser/OS = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address. TCP options string = 020405aa01010402 MTU = 1490 MTU is somewhat optimized for broadband. If you're not on a PPPoE DSL connection that limits packet size, consider increasing your MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput. MSS = 1450 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1450, which equals MSS. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits Unscaled Receive Window = 65535 Note: TCP 1323 Options need to be enabled for RWIN over 2^16 (65535). Windows 9x might also need the MS Vtcp386 fix. For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS. Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS: 510400 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 255200 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4) 127600 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2) 63800 (MSS x 44) bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test): Your RcvWindow limits you to: 2621.4 kbps (327.675 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1048.56 kbps (131.07 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = OFF Time to live left = 116 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0) 4. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 217 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Mon Jan 23 2006 01:29:16 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 9.17 % of your hosts average (qwest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-M0OPKXI9D TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 211.32Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 216.56kb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: The receive buffer should be 577.76 Kbytes to maximize throughput The current date is: Mon 01/23/2006 The current time is: 1:53:17.64 Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=50 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 81ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 83ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.1.1 3 51 ms 49 ms 51 ms roch-dsl-gw01-193.roch.qwest.net [209.181.190.193] 4 56 ms 50 ms 51 ms roch-agw1.inet.qwest.net [209.181.190.93] 5 55 ms 52 ms 51 ms rch-core-01.inet.qwest.net [207.109.208.241] 6 58 ms 54 ms 56 ms mpl-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.205.230] 7 66 ms 64 ms 64 ms cer-core-02.inet.qwest.net [67.14.8.18] 8 63 ms 64 ms 64 ms cer-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.139.62] 9 64 ms 64 ms 64 ms qwest-gw.cgcil.ip.att.net [192.205.32.97] 10 88 ms 87 ms 120 ms tbr2-p014001.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.70] 11 88 ms 87 ms 87 ms tbr2-cl7.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.46] 12 89 ms 87 ms 87 ms 12.122.9.141 13 93 ms 87 ms 87 ms tbr2-cl6.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90] 14 86 ms 81 ms 82 ms 12.122.82.45 15 88 ms 81 ms 82 ms 12.119.136.14 16 87 ms 82 ms 80 ms vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61] 17 81 ms 82 ms 82 ms vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91] 18 87 ms 84 ms 81 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69] 19 89 ms 83 ms 84 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. 5. I have Client for Microsoft Networks and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and also File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, QoS Packet Scheduler, and Network Monitor Driver. 6. Nothing was checked in IE. 7. I have a router with the latest firmware but I'm not sure how to set the NIC duplex mode. I power cycled my modem, scanned with both spybot and ad aware, got sygate firewall, i had already scanned for viruses and got all the updates, used CCleaner. I have no idea how to use CableNut so I won't. And I didn't do anything in "16." I hope you guys can help. I tested my speed and its all still basically the same so doing the stuff I did hasn't helped yet. I think I could handle doing the CableNut stuff as long as I have a walkthrough. Well, hope you can help me, thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted January 23, 2006 CID Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hello, Corobi, and welcome to our forum. Unfortunately, the trouble with DSL providers, when they say "speeds up to 256k," is that it is likely that you will never see those speeds. I don't mean to dash your dreams, it's just that I don't want to set any expectations that may not be realistic. That being said, it's worth a shot. Looks like you've done most of the preliminary work already, so I'll skip right to Cablenut (read complete info HERE). Have you tried using any programs that tweak the registry? If so, clear the values, save, reboot, and remove the software from your PC. Get cablenut here: www.cablenut.com Once installed, download and open the file I have attached. This will open the adjuster window. Click save to registry, reboot, and retest. Make sure to have any firewalls, browser extensions/toolbars, popup blockers, etc. disabled when testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 23, 2006 CID Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hi Corobi, Just a word to let you avoid possible misunderstanding. Your subscribed speed from your ISP is 256 Kbps down and up. Your speed test results are 217 and 211 Kbps for down and up. That means you are already at 84% and 82% of your subscribed speed. Not 9.17% as mentioned in your subject title above. After tweaking, you may only be able to achieve up to 90-95% of 256 Kbps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corobi Posted January 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 23, 2006 Well I ran the test again and got the same thing, but I guess that's okay. I guess I didn't read the test results thouroughly enough . I see now that the "9.17%" is based on the assumption that I have like a 1.5mbps or higher connection. Hopefully I WILL be paying for a speed like that in the near future. I'd like to thank you guys here for helping me out. You guys respond WAAAY faster than any other Tech site I've been to so I think I'll be using this place if I ever have any other problems. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted January 23, 2006 CID Share Posted January 23, 2006 We're happy to help. And yes, you're correct, Corobi, the percentage is rated against all the ppl who've tested on all the speed packages of your ISP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 24, 2006 CID Share Posted January 24, 2006 I have here a ccs file you may want to try. Your MTU setting is shown as 1490. This ccs file tries to increase it to 1500. Please do your tests again, especially the one from TCP/IP Analyzer and post your results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corobi Posted January 24, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 24, 2006 Well I tried using your .css file trogers and heres what I got. Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; PeoplePal 3.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address. TCP options string = 020405aa01010402 MTU = 1490 MTU is somewhat optimized for broadband. If you're not on a PPPoE DSL connection that limits packet size, consider increasing your MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput. MSS = 1450 Maximum useful data in each packet = 1450, which equals MSS. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 32120 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits Unscaled Receive Window = 32120 For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS. Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS: 510400 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 255200 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4) 127600 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2) 63800 (MSS x 44) bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test): Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1284.8 Kbps (160.6 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 513.92 Kbps (64.24 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = OFF Time to live left = 52 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 11110000 (240) Precedence (priority) = 111 (Network Control) Delay = 1 (low delay) Throughput = 0 (normal throughput) Reliability = 0 (normal reliability) Cost = 0 (normal cost) Check bit = 0 (correct, 8th checking bit must be zero) DiffServ (RFC 2474) = No valid DiffServ equivalent. See the TCP Optimizer documentation, or RFCs 2474, 2475, 2597, 2598, 2873. So it's still 1490 I guess and it looks like some other things changed to...and to me it looks like it's maybe worse now, but there is no noticable speed change so... Oh well, that's okay unless you have any other ideas? I have another question too. Should I be running Cablenut on the other computer on my network as well? The only things I did on the other computer was all the scanning for viruses and spyware, etc. and ran that XP SP2 patcher that changes the limit from 10 to 50, thats it, so maybe thats what I need to do...? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 25, 2006 CID Share Posted January 25, 2006 Please carry out this ping test on your comp. click Start/Run and type 'command' and click ok. At c: prompt of the Dos Box, type and enter the following ping www.yahoo.com -f -l 1472 If you get message "Packets need to be fragmented" Then your MTU is not 1500 If you do not get this message, then your MTU is at 1500 but your ISP has a transparent server that cause filtered signals to be MTU 1490. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corobi Posted January 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 25, 2006 Okay, well I didn't get that message when I did the ping test, so I guess I'm good to go. Thanks again guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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