Brownie2k2001 Posted March 20, 2006 CID Share Posted March 20, 2006 I've been tweeking my internet and i've managed to get my download speeds around to about 850 - 860kB/s ish (though the speed tests say it's around 500 - 700kB/s) My advertised line speeds are 8128/288 (bad upload i know) i'm just wondering if thats the max i'm going to get, or is there more tweeking to be done?? I've included my tracert to testmy.net too see it if helps. The current date is: 20/03/2006 The current time is: 12:05:59.75 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=125ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=124ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=124ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=124ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=53 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 12, Received = 12, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 124ms, Maximum = 127ms, Average = 125ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms mygateway.ar7 [192.168.1.1] 2 21 ms 19 ms 18 ms ge0-1.lns5-c12.telh.planet.net.uk [62.25.196.169] 3 20 ms 21 ms 19 ms ge2-0.201.pbr-1.telh.as5388.net [62.25.196.162] 4 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms pos1-0.ber-1.r18.telc.as5388.net [195.92.55.156] 5 20 ms 19 ms 19 ms 195.50.91.9 6 19 ms 20 ms 20 ms ae-0-55.bbr1.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.129] 7 124 ms 124 ms 126 ms ae-0-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109] 8 125 ms 125 ms 125 ms ae-24-52.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.48] 9 124 ms 123 ms 123 ms 4.78.224.14 10 125 ms 125 ms 124 ms vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61] 11 125 ms 126 ms 124 ms vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83] 12 125 ms 126 ms 125 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69] 13 159 ms 124 ms 125 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. I've scanned for spyware, viruses, registry errors etc many times, so i know i'm totally free or nasties and i've cleared my internet cache totally. In a previous thread i had, i was advised to turn off my QOS on my LAN connection, but i'm not 100% sure how too. I've also got the updated SP2 patch and all the registry tweaks off speedguide.net. I'm wondering if being on PPPoE limits my connection in any way, when i try to use PPPoA, my max speed is about 300Kb/s so i've decided against using that. If theres anymore information i can post, please let me know and i'll post it Sorry for making this a long post, i just wanted to include as much info as possible! Thanks for any help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted March 20, 2006 CID Share Posted March 20, 2006 Pings are a little high.. umm have you ran cablenut? Also make sure you run anti virus and anti spyware. You could also try Tcp optimizer.. it tweaks your registry like cablenut does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownie2k2001 Posted March 20, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 20, 2006 i've ran cablenut, TCP Optimizer and ran spyware scans numerous times... i think it might be because i'm in the UK that the pings are a little high, i've noticed that when downloading off most servers, i get about 500kb/s max, but off servers like muicrosoft i get speeds starting at 1.58mb/s then dropping to 870 - 850kb/s, not sure why, but hey, no connection is perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted March 20, 2006 CID Share Posted March 20, 2006 i've ran cablenut, TCP Optimizer and ran spyware scans numerous times... i think it might be because i'm in the UK that the pings are a little high, i've noticed that when downloading off most servers, i get about 500kB/s max, but off servers like muicrosoft i get speeds starting at 1.58mb/s then dropping to 870 - 850kB/s, not sure why, but hey, no connection is perfect Brownie2k2001 your pings are high because you are in the uk, otherwise it all looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted March 20, 2006 CID Share Posted March 20, 2006 Sometimes tcp optimizer screws up your connection.. try going into tcp optimizer and click file then click restore windows default settings.. restart.. that might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7R1D3R Posted March 21, 2006 CID Share Posted March 21, 2006 i didnt know u can change to windows default settings with TCP optimizer that's good, i should try it out probably get faster speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted March 21, 2006 CID Share Posted March 21, 2006 Brownie2k2001, your pings and trace look fine (Level 3 has coordinated the jump overseas nicely). Try testing from on of the mirrors in Europe: http://www.testmy.net/o-mirror-just- http://www.testmy.net/o-mirror-VanBuren Otherwise, since your ICMP traffic is fine, a software conflict may be slowing you down. Use MSCONFIG (run command) to clean up your startup items, and run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter from System tools. Also, try this online scan: www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan and also try ccleaner (www.ccleaner.com) to clean up what's left on your system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownie2k2001 Posted March 21, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 21, 2006 thanks for all the help guys! Sorry for not replying earlier, i've not been too well. I'll give all that a go tonight FallowEarth, Is Firefox as god as people say it is, or would you advice to stick to IE (which i'm using now). I think, to be honest, a full HDD format is in order, its not been done is a long time and i'd actually like to see how things run with a fresh copy of windows on Would it make any difference that i'm running Windows XP Media Center Edition, or does that not matter? Thanks for all your help guys, without you all, i'd still be stuck with slow download speeds!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownie2k2001 Posted March 28, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 28, 2006 Well after a few weeks of being ill, i've finally got round to formatting and starting afresh, all seems the same to be honest i downloaded a program from one of VanBurens threads (the thread about him being back on 100mb downstream) and according to that program, my max bandwidth is 7.16mb/s whereas my router tells me it's 8.12mb/s, i've tried cablenut, but it seems to make no difference, maybe theres a setting i'm missing or somthing?? I've got no spyware, adware, malware, viruses etc... and all updates. I'm considering contacting my ISP, but if someone could make me a cablenut file for 8128/288 i'd be aprciative thanks for all your help guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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