Please help! 37kB/s speed

[panthersgem]

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 302 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Download Speed is:: 37 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 2)

Test Time:: 2006/04/19 - 11:50am

Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 27.68 sec

Tested from a 386 kB file and took 10.484 seconds to complete

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 15.65 % of your hosts average (ameritech.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-MKCL7QT0P

Yikes. I've tried everything to increase my speed, but running Spybot only caused a 2 kB/s drop. Any ideas? I'm sorry if these seems like a dumb question but I really can't figure it out.

Speed test:

TCP properties for IP = ()

Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address.

TCP options string = 020405a001010402

MTU = 1480

MTU is optimized for Windows XP PPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput.

MSS = 1440

MSS is optimized for Windows XP PPPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising your MTU value.

Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 17280

RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits

Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 17280

RWIN is a multiple of MSS

Other RWIN values that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:

506880 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of

253440 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)

126720 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)

63360 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test):

Your TCP Window limits you to: 691.2 kbps (86.4 KBytes/s) @ 200ms

Your TCP Window limits you to: 276.48 kbps (34.56 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

Consider increasing your RWIN value to optimize TCP/IP for broadband.

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 121 hops

TTL value is ok.

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)

[tommie gorman]

Welcome to the forum panthersgem

What are your advertised speeds and Provider?

[FallowEarth]

Hey panthersgem, welcome to the TMN forum.

Looks like increasing your RWIN (default receive window) to open up your connection a bit.  Cablenut is your answer for that.  Check this out: http://www.testmy.net/topic-1013

RWIN limits the amount of data your computer will be allowed to receive at a time.  If it is set too low, then you aren't going to see your advertised speeds, and you do not have an optimized connection.

As tommie gordon asks, what are your advertised speeds?

Also, we have some test mirrors spread out all over the place.  Try testing from a couple of different ones close to you.  http://www.testmy.net/tools/mirrors.php

[panthersgem]

My provider is AT&T Yahoo!, and to be honest I don't know the advertised speeds, just "fast". I tried to find out for my area, but according to their website "Sorry, [my number] cannot be found in our records.

AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet may not be available in your area at this time, and it is not available outside of SBC's service areas. It is not available to non-working or disconnected telephone numbers, or to cellular telephone numbers."

Obviously it IS available considering I'm currently using them.

I tried Cablenut, but it had no effect.

According to the mirror closest to me:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 296 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 1075 kB)

Download Speed is:: 36 kB/s

Tested From:: http://insecurity.org

Test Time:: 2006/04/20 - 6:59am

Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 28.44 sec

Tested from a 1075 kB file and took 29.797 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 15.31 % of your hosts average (ameritech.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-V25OQDLWC

Thanks for helping!

[Guest thecableguy]

My provider is AT&T Yahoo!, and to be honest I don't know the advertised speeds, just "fast".  I tried to find out for my area, but according to their website "Sorry, [my number] cannot be found in our records.

AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet may not be available in your area at this time, and it is not available outside of SBC's service areas. It is not available to non-working or disconnected telephone numbers, or to cellular telephone numbers."

Obviously it IS available considering I'm currently using them.

I tried Cablenut, but it had no effect.

According to the mirror closest to me:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 296 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 1075 kB)

Download Speed is:: 36 kB/s

Tested From:: http://insecurity.org

Test Time:: 2006/04/20 - 6:59am

Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 28.44 sec

Tested from a 1075 kB file and took 29.797 seconds to complete

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 15.31 % of your hosts average (ameritech.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-V25OQDLWC

Thanks for helping!

You need to contact your ISP and ask them how many feet from the CO you are....my hunch is you are right on the fringe of their coverage.  Get that info and post the results back...from there we can look elsewhere if needed.

[tommie gorman]

How long have you had cablenut installed? Sometimes it takes a three days to kick in fully.

Are you Virus and Spyware clean? Have you defragged lately? Have you done disk cleanup? Are you running a registry cleaner? Is Spybot your only Anti Spyware cleaner?