Verizon Broadband help

[BagEm]

Hi there

I would appreciate any help I can get, I recently purchased Verizon Broadband for my laptop since we only have dial up out in my neck of the woods and i feel like I'm still on it!  Maybe I'm wrong and the speed is right and I just got screwed lol or maybe I'm doing something wrong.  At any rate here is the answers to all the questions that are posted here:  http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-2097  Hopefully someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks!

1. What OS are you running? Examples: Windows 98, Windows XP. If you have XP make sure you have SP2 installed! Also download the p2p fix for SP2 here

Answer:Im using Windows XP

If you have a MAC try BroadbandOptimizer

2. Who your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is, and what the advertised speed for download/upload is.

Answer: Verizon Wireless with average download speeds of 400-700 kbps capable of reaching up to 2.0Mbps

3. What tweaking programs you already have installed, and run this test.  Copy all text and paste it in your post! For security reasons, blank out your IP #.

Answer:None that I am aware of here is the log

TCP properties for IP = XXXXXXXX()

Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .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 = 020405b40103030001010402

MTU = 1500

MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

MSS = 1460

Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.

Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 64240

RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits

Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 64240

RWIN is a multiple of MSS

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

513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of

256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)

128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)

64240 (MSS x 44) <-- current value

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

Your TCP Window limits you to: 2569.6 kbps (321.2 KBytes/s) @ 200ms

Your TCP Window limits you to: 1027.84 kbps (128.48 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

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. What speed do you have against https://testmy.net and http://nitro.ucsc.edu/ also download this Tracert and Ping program (made by php) and click on check.bat.  When it's done, copy and paste the results in your post.

Answer:here is the results...

:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 64 Kbps about 0.06 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)

Download Speed is:: 8 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 63 Kbps about 0.06 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 8 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/09/23 - 11:24am

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QIHM6U5J9

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-3JDT01OPU

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [!]

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d

click START to begin

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done

running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 102.77Kb/s

running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 58.60kb/s

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

Information: The receive buffer should be 777.51 Kbytes to maximize throughput

5. Under your LAN connection - properties - general tab, uninstall all the protocols there that you do not need.  You most likely only need "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)."  If you share files on your home network, you also need "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks."

Answer:done that...

6. Open Internet Explorer and select the Tools menu, go to Internet Options, Connections tab, click the

LAN settings button, make sure nothing there is checked.

Answer:done that....

7. Never Connect to your modem via USB ! Always connect to your modem via ethernet (NIC) and make sure you have the latest drivers for your NIC. Set your NIC duplex mode to 10mb half duplex for Cable, for DSL it depends on the ISP service unless you are using a router, if so then set it to 100mb full duplex for both Cable & DSL. If you are using a router make sure you have the latest firmware.

Answer:  not sure on this one since I connect via my laptop using a broadband express card

8. Power cycle your modem, unplug it for at least 3 minutes

Answer:done that...

9. Download, update, and do a scan with SpyBot and Ad Aware to remove any spyware

Answer:done that....

10. ZoneAlarm firewall has known problems with dropping speed, I suggest to uninstall it and compare speed

Answer:don't have zone alarm

11. Install Outpost Firewall, Sygate Firewall, or Zone Alarm.

Answer: McAfee

12. Scan for viruses with your antivirus app, if you do not have one get one, AVG, Avast!, and Ewido are great.

Answer:done that, my antivirus program is...McAfee

13. Make sure you have ALL of the latest Windows Updates

Answer:done that.....

14. Download and run CCleaner

Answer:done that...

15. Go to VanBuren testmy.net Cablenut settings and install Cablenut 4.08 and Vanburens cablenut settings version 9

Answer:Done that, but dont know what file i should use

16. If you choose to build your own tweakfile with j79zlr's webpage, I suggest to leave SynAttackProtect to 0, and use a latency value between 150 and 300 ms. If your calculated TcpWindowSize is above 65535 and your webrowsing seem sluggish, i suggest to test with a TcpWindowSize and GlobalMaxTcpWindowsize that is 44 x ( your MSS value ) and change Tcp13230pts to 0.

Answer:I havent built my own file...