Messiah4u Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Hi, My family finally caved into getting dsl where we live. It was installed Wednesday morning. I have been trying to download stuff and surf the web and half the time the connection is so bad i cant connect. When i run tests on here I get like ( 30+ KB dl and 14 ul). However when i actually download anything i rarely get a speed faster than 2-3KBps. Occasionally it spikes up to 20-30, but it only lasts a few minutes then falls back down to the 2-3. When I reset the modem and router, the speeds seems to be where it needs to be for a short time, but then back to spit. My wireless connection is very good at 54 Mbps. I have already called the dsl company (Hughnet) or something like that and I was instructed to re-register and all that good crap. My problem continued....Any help???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messiah4u Posted December 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Oh sry about the double post. My internet froze on me when i was typing the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Welcome to the forum Messiah4u Have you tried hooked directly into the modem bypassing the router in case it is the router causing problems. Try reading and doing this stuff. Achieve the Best Performance Out of Your Computer http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-4257 It should speed things up a bit. I saw that. Some of us do worse. Also, where abouts are you from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messiah4u Posted December 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Riiiight....can anyone tell me how to get safe mode on XP??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 when u start ur pc.. keep hitting F8 until the option starts up... whos ur isp? Huges net? thats satallite dude lol... welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messiah4u Posted December 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 oops satellite thats right...even still im not to impressed when i start up and hit the f8 i get the keyboard failure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messiah4u Posted December 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Hey i just got a patch thing for XP SP2 about p2p networking and i set my limit to 100 instead of 10 and thats seems to be helping. Is 100 enough or should i make it higher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Here is another way to get in to Safe Mode with Networking. Hit Start then Run type mscofig in the box then OK. then click the tab BOOT.INI check the box Safeboot and the one next to it Networking hit apply then OK. To go back to normal do the same except uncheck the boxes Safeboot & Networking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messiah4u Posted December 23, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Your Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 23, 2006 CID Share Posted December 23, 2006 Sonds like you need to start using my start up procedure. Everytime before starting up, 1) restart modem (unhook modem cable and touch end for 10+ seconds with finger tip, reconnect) 2) defrag hard drive (disk defragmenter, start*all programs*accessories*system tools*disk defragmenter) most folks say it takes too long, but not if you do it everytime you start (maybe 30 seconds. 3) Disk cleanup.(found in the same place as the defragmenter) Mine runs a little better that way. Hope this helps. And sometimes while I am running longer than normal, I will Disk cleanup again if it slows down. ( so every couple to three hours) And the "Also, where abouts are you from?" was as to distance from the server here, it sometimes has a factor in speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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