Mayhem Posted January 20, 2005 CID Share Posted January 20, 2005 First day on the site. ISP is advertised at 5100 Kbps and I'm coming in far short. Working on wireless router, and I am wondering if that is what is causing the slowdown? Here are my DL stats: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2145 Kbps about 2.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 262 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 38 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 3.91 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=6YQNMD0HA My download is dismal...I am almost embarassed to post this... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 40 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 KB) Upload Speed is:: 5 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 1 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 204.8 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=VFYWBHSNE What can I do to get some more speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV0LUTI0NIZED Posted January 20, 2005 CID Share Posted January 20, 2005 Whats your ISP provider Whats your advertised speeds Also, dont be embarassed. Good thing you posted, now your going to get the help you need. Just answer the questions above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted January 20, 2005 CID Share Posted January 20, 2005 hey Mayhem and welcome to the forum it might be a router issue, unplug router and connect direct from PC to modem, reboot your pc and modem leave modem off for 30 seconds and test speed again if you still have speed problems, follow these steps in link below and make a new post https://testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=605.0 VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted January 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 20, 2005 Videotron HSI, 5.1 Mbps download and 768 upload ( i think.. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV0LUTI0NIZED Posted January 20, 2005 CID Share Posted January 20, 2005 Do you have the Extreme High-Speed from videotron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticWolf Posted January 20, 2005 CID Share Posted January 20, 2005 I have videotron HSI 5100/768 .... when i test i get :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5726 Kbps about 5.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 699 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 102 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.46 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=2UNE5VS6B Fastest i ever got actually, is this test,usually I get from 5 to 5.3 Mbps :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 586 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1013 KB) Upload Speed is:: 72 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 10 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 14.22 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=PTZHNUGM7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted January 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 20, 2005 1. What OS are you running, ex win 98, win xp XP 2. What service do you have, what is the advertised speed for download/upload. Videotron HSI 5100/768 3. What tweakprograms you already got installed, and run this test http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks [www.dslreports.com] copy and paste result URL adress in your post! No tweaks currently installed. http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:20f414f?service=cable&speed=510&os=winXP&via=normal 5. What speed do you have against www.testmy.net [www.testmy.net] and http://nitro.ucsc.edu/ [nitro.ucsc.edu] also make a tracert, go to start-run type command and hit enter, type tracert testmy.net and hit enter, right click copy all and paste it in your post. Testmy.net: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1924 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 235 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 34 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 4.36 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=7AXF9UYD1 Nitro: running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 726.36Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.32Mb/s Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 10 ms 16 ms 9 ms 10.68.64.1 3 9 ms 7 ms 7 ms 24.200.245.173 4 8 ms 11 ms 9 ms 24.200.245.10 5 11 ms 12 ms 12 ms 10.154.0.90 6 9 ms 32 ms 11 ms Port-channel1.core1.mtt.teleglobe.net [66.198.81 .9] 7 19 ms 126 ms 19 ms if-3-3.mcore4.nqt.teleglobe.net [216.6.87.17] 8 16 ms 17 ms 17 ms if-12-0.core3.nqt.teleglobe.net [64.86.5.17] 9 25 ms 16 ms 22 ms sl-gw31-nyc-14-0.sprintlink.net [160.81.249.29] 10 17 ms 21 ms 17 ms sl-bb23-nyc-12-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.13.33] 11 21 ms 17 ms 21 ms sl-bb20-nyc-8-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.7.13] 12 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms sl-bb22-nyc-8-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.7.106] 13 36 ms 37 ms 37 ms sl-bb21-chi-9-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.149] 14 57 ms 64 ms 59 ms sl-bb21-fw-10-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.8.54] 15 61 ms 59 ms 57 ms sl-bb20-fw-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.11.217] 16 58 ms 59 ms 56 ms sl-st21-dal-1-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.17] 17 59 ms 58 ms 57 ms 144.232.29.97 18 60 ms 57 ms 57 ms sl-theplanet-3-0.sprintlink.net [144.228.250.114 ] 19 58 ms 57 ms 57 ms dist-vlan31.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.30] 20 62 ms 63 ms 57 ms dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85. 127.76] 21 57 ms 59 ms 62 ms dsr2-1-v2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.39] 22 58 ms 58 ms 60 ms gig1-0-2.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18. 116.86] 23 59 ms 58 ms 58 ms 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6] Trace complete. 6. Under your LAN connection - properties - general tab, uninstall all the protocols there that you do not need. Done 7. Open Internet Explorer and select tools - internet options - connections - LAN settings, make sure nothing there is checked. Done 8. Connect 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 depend 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. Done 9. Power cycle your modem, unplug it for atleast 30 seconds. Done 10. Download and update then do a scan with SpyBot http://beam.to/spybotsd [beam.to] and Ad Aware http://www.lavasoft.com/support/download [www.lavasoft.com] to remove any spyware Done. I think I found Jimmy Hoffa in my computer.... 11. ZoneAlarm firewall has known problems with dropping speed, i suggest to uninstall it and compare speed Don't use ZoneAlarm. 12. Install Outpost Firewall http://www.agnitum.com [www.agnitum.com] or Sygate Firewall http://www.sygate.com/ [www.sygate.com] Use SP2 firewall 13. Scan for viruses with your antivirus app, if you do not have one get one, AVG is great http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php [www.grisoft.com] Done. Scan a couple of times a week 14. Make sure you have ALL of the latest Windows Updates Done 15. Download and run CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ [www.ccleaner.com] Done 16. download and install Cablenut 4.08 and Vanburens cablenut settings 2 versions here https://testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=1013.0 [testmy.net] unzip settings to C:ProgramCablenut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted January 21, 2005 CID Share Posted January 21, 2005 heya Mayhem did you use router while running tweaktest? it might be a MTU issue with your router this is from your tweaktest:Max packet sent (MTU): 1500 Max packet recd (MTU): 1300 Both suppose to be 1500 unplug router, reboot your modem for 30 seconds and reboot pc aswell then make a new tweaktest, and post result VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted January 21, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 21, 2005 http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:3ca4e72?service=cable&speed=510&os=winXP&via=normal I get the same results. Thoughts? Also, I dl'd CableNut, and your program. Do I update the Adjuster with your CCS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted January 21, 2005 CID Share Posted January 21, 2005 http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:3ca4e72?service=cable&speed=510&os=winXP&via=normal I get the same results. Thoughts? Also, I dl'd CableNut, and your program. Do I update the Adjuster with your CCS? have you used any other tweakprogram in the past? download Dr.TCP http://www.dslreports.com/front/DRTCP021.exe make sure it looks exactly like this screenshot, all MTU fields has to be blank, and click save now open cablenut adjuster, click delete cablenut tweaks and click save to registry and reboot make a new tweaktest and post result, dont use any router when doing this VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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