joedirtbike69 Posted March 3, 2008 CID Share Posted March 3, 2008 Hey all I'm new, so sorry if this question has already been answered, but I live in San Diego and have cox premeir internet service rated at 12mbps download, and 1 mbps upload. When I go to put the download value of 12000kbps in the calculator, an error message pops up saying "That would be nice, please enter a real value". My question is what can I do to work around this, and how can I set up my cablenut settings? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted March 5, 2008 CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 The calculator came out back in 2005. My theory is at that time there was no one offering a 12 Mbps download speed that is why you are getting that message. If you click OK when the message come up it will fill out the form for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 5, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 It does fill in the boxes when I click ok, but it does not calculate them for 12mbps download. It only does it for up to a 10mbps download, even if you put a higher number in the calculator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 5, 2008 CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 It changes the numbers where the red "X's" are. Give this file a try it seems to work for many people. Edit: Are using XP or Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 5, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 Cool, Ill see if it makes a change in those to boxes. Ill also try your file. I think it sucks how im paying for the 12mbps and only getting 5 to 6 mbps dl when I test it on this site. Ill let you guys know how the changes work out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 5, 2008 CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 Do you get the right speed testing else where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 5, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 I am running windows xp pro, and i use the speed test on this website. Here are my latest results after applying the cablenut calc tweaks: ::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..:::::::::: Download Connection is:: 7179 Kbps about 7.18 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 876 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 1068 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 130 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2008/03/04 - 10:14pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-STK7UAH6B U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7SPANJRIB User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2) I still think my connection can get faster. Is there anything else I can do? I have a cat5 ethernet cable, im using a linksys wcg200 router (has DOCIS 2.0), i only have the tcp/ip box checked under network adapters and there are no boxes checked under lan settings in internet options. Also, i just tested the speed at speedtest.net using the L.A. Server (im in san diego), and it said i scored 12.5mbps dl and 1mbps upload (ping@ 42ms). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 5, 2008 CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 We have been having problem with the backbone our servers are on. Here clear your cache and take this test. It starts as soon as you click on it. http://www.testmy.net/tools/test/d_load.php?ni=1&tt=1&s=12160&st=st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 5, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 This doesnt look much better at all... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 5647 Kbps about 5.6 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 689 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2008/03/04 - 10:30pm Bottom Line:: 98X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.49 sec Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 17.641 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 79.65 % of your hosts average (cox.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-GKLEHVMZU User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2) [!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 5, 2008 CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 Like I said we are having Server problems right now. CA3LE is working hard to resolve the problem with the provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 5, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 Thats cool. I appreciate all the help and work you guys have put into this site. One thing I find interesting, and I don't know if its a cox thing or not, is the fact that when I download smaller files, my download speed gets extremely low (even to the point of 50 kb/s), and it only hits about 1.4 mb/s with larger file downloads (like 30mb and above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 5, 2008 CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 A lot of that is controlled by the site you are downloading from. I have the same problem with some sites and I have a 10/1 line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 5, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 I see. Well when ever the internet pisses me off, at least ill still have my pro computer. Cost me way too much money so i have to justify the cost by using it as often as I can. Thats why I decided to get into tweaking and trying to make everything faster. One step at a time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted March 5, 2008 CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 I did the dial up thing for a long time before I got cable. Once you used to fast you can't go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 5, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 5, 2008 dial up..... i really cant remember the last tim i had that. I remember i had something called CompuServe though. Worse experience of my life (it was connected to AOL!). I thought cox was the best untill i found out about fios through this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joedirtbike69 Posted March 6, 2008 Author CID Share Posted March 6, 2008 After uninstalling my antivirus, and running all of my cleaning/reg fix utilities, here are the results I got from doing the speed test on this site: :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 11184 Kbps about 11.18 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1365 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 1071 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 131 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2008/03/06 - 1:50am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-MITFDSAZU U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1E9K4U7DF User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2) [!] I don't know if the speed test has been fixed on this website, or if it was my antivirus removal that did the trick. However I would like to note that in all of my prior tests, my anti virus app was completley shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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