Minstrel Posted September 26, 2009 CID Share Posted September 26, 2009 Hi group! Can't believe it's been 3 years since I've last posted in here. As I seem to remember my last post, I was complaining that my speeds from RCN were not up to specs and had given up on any success to achieve the advertised results. Well, after numerous attempts with other sources. I went back to Cablenut after finding out that there were new updates available. After getting the correct info from RCN about caps and a few attempts with j79zlr's tweak tool, I have achieved the following results... :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 14140 Kbps about 14.14 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1726 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 393 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 48 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2009/09/26 - 3:51pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-056HDAP4L U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4HYGE6IMA User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] As you can imagine, I am happy with DL speeds in this range since my last post. It isn't an awesome speed, but, it is acceptable. However, the UL speed is still ridiculously slow. I am still trying to figure out why it is so poor. If anyone has any other suggestions to my issue please respond. All I can tell you is that RCN's UL ratelimit cap claims to be 800000. I have tried everything I know to increase my upload speed without success. Any input is welcomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstrel Posted September 26, 2009 Author CID Share Posted September 26, 2009 Here's an update for all the RCN users out there. After using RCN's new beta speed test (http://pa.speedtest.rcn.net/newtest/) the results are much different from those here at testmy.net. According to RCN, my speeds are "Max Download Speed: 6.97Mbps (or 55760 kbps)" and "Max Upload Speed: 1.38Mbps (or 11040 kbps)". Now, can someone please explain the discrepancy in these two location speed tests? They were only taken 5 min. apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted September 27, 2009 CID Share Posted September 27, 2009 thats a good one ! usually its the other way around because the ISP tests within there network. The link here will do some extensive tests nd give you results. please post that . and the rest of the results in there http://ndt.anl.gov/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstrel Posted October 14, 2009 Author CID Share Posted October 14, 2009 Sorry mudmanc4, I can't connect to http://ndt.anl.gov/, security settings in my browser is blocking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstrel Posted October 14, 2009 Author CID Share Posted October 14, 2009 Ok, I ran it in IE8, seems that my Java Runtime Environment was disabled... anyways, here's the results. TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.5.4b click START to begin ** Starting test 1 of 1 ** Connected to: ndt.anl.gov -- Using IPv4 address Another client is currently being served, your test will begin within 45 seconds Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 761.0kb/s running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [s2C]) . . . . . . 7.33Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link here's the the stat details... WEB100 Enabled Statistics: Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 761.0kb/s running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [s2C]) . . . . . . 7.33Mb/s ------ Client System Details ------ OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1 Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.6.0_16 ------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------ Cable modem/DSL/T1 link found. Link set to Full Duplex mode Information: throughput is limited by other network traffic. Good network cable(s) found Normal duplex operation found. Web100 reports the Round trip time = 79.01 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and There were 99 packets retransmitted, 345 duplicate acks received, and 307 SACK blocks received The connection stalled 3 times due to packet loss The connection was idle 0.85 seconds (8.5%) of the time S2C throughput test: Packet queuing detected: 0.88% This connection is sender limited 49.76% of the time. This connection is network limited 50.23% of the time. Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to: RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON Server 'ndt.anl.gov' is probably behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port failed] Client is probably behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port failed] Packet size is preserved End-to-End Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End Information: Network Address Translation (NAT) box is modifying the Client's IP address Server says [216.164.xxx.xxx] but Client says [192.168.1.100] and here's the "more details" screen... WEB100 Kernel Variables: Client: localhost/127.0.0.1 CurMSS: 1460 X_Rcvbuf: 262142 X_Sndbuf: 262142 AckPktsIn: 2204 AckPktsOut: 0 BytesRetrans: 144540 CongAvoid: 0 CongestionOverCount: 0 CongestionSignals: 3 CountRTT: 1826 CurCwnd: 97820 CurRTO: 284 CurRwinRcvd: 513920 CurRwinSent: 5888 CurSsthresh: 77380 DSACKDups: 0 DataBytesIn: 0 DataBytesOut: 9355660 DataPktsIn: 0 DataPktsOut: 6392 DupAcksIn: 345 ECNEnabled: 0 FastRetran: 3 MaxCwnd: 195640 MaxMSS: 1460 MaxRTO: 324 MaxRTT: 176 MaxRwinRcvd: 513920 MaxRwinSent: 5888 MaxSsthresh: 137240 MinMSS: 1460 MinRTO: 244 MinRTT: 44 MinRwinRcvd: 513920 MinRwinSent: 5840 NagleEnabled: 1 OtherReductions: 3 PktsIn: 2204 PktsOut: 6392 PktsRetrans: 99 RcvWinScale: 7 SACKEnabled: 3 SACKsRcvd: 307 SendStall: 0 SlowStart: 0 SampleRTT: 84 SmoothedRTT: 84 SndWinScale: 3 SndLimTimeRwin: 0 SndLimTimeCwnd: 5140457 SndLimTimeSender: 5090614 SndLimTransRwin: 0 SndLimTransCwnd: 885 SndLimTransSender: 885 SndLimBytesRwin: 0 SndLimBytesCwnd: 8746260 SndLimBytesSender: 609400 SubsequentTimeouts: 0 SumRTT: 144276 Timeouts: 3 TimestampsEnabled: 0 WinScaleRcvd: 3 WinScaleSent: 7 DupAcksOut: 0 StartTimeUsec: 786485 Duration: 10234165 c2sData: 2 c2sAck: 2 s2cData: 3 s2cAck: 3 half_duplex: 0 link: 0 congestion: 1 bad_cable: 0 mismatch: 0 spd: 7.32 bw: 6.51 loss: 0.000469337 avgrtt: 79.01 waitsec: 0.85 timesec: 10.00 order: 0.1565 rwintime: 0.0000 sendtime: 0.4976 cwndtime: 0.5024 rwin: 3.9209 swin: 2.0000 cwin: 1.4926 rttsec: 0.079012 Sndbuf: 262142 aspd: 0.00000 CWND-Limited: 501.83 minCWNDpeak: 2920 maxCWNDpeak: 194180 CWNDpeaks: 4 The theoretical network limit is 6.51 Mbps The NDT server has a 127.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 25.31 Mbps Your PC/Workstation has a 501.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 49.62 Mbps The network based flow control limits the throughput to 18.89 Mbps Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1' Server Data reports link is 'Ethernet', Server Acks report link is 'Ethernet' What do think the problem is mud...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstrel Posted October 14, 2009 Author CID Share Posted October 14, 2009 BTW, here's the most recent speed check... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 12368 Kbps about 12.4 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB) Download Speed is:: 1510 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2009/10/14 - 11:15am Bottom Line:: 216X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.68 sec Tested from a 12288 kB file and took 8.139 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 139.83 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VU4ATQND1 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] And the Upload... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 749 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 91 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2009/10/14 - 11:45am Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 11.25 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 16.369 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 1.77 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-C5HU0V4J2 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!] I guess I shouldn't be complaining, both speeds are above average for RCN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 14, 2009 CID Share Posted October 14, 2009 Seriously, I think you should be good to go, unless of course you know you should be getting much more on the upload, with what you have, thats actually above the average for almost any ISP, or right there with it all. ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstrel Posted October 14, 2009 Author CID Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yeah mudmanc4, I think you're right. I shouldn't be complaining when both DL & UL is higher than average for RCN. I think I'll just shutup and be happy with what I've got. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop "tweaking". I'll squeeze every last kbps out of this critter if it's the last thing I do! Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 14, 2009 CID Share Posted October 14, 2009 Yeah mudmanc4, I think you're right. I shouldn't be complaining when both DL & UL is higher than average for RCN. I think I'll just shutup and be happy with what I've got. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop "tweaking". I'll squeeze every last Kbps out of this critter if it's the last thing I do! Thanks for the help. Now thats what I'm talkin about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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