zakk Posted April 8, 2004 CID Share Posted April 8, 2004 Hi to all. Im new to this site and hope some ppl may be able to help me out. I have done numerous download speed tests and all are between 3.3 -3.5mb. Is there something else I can do to speed up my download speed. Im running windows 98se, dsl with Sympatico. Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted April 9, 2004 CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 Welcome to Testmy.net!! You are getting about the speed that you should. Usually 90% of your advertised speed is what you should expect. What have you done for tweeking so far?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 9, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 Hey Lorne, well ive done everything from changing the rwin, mtu and lots more. I found these at a tweaking site. I may have accidently changed some settings in the networking properties, this I think may have something to do with my current speed. I just dont know what the default settings are. Thanx.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted April 9, 2004 CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 Ahhh.... Yeah you have to make sure to back up your registry before you tweek just in case. Here is a link to some patches and a real good if not best optimizer i have used. I think one of these patches will set all your settings to where they should be. If it doesn't than you can try using the optimizer to do it. Just select your connection type and it will set all those settings to optimized settings so if you have something set wrong it will set it for you. Let us know how it goes https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 9, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 Kewl thanx, but I didn't see any link that u mentioned...I would like to try what u said, but where do I go for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted April 9, 2004 CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 The link is right above my sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 9, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 I overlooked it b4, must be getting tired...I tried some of the downloads and tweaks and my speed is still the same. Im happy with my speed but just thought I would try and increase it to its max... Thanx for ur help, Zakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted April 9, 2004 CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 Your welcome, just remember that it could be at its max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 9, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 Hey Lorne, I did a TCP analyzer report, Do u mind checking it out and let me know if the settings are correct. MTU = 1492 MTU is optimized for PPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput. MSS = 1452 MSS is optimized for PPPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising MTU to 1500 for maximum throughput. Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535 RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits Unscaled Receive Window = 65535 Note: Under Windows 9x, if you have RWIN set to any other value, and the Analyzer reports 65535 you might need to install the MS Vtcp386 fix. For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS. Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS: 511104 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 255552 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4) 127776 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2) 63888 (MSS x 44) bandwidth * delay product: Your RcvWindow limits you to: 2621.4 kbps (327.675 KBytes/s) @ 200ms Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1048.56 kbps (131.07 KBytes/s) @ 500ms MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = OFF Time to live left = 57 hops TTL value is ok. Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampirE Posted April 9, 2004 CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 hey why when I turn on kazza my download speed improves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted April 9, 2004 CID Share Posted April 9, 2004 hey why when I turn on kazza my download speed improves? uhhhhhhhh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted April 10, 2004 CID Share Posted April 10, 2004 Everything looks good except this Note: Under Windows 9x, if you have RWIN set to any other value, and the Analyzer reports 65535 you might need to install the MS Vtcp386 fix. For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS. Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS: Is 65535 what you have your RWIN set at?? You might want to try the fix it suggests. You can also try setting your RWIN to 64240 that number seems to work well for a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted April 10, 2004 CID Share Posted April 10, 2004 Vampiree something isn't right there, lol. I can tell you that if you keep Kazaa on your comp eventually it is gonna cause a lot of problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 10, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 10, 2004 Hey Lorne, I looked in the MSTCP folder and noticed that the receive window was set at 255552, I changed it to 64240 as u reccomended. I did not see the MTU option in there? Where would I go to change the MTU and what would u reccomend changing it to. Thanx again...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted April 10, 2004 CID Share Posted April 10, 2004 You can try changing your MTU to 1500, i use the TCP Optimizer to change these settings, just makes things more convenient Good Luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 12, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hey Lorne, Well iv'e done just about everything possible to increase my speed, guess ill be happy at 3.5-3.7mbps. Im using a router and just wondering if there are any tweaks or settings that can be changed to increase the speed. Thanx...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Posted April 12, 2004 CID Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hey Lorne, Well iv'e done just about everything possible to increase my speed, guess ill be happy at 3.5-3.7mbps. Im using a router and just wondering if there are any tweaks or settings that can be changed to increase the speed. Thanx...... Be more than hesitantly happy about 3.6 mbps. That's a fantastic connection. If it ever got worse, you'd realize that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 13, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 13, 2004 Im happy with the spped thats 4sure. But need faster, just like tuning my stang, it never ends.......It just happened that I put most of my knowledge in Ford and not IBM....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdf216 Posted April 13, 2004 CID Share Posted April 13, 2004 Zakk, unless you're on a 4 MB connection the 3+ you're getting is more than fine it could be you're just hitting the limit that you ISP set in your modem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampirE Posted April 13, 2004 CID Share Posted April 13, 2004 mmm I will remove kazaa . PS: Thanx for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 14, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 14, 2004 My ISP is Sympatico, they tell me that I am on a 4mbps line...I have had everything checked and even had the phone jack replaced to a newer version. Im just kinda frustrated that im not getting the full 4bits. Im using a router and wondering if this may have something to do with my speed being a little slower. Thanx..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted April 14, 2004 CID Share Posted April 14, 2004 If you are not getting over the advertized speed it could be a few things: 1) Your isp has really strict bandwidth limits. 2) the upgrade to the new speed isnt complete 3) To many people are on you node 4) You are on dsl(the replacing the phone jack thing you mentioned) If you are on DSL and it happens to be SDSL you are being fooled by the ISP. The current capable limits on that technology are, as I understand it, 3mbs. Which would explain why you are not seeing the 4 that you are talking about. The router shouldnt effect you speed greatly but a firewall could. Post 2 download tests and upload tests. This will helps us out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 14, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 14, 2004 Here is my download test swimmer, Thanx Speed Test Results Your connection rating is: [Test Home | Re-Test] [Look for broadband in your area...] Your connection is: 3491 Kbps (about 3.5 Mbps) You downloaded at: 426 KB/sec Your TRuSPEED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk Posted April 14, 2004 Author CID Share Posted April 14, 2004 Here is number 2....... Speed Test Results Your connection rating is: [Test Home | Re-Test] [Look for broadband in your area...] Your connection is: 3481 Kbps (about 3.5 Mbps) You downloaded at: 425 KB/sec Your TRuSPEED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted April 14, 2004 CID Share Posted April 14, 2004 When was the last time you did a spyware check, virus scan, and removed your temp files? Have you ever attempted to play with your rwin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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