Caged Posted March 22, 2005 CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 I have a dial up connection from a local company that has seemed quite slow. it is a 56K service and I have a brand new 56K Zoom Modem. I am running winXP, SP2, Zone Alarm Free (it was just as slow before i got ZA), AVG Free, all the recommended spyware utilities, and have a couple registry cleaners i like. All the protocols I have running are what I need and the boxes under LAN settings are always unchecked. So could you please tell me, o great gurus of TCP tweaking, what am I to do? Also, here are the download test results given to me. I tried the upload test....i guess my connection didn't like it because it times out. LOL.....I really need your help because I love online gaming like UT2004 and Quake III Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/3461-um-so-im-running-at-less-than-1-of-that-possible-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
budbem Posted March 22, 2005 CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 basically dial up speed is all based on your actual phone lines and how far you are from the server- My dial up is at best 24k and i too have a new modem and 56k service - nothing you can do -if you already have a v.92 modem then that is about all you can do. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/3461-um-so-im-running-at-less-than-1-of-that-possible-help/#findComment-35608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caged Posted March 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 i was told there were ways to make it better. Even dial up was having trouble from SP2. Something about the max number of connections. Isn't there anything you can do? Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/3461-um-so-im-running-at-less-than-1-of-that-possible-help/#findComment-35614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted March 22, 2005 CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 not really, you will still connect at the max speed possible Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/3461-um-so-im-running-at-less-than-1-of-that-possible-help/#findComment-35616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joinerl09 Posted April 4, 2005 CID Share Posted April 4, 2005 If I were you, I would uninstall Zone Alarm, because this program has a tendency to lower your speed. This is usually the trick to increasing your bandwidth. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/3461-um-so-im-running-at-less-than-1-of-that-possible-help/#findComment-38882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted April 4, 2005 CID Share Posted April 4, 2005 Not a whole lot you can do with dial up service. https://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497 Windows XP SP2 fix https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php Only apply the patches that apply to you. It is really up to you but a software firewall on dial up isn Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/3461-um-so-im-running-at-less-than-1-of-that-possible-help/#findComment-38890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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