Network Connection Advanced Settings

[phred]

NOTES: Gateway SX2803 x64-based PC;  Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU  E5800  @ 3.20GHz, 3203 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processors  RAM 6.00 GB

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium     Using Softdeluxe - Free Download Manager for downloads on Firefox

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for getting the fastest downloads of mp3 audio book files from Internet Archive and Librivox?

1) What are the best Advanced Settings for an: Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection?

2) What are the best setting FDM?

 

I was getting download speeds of around 3.0 Mbs up to 4.7 Mbs ; now I'm getting 1.7 to 3.2

 

Here are the base setting I'm using:

 

Intel GV2 Adv Settings 1

 

Adaptive Inter-Frame Spacing        Disabled
Flow Control                Disabled
Gigabit Master Slave Mode        Auto-Detect
Interrupt Moderation            Enabled
Interrupt Moderation Rate        Adaptive
IPv4 Checksum Offload            Rx & Tx Enabled
Large Send Offioad v2 (iPV4)        Enabled
Large Send Offioad v2 [iPv6)        Enabled
Link Speed & Duplex            Auto Negotiate
Locally Administered Address        Blank
Log Link State Event            Enabled
Priority&VLAN                P&V Enabled
Receive Buffers                256
TCP Checksum Offioad (IPv4]        Rx & Tx Enabled
TCP Checksum Offioad [IPv6]        Rx & Tx Enabled
Transmit Buffers                512
UDP Checksum Offioad (IPv4)        Rx & Tx Enabled
UDP Checksum Offload (IPv6)        Rx & Tx Enabled
Wait for Link                Auto-Detect

 

Any Suggestions?

 

phred

[phred]

I figured it out and got it fixed!! I found a program from Intel that checked my network connection and drivers and used it to update my driver. I'm getting download speeds from around 3.6 Mb up to 5.0 Mb.

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20 hours ago, phred said:

I figured it out and got it fixed!! I found a program from Intel that checked my network connection and drivers and used it to update my driver. I'm getting download speeds from around 3.6 Mb up to 5.0 Mb.

 

Glad we could help 😎

[phred]

This problem got me interested in the technical/engineering basics of what is going on. I have started to study Microsoft's Windows Internals book. Good thing I'm retired: my curiosity eats up a LOT of time...

 

phred

[phred]

I found a couple of other things that helps downloading the files I'm talking about:

 

1) Adjust the Firefox Config File. This is a little tricky and requires a certain level of knowledge and experience. Be Careful!

2) On Free Download Manager:  a. After the download starts right-click on the file icon and change the Priority to HIGH. You can do this for every iten shown. b. Since most ISPs offer better download speed at night, you can use the schedualer feature. c. Configure the download settings of the FDM.

 

phred