Sluggish but fast..?

[ss]

I applied all the tips in stickies after copius reading.

I have Road runner Cable (supposedly 5000/384)

I setup Cnut with version7 settings Cable 4000/384. (I have also tried 6000/384)

My speeds did increase but there are some strage artifiacts:

Whereas my speeds previously were incredibly stable (4200/350) now there is a wide range of testing speeds:

[VanBuren]

hey ss and welcome to the forum

it might be your router having problems with a large RWIN

what router are you using?

try this first

set your NIC to 100 Mbps full duplex

VanBuren

[ROM-DOS]

HEY VanBuren (or anyone else);

As some of you may know ~ I'm using Dial-Up to connect and trying to 'optimize' my CableNut settings for on-line gaming. I've recently discovered I can play in large servers(with 64 players) and still stay connected(WOO HOO).

So, the question is ~ "can someone help me understand these settings;"

  MaxFastTransmit: Default: 64 KB

                  Valid Range: 0

[ss]

Thanks VanB -

Sorry I did not give all of the information....

Wireless card in my PC  good signal - 45dB

So I cant really set my NIC for 100Mbs Full Duplex

Linksys Wrt54gs Router w Sveasoft firmware (talimsman 1.1)

MTU at 1500

Anything else?

[VanBuren]

try this file instead, it should give you more stable speed

VanBuren

[ss]

Van:  I tried that. Same thing.

So, I deleted all cnut settings. rebooted and ran tcp optimizer with a max mindow size 125570.

and rebooted again.

Connection is:: 5126 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 626 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Sat Nov 12 18:24:04 EST 2005

Bottom Line:: 92X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.64 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 23.85 % faster than the average for host (rr.com)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QIB75XGMA

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 5092 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 622 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Sat Nov 12 18:31:57 EST 2005

Bottom Line:: 91X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.65 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 23.02 % faster than the average for host (rr.com)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NIB0S96MJ

Thank you!

SS

[ratchet]

Did you set that max window size?  I use the auto TCP program for max speed of 5mbps and it set my window at 256960.  I'm wondering if I should set it like yours since it looks like its really efficient.

[ss]

Can't hurt to try, can it? 

Van mentioned that my computer may be having a problem with such alarge window size so I lowered it...  hm.

Whatever... I'm happy.

[ratchet]

ss, I lowered the window to 170000 and my speed went from 4.7+change mbps to 4.5+.  When I went back to 256960 it tested at 4.5 again anyway so any or all of the scores could have been because of traffic.  Suffice it to say the TCP setting  is probably not way out of wack so I'll just leave it at the default.  Thank You for the reply!