shotinthedark Posted December 16, 2005 CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 I download a lot of stuff and in the last day or so I've noticed a really bad drop in download speeds, from around 600-700KB off download.com to around 65 to 75. Bittorrent is suffering as well. I've tried virus scans, adware/spyware scans, vanburen's program with a number of settings and system mechanic 6's "net booster". None had any significant impact and sys mechanic actually seemed to slow me down. The oddest part is only my download speed is fubar'd, the upload (confirmed here and elsewhere) has remained normal. At first I suspected this was the result of hardware failure or something on their end, but because it is only a download issue I figure it has to be some setting or driver problem on my end. Any tips you guys might have would help me a great deal. My test results from here: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 445 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 54 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 15 21:20:14 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB download in 18.96 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 9.5 % of your hosts average (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YO9KAISNJ :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 369 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 45 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 15 21:25:51 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 22.76 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 2.5 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-N2Y8X6H9W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted December 16, 2005 CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 Hello, shotinthedark, and welcome to the forum. Have you made any software or hardware changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotinthedark Posted December 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 Recently a video card fried my old PSU, I'm hoping it didnt damage the onboard NIC, which I doubt since upload speed is fine. But im no expert on networkings, so I am here Tracert results seen here, I have zero and a half clue what they mean: Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 14 ms 7 ms 14 ms ge-1-3-ur02.beechgrove.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.185.5] 3 9 ms 8 ms 6 ms te-9-1-ur01.lawrence.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.30] 4 73 ms 216 ms 200 ms te-9-4-ar02.castleton.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.81] 5 8 ms 9 ms 9 ms te-9-2-ar01.castleton.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.33] 6 8 ms 8 ms 7 ms pos-2-1-ar01.huntington.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.181] 7 21 ms 12 ms 14 ms 12.118.104.21 8 35 ms 35 ms 36 ms tbr2-p011801.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.62] 9 35 ms 35 ms 39 ms tbr2-cl7.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.46] 10 35 ms 35 ms 37 ms 12.122.9.141 11 39 ms 36 ms 35 ms tbr2-cl6.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90] 12 35 ms 34 ms 35 ms 12.122.82.45 13 51 ms 36 ms 35 ms 12.119.136.14 14 51 ms 35 ms 36 ms vl31.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.29] 15 34 ms 35 ms 36 ms vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91] 16 34 ms 50 ms 38 ms gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.85] 17 35 ms 35 ms 35 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted December 16, 2005 CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 Tracert results seen here, I have zero and a half clue what they mean: :haha: I'm seeing timeouts on hop 1 and high times on hop 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotinthedark Posted December 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 My firewall is off and has been off since this unfortunate tragedy has befallen my lovely computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted December 16, 2005 CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 Recently a video card fried my old PSU, I'm hoping it didnt damage the onboard NIC, which I doubt since upload speed is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotinthedark Posted December 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 I changed the setting to 10/half duplex and then power cycled comp and modem. I'm using XP but I found the setting myself in device manager The results are still a little flaky but this is clearly an improvement. Should I even worry about the rest of this? :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3020 Kbps about 3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 369 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Fri Dec 16 00:15:32 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 54X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.78 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 64.45 % of your hosts average (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5E4A63UWD new tracert results Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 8 ms 9 ms 7 ms ge-1-3-ur02.beechgrove.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.185.5] 3 9 ms 13 ms 9 ms te-9-1-ur01.lawrence.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.30] 4 8 ms 9 ms 9 ms te-9-4-ar02.castleton.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.81] 5 9 ms 8 ms 9 ms te-9-2-ar01.castleton.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.33] 6 10 ms 9 ms 8 ms pos-2-1-ar01.huntington.in.indiana.comcast.net [68.86.184.181] 7 15 ms 12 ms 14 ms 12.118.104.21 8 44 ms 37 ms 44 ms tbr2-p011801.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.6.62] 9 34 ms 35 ms 38 ms tbr2-cl7.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.46] 10 35 ms 52 ms 58 ms 12.122.9.141 11 42 ms 35 ms 36 ms tbr2-cl6.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90] 12 35 ms 49 ms 39 ms 12.122.82.45 13 55 ms 33 ms 36 ms 12.119.136.14 14 34 ms 35 ms 35 ms vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61] 15 36 ms 35 ms 35 ms vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83] 16 39 ms 58 ms 52 ms gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.85] 17 36 ms 36 ms 35 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted December 16, 2005 CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 I would definitely keep it comin. First off, make sure your registry is cool, try ccleaner found here: www.ccleaner.com Download, update and run SpyBot S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Download, update and run Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoft.com/support/download/ I would also suggest trying an online virus scan, such as http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Finally, when you PC is clean of crap, get cablenut (info found HERE) and apply VanBuren's setting which is closest to your advertised speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotinthedark Posted December 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 16, 2005 I figured out which settings best suit my connection (6000/384) and the new results speak for themselves :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6485 Kbps about 6.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 792 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Fri Dec 16 2005 06:43:55 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 116X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.29 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 38.39 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-HNIOBQ4J5 Praise be to the network connection forum gods, for your blessings I am not worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted December 17, 2005 CID Share Posted December 17, 2005 Well isn't that just a thing of beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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