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Post a tracert to http://www.yahoo.com

Tracing route to yahoo.com [67.195.160.76]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 7 ms 6 ms 7 ms 74-141-128-1.dhcp.insightbb.com [74.141.128.1]
2 7 ms 9 ms 6 ms 74-128-19-17.dhcp.insightbb.com [74.128.19.17]
3 13 ms 8 ms 10 ms 74.128.8.237
4 17 ms 18 ms 19 ms 4 ...

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Hey folks, I downgraded to the lowest possible speed my cable company offered (for $$ reasons) and it really stinks. Originally I had 10MB down, 1mb up..now 1MB down, 256k up (speed tests are in line with this).My real world download speed went from roughly 900kbps to 100kbps.

I'm using InsightBB ...

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It's been a few years so I thought I'd BUMP this old thread and see if there are any XP tweaks I missed out on. Anybody have any new tips to keep XP running fast?

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Hi...the game is Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, a 6-level demo I got off download.com (very cool!)

Anyway, no I have no router or anything. Just a basic computer with Sygate firewall.

I actually had the Window at 256k and thought that might be the problem (packet loss?), so I just cut the receive ...

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Lately I've been getting very bad lag on a few games. Every 20-30 seconds, the game will just freeze up, giving me connection error messages, then it will resume and play fine for another 20-30 seconds.

I'm on cable (advertised rates 4mbps/256k) and have no problems with downloads or surfing the ...

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thanks for the replies guys

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Sup folks...my brother is getting cable in his apartment. I was just wondering if anyone had experience with this. Is the connection slower than a line to a house? Can he ask the cable guy to do anything special to give him a good connection?

Just wondering what can be done to maximize speed in a ...

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Update the driver for your ethernet/nic card. Go into device manager to get the exact name of it, then google it to find the manufacturer's website. Download and install the latest driver. That should help.

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dude, you are getting 90% of your advertised speed...That is awesome. I wouldn't change anything.

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thanks...using those settings I picked up an extra 30-40kbps on average. I'm not sure what worked exactly, but something helped..

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Connection: Insight Cable 4mbps/250kbps
TCP options string = 020405b40103030301010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.
Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 513920
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 3 bits (scale factor of 6 ...

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so here is a self delete

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that does clear it up mccoffe, thanks.

and pika, still wondering what your speed test results are. I have insight cable myself and would might try a few crazy tweaks of my own if they work for you..

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mccoffee, I have no idea what you said in that first sentence..

And pika, what are your speeds? Did you do a test before and after applying those settings?

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Where do you guys test your signals? And is there a guide to explain this stuff for newbies? Also, If I have a weak signal, is there anything that can be done about it? If not, forget the previous questions.

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find out what your ethernet card is..

If you don't know it, right click on "my computer", choose properties, hardware, device manager. Look around for your network card. Once you get the name, do a google search for the card's driver (ex: realtek 8139 driver, etc) and download the latest version ...

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Hi folks...I have a Realtek8139 fast ethernet NIC card. I am getting approximately 3.3mbps/200kbps in speed tests. My advertised speeds are 4mbps/250kbps and I was wondering if any settings for the NIC could be changed to improve performance?

In NIC properties, I chose "advanced", and am given a ...

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yes...I don't have the links, but if you do a google search for "firefox speed tweak", you will find the proper settings. They are made by typing about:config in the address box.

I only remember a couple of them off hand..You can test them quickly. Go to about:config and find the networkpipelining ...

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I have less RAM than you and have disabled virtual memory completely. The machine runs faster that way. If you do some super high performance gaming however and need virtual memory, just go with a static number like 1000min/1000max

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Have you updated to the latest driver?

I had that Realtek card you are talking about...I did some searching and found the newest driver for it...When I updated, I noticed a nice performance gain. Try finding the newest drivers for your new card. If that doesn't help, you may need to do some of the ...

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You need to get ethernet....It is much faster than USB and well worth the investment.

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Took a speedtest...It is showing around 2.5mbps down and 240kbps up...I should technically be able to squeeze out another 1.5mbps of my download, but I would certainly be happy just to get another .5

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well thanks for the replies guys...I am getting average download speeds of 350-400kbps now. According to the TCP Analyzer, I should be able to get much more, but I don't know what else to do.

Even without further tweaks, I'm happy because this thing is a heck of a lot faster than dialup!

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https://www.speedguide.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=154112

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Thanks for the reply...I have a noobish question. About the "RWIN" option...Should I change the number so it is a "multiple of RSS"? Does this improve speed?

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I love this speed, but would like to squeeze every bit of juice I can out of my new cable modem. My ISP's caps at 4mbps/315kbps but I am getting nowhere near that speed!

I'd appreciate any help you guys can give.

TCP Analyzer Results:

Browser/OS = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3 ...

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I've been on 56k for a year now, and have gone through ALL of the tweaks on this forum and others...applying dozens of registry tweaks, adding high CPU priority to my dialup modem, and UNINSTALLING all of those extra protocols under network properties except TCP/IP. I have forgotten what all of the ...

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one more BUMP!

new speed tweak...Disable images in IE

tools, internet options, advances, untick "show pictures"
Firefox has the option under web features. Untick "load images"

really speeds things up on dialup!

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Thanks...things are really flying now! I honestly don't miss the pics...The speed more than makes up for it.

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Hi folks. I use netzero high speed, and it contains a feature that lowers the quality of images that load in IE in order to speed site loading. The feature works great, and I was hoping to find a registry tweak, or some other method that will let me do this manually so I can avoid paying the extra ...

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if you haven't yet, download Ad-Aware.
Make sure you UPDATE it, along with Spybot. After updating both programs, run the FULL scan with both to clean up his system.

Do what the others mentioned...visit blackviper and disable any services he doesn't need.

Once you disable the unnecessary services ...

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Someone please help me out...

Basically, my dream is to double click on "my computer" and see an extra drive sitting there next to the c: and a: drives that I can easily use to send files and programs to for safekeeping.

I have tons of programs downloaded (and paid for) sitting on my computer and ...

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Anybody got any other tips? Anything? No matter what it is...Post it!

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https://www.speedguide.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=154112

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I tried searching and ended up with over 300 results...most of them dealing with cablenut and bandwidth tweaks, rather than general PC/ Windows XP tweaks. There seemed to be a lack of posts dealing with general PC tips, so I thought I'd start a new thread.

Thanks to everyone who has replied so far ...

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got some nice replies..

one more BUMP for this post!

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nope, did a fresh install about a week ago...I do have AOL installed on my PC by default, but I have never used it. Could deleting the AOL registry entries possibly help?

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50+ views and nobody added any tweaks yet!

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here ya go

Browser/OS = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10
Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address.
TCP options string = 020405b401010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each ...

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Windows XP Home SP2
standard Conextant 56k dialup

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Downgraded from 10mbps to 1mb - HALP! :(

"Connection Interrupted" messages while playing games. Any way to fix this?

Getting broadband in apartment complex. Is there anything I need to do?

Cable 4mbps/256kbps advertised rates. How are these settings?

i was rude..

Ethernet Card Duplex Settings...What should they be?

First time on broadband! Here are my settings. Suggestions greatly appreciated.

transition from tweaked 56k to cable

Is it possible to disable/compress web site images to speed browsing?

I need a "Partitioning for Absolute Idiots" guide

I know I didn't list all the XP tweaks

finally..

come on guys!