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CaptainSpeleo

Thanks for the quick reply. I've change it to "Auto Negotiation".

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips (Also a Windows XP SP2 user)

CaptainSpeleo

Earlier today, I installed a Realtek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet NIC in my Compaq Presario 5030 desktop. After installing the newly-released 6.18 drivers and getting it working, I went into its properties section to check the settings. I am not sure if I selected the correct settings, so I am posting them ...

CaptainSpeleo

Thanks, Mnosteele.

I may give it another try.

CaptainSpeleo

Thanks, McCoffee. I tried out Sygate awhile back and got tired of all the warning pop-ups every time I went to a different site, so I got rid of it.

CaptainSpeleo

McCoffee or Mnosteele will answer you. For starters, they'll probably have you change your RWIN value. If you don't have Cablenut 4.08 downloaded and installed yet, do it now.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips (Also a Windows XP user)

CaptainSpeleo

Although I don't use ZoneAlarm(nor any other firewall, for that matter), I just noticed today that removing it from a computer is now among your list of tweaks. I was just curious as to why.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips (Also a Windows XP user)

CaptainSpeleo

Update: The Roadrunner download speed cap was raised in my area on Tuesday night from 2000 to 3000. I'm now averaging about 2800.

I'm using a value of 128480 for GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize and TcpWindowSize because I was actually getting lower speeds by leaving them blank in the Cablenut adjuster. The ...

CaptainSpeleo

Noone else gave me the settings that I'm using.

I changed DefaultReceiveWindow from 256000 to 384000 to reflect the download speed increase from 2000 to 3000.

I was getting better speeds by NOT leaving GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize amd TcpWindowSize blank, so I inserted a value of 96360.

The TCP/IP ...

CaptainSpeleo

McCoffee:

Roadrunner cable has apparently increased their download caps overnight from 384/2000 to 384/3000. I just ran some speed tests and got these results:

366/2784
336/2787
354/2784

After making adjustments in the DefaultReceiveWindow, GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize, and TcpWindowSize values, I got ...

CaptainSpeleo

Mnosteele:

I was made aware of and directed to your poll post by McCoffee, so I tried your suggestions and left GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize and TcpWindowSize blank and changed Tcp1323Opts to 1. I'm using Roadrunner cable and Cablenut 4.08.

With DefaultReceiveWindow set at 256000, my test speeds at ...

CaptainSpeleo

McCoffee:

I received an E-mail from Roadrunner several weeks ago, stating that they had increased the speeds to their business class service to 768/3000, and if I wanted to subscribe to it. At $140.00 a month, I declined. I'm content to pay $45.00 a month for the home service with 384/2000 speeds ...

CaptainSpeleo

LHarris57:

I live in central Florida and have Roadrunner cable. The advertised download speed for home service is 2000 and for business service(which is more expensive) is 3000. I assume that you have home service, which is why you are getting no higher than 2100. If that is the case, change the ...

CaptainSpeleo

I find RegSeeker 1.35 to be a better and more functional registry cleaner than RegScrubXP 3.25. It works great on both my 98SE and XP machines.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips (Also a Windows XP user)

CaptainSpeleo

I just received a message from a representative of Time-Warner Roadrunner in Tampa, Florida. He advised me that the download cap has not been raised from 2000 and 3000.

Obviously, this is not the case because more than one of you have commented on this forum about having increased download speeds ...

CaptainSpeleo

Mike:

The only protocol you need is "Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)". You can delete the rest.

Your download cap is 1800 kilobits per second, so it is 225 kilobytes per second(1800 divided by 8).

Have you installed Cablenut 4.08 yet?

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips
(Also a XP user)

CaptainSpeleo

According to the October issue of "Tech Edge" magazine(which has an article on broadband), Comcast's advertised speeds are 256/1800.

If a speed increase is in the making, they apparently haven't done it in your area yet. I have Roadrunner and have heard that their download speed is increasing from ...

CaptainSpeleo

Hi, Mnosteele:

Sorry for the long delay in replying. My wife and I have been out of town for a few days.

You mentioned recently about using a latency of 200 for Roadrunner cable, which is what I was going by.

No big deal. Your advice has always worked good for me. :)

Frank's Windows 95/98 ...

CaptainSpeleo

I was also going to ask if 49152 for DefaultSendWindow would be the correct value (384/8 x 1024) instead of 65536.

Also, would 64240 or higher be a more appropriate value for GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize and TcpWindowSize instead of 37960?

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

This is the first time that I've seen all these posts about Roadrunner increasing their caps. I'm assuming that the increase hasn't been made in the Tampa Bay area yet.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

Hmmmm! I just ran 3 speed tests at the Speakeasy site using the Miami link and I'm still getting close to or right at my normal caps - 384/2000.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

I thought so. Thanks!

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips
(Also a Windows XP user)

CaptainSpeleo

Mnosteele:

I am currently using all the settings you have listed in this post - except for DefaultReceiveWindow. Mine is set to 256000(2000/8 X 1024) instead of 230400. I was curious as to where that figure came from.

You know me - always tweaking my cable connection. :)

Frank's Windows 95/98 ...

CaptainSpeleo

And you really believe that, right?

A decent download throughput speed for 56K dial-up is 5.0 - 6.0 KB/s. That means a 200 KB test file would take 33 - 40 seconds to download.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

Miracle Hunter:

By all means, download and install Cablenut 4.08.

I see in your profile that you have a dial-up connection. What version of Windows are you using?

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

Mnosteele:

Did you mean WOULD or WOULD NOT?

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

J79zlr:

Thanks very much. I'll just leave it at 92 like Mnosteele suggests.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips
(Also a Windows XP and Roadrunner user)

CaptainSpeleo

Maxxi:

Where did you get these new Cablenut settings from? I've been to the Cablenut, Speedguide, and TweakXP forums and I can't find anywhere where Mnosteele posted them.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips
(Also a Windows XP and Roadrunner user)

CaptainSpeleo

Harry:

You can make all those entries manually in the registry, but it's much easier and safer to do it with Cablenut 4.08.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

Thanks!

I added the Miami link to mine. It's closer than the Atlanta link.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

The information has changed on the Speakeasy webpage and I can no longer find a link to the speed testing section.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

JoeCobra:

I also have Windows 98SE and use Roadrunner cable(384/2000).

Mnosteele has been a big help to me, and I always rely on his advice for entering settings in Cablenut and making other high-speed tweaks. :D

You might also try experimenting with a DefaultRecvWindow and ...

CaptainSpeleo

Read here.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

Roadrunner cable(384 upload/2000 download speeds):

MaxMSS - 1460

MaxMTU - 1500

Windows 98:

DefaultRcvWindow - 256960 or 128480

GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize - 256960 or 128480

Windows XP:

DefaultRcvWindow - 256000

By the way, if you're not using Cablenut 4.08, install it.

Frank's Windows 95/98 ...

CaptainSpeleo

Lobo:

My Windows XP laptop has an Intel Pro/100 VE network adapter.

My Windows 98SE desktop has a Linksys LNE100TX network card.

The settings for the Intel adapter with PROSet installed are more numerous than the Linksys network card.

CaptainSpeleo

Thanks!

CaptainSpeleo

I got rid of Microsoft Java Virtual Machine 5.00.3809 and am currently using Sun Java Runtime Environment, Standard Edition, 1.4.2.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

Read here.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

CaptainSpeleo

No comments from anyone?

CaptainSpeleo

I just finished updating the Intel PROSet drivers to my Intel Pro/100 VE network adapter from version 6.4.14.0 to version 7.0.26.0.

While checking all the settings, I noticed a new one among the list that I have not seen before - "Flow Control Settings". It gives you 4 options:

Generate And ...

CaptainSpeleo

I have both my 98SE desktop and XP laptop tweaked for Roadrunner 384/2000 cable. If I have to revert to Verizon 56K dial-up when cable service goes down, I don't make any changes. My 56K connection works fine and its connection speed and throughput remain about normal.

Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips :)

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