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by Contact
Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:02 am
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help new PC!
Replies: 3
Views: 761

Thank you Troggers- I was wondering why I have 0 db noise on the one setting, would that also affect my connection?

Again, thank you for all your support,

Best Wishes,

Nico
by Contact
Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help new PC!
Replies: 3
Views: 761

Please help new PC!

Hi all....

Troggers...thanks again for all the help last time! :-( but I got hooked :-)

I am in Holland and my ISP settings are 20mbs download and 852? or there about upload

I am currently getting between 13mbs and 15 mbs download, TCP Analyser settings below, but I have also added my gateways ...
by Contact
Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:49 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Hijack This; Could anyone help I have 'noise' on my line
Replies: 2
Views: 2660

Daer MNosteele,

Thanks a lot for having a look for me...

Best Regards,

Nico
by Contact
Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Hijack This; Could anyone help I have 'noise' on my line
Replies: 2
Views: 2660

Hijack This; Could anyone help I have 'noise' on my line

Dear All,

Could anyone help; I have noise on my line, much appreciated.

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files ...
by Contact
Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:33 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

In tweaks, we hope to achieve 90% of our subscribed speed, with the remaining 10% taken up by overheads.

TCP Window should be 1022208. Yours is at 1045440.

Try the following with TCP Optimizer:

After reboot, do the NDT and post the report under the 'Statistics' button inorder to see the cause ...
by Contact
Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:30 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Using an open DNS server is an option to overcome bad routing by your ISP's DNS server. See this: http://www.opendns.com/how/dns/turning-names-into-numbers

http://www.speedtest.net/result/199668219.png

Dear Trogers!

Wow...a few weeks later and we recovered 10 whole MBs/s, from the first time ...
by Contact
Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:49 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Go to start>run and type cmd
in the black prompt window type this : ping -n 60 194.134.161.21 >c:/ping.txt
After finished, open your c:/ , find the ping.txt file and post it, to see if the latency problem with that IP still exists.

Then also type in the prompt window.......... pathping http://www ...
by Contact
Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:55 am
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

trogers wrote:What kind of firewall and antivirus software are you using?

I am using the trial NOD32 and Comodo - have uninstalled both before upon advice and the tests didn't show any difference - I am back to the original settings you advised on TCPopt.

Thanks again,

Nico
by Contact
Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:14 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

The timed out at hops 1 and 2 could be due to the firewall in your router.

As noticed by you, an intermediate router at hop 5 shows high pings.

To carry out a more detail check on signal route, Google and use PingPlotter.

5 178 ms 200 ms 204 ms G5-1.cr1-asd5.nl.euro.net [194.134.161.21]


I ...
by Contact
Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:58 am
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

also post your signal/noise ratio and line attenuation. log in to your modem to see those infos. something else, the traffic congestion is all the time or not?

Hi...Trogers I Sorry forgot to mention; not on wireless - all cable.

I just spoke to my ISP and they explained there was 'some' noise ...
by Contact
Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:41 am
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Are you on a wireless router?

The NDT indicated signal problem as seen in stalling of the connection.

Do a tracert to http://www.yahoo.com and post.

Hi again,

I did two tracerts, the first with the firewall on and the second turn to allow all. This may look promising however what does the ...
by Contact
Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:04 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Do u have traffic congestions problems now or solved? DSL or cable?

Hi..thanks for asking, I still have congested traffic ADSL. NDT reports "Information: throughput is limited by other network traffic.". I have checked and rechecked and rechecked the system, with and without comodo, scanned for ...
by Contact
Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:59 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Your HiJackThis log does not show any problem.

Do this NDT and post the report under the 'Statistics' button:

http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/

WEB100 Enabled Statistics:
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 630 ...
by Contact
Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:10 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Cacheman vs CachemanXP
Replies: 15
Views: 13465

The only performance benefit from having programs on another partition is if it's a separate spindle...(meaning..another physical hard drive), and different from your pagefile.sys file (virtual memory file).

Thanks again, whew! saved a lot of work when I re-install the system. But you missed the ...
by Contact
Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:32 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Cacheman vs CachemanXP
Replies: 15
Views: 13465

[quote="TonyT"]
1. It would benefit you you have at least 1 GB ram, XP will use it.
2. Disable unnecessary startup programs.
3. Disable unnecessary Services from starting at boot.

The above will increase your pc performance by at least 25% or better.

Dear Tony,

Thank you very much for that. I ...
by Contact
Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:24 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

follow up

I suggested lowering your RWIN and uninstalling Comodo to see if it helps and you never replied back if it did?

:confused:

Hi again...

I followed your TCP and lower RWIN mentioned earlier, uninstalled Comodo and then did a speed test as below:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/192830032.png

I ...
by Contact
Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:20 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Dear All,

Was that it? No one else to help? No other ideas?

Thanks,

Contact
by Contact
Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:17 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Cacheman vs CachemanXP
Replies: 15
Views: 13465

Dear TT,

Thank you very much for that. I really appreciate the in depth laymans way of explaining things. However I notice a considerable difference in programme usage when I do not have Cacheman working, or if I uninstall it. Even when you boot, the little bar that shoots from right to left is ...
by Contact
Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:03 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Cacheman vs CachemanXP
Replies: 15
Views: 13465

I say they are both useless in windows XP


XP manages memory very well.

Dear Yos,

I read this and although you put it up some time ago, do you still hold the same opinion? And what other advise would you give for 2007 regarding memory tweaking on XP SP2,

Thanks for the support,

Best Regards ...
by Contact
Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:12 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

somehow missed the link....

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by Contact
Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:11 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Hi again,

Below you will find the link from speedtest; I will also uninstall and reinstall Comodo, see what happens. One mention. I stopped using IE7 for Firefox some time ago, however all speed tests seem faster in IE7. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox, during a previous trial but I ...
by Contact
Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:03 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Dear mnosteele52 & YARDofSTUF,

Below you will find the HijackThis log, I did recognise at least one item on there, I 'tested' paltalk, but uninstalled it, so don't know why it is still referring to that. Any advise is welcome, as explained before. If Messenger is taking up too much bandwidth, it ...
by Contact
Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:53 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

His RWIN is 511104.

Hi.. thank you both for looking into my case. I am a bit confused, is my RWIN too low, or is OK? I have tried the RWIN settings advised above but I think the current, 511104 seem faster. Nevertheless, I am here for your advise, if you say the above settings, fine with me ...
by Contact
Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:58 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

Oh..and one more thing

SG Security Scan
Scanning
All 197 scanned ports on .... are filtered (141) or open|filtered (56)
Total scanned ports: 197
Open ports: 0
Closed ports: 0
Filtered ports: 197
For the ultimate trojan detector and security scan, consider a SG Premium Account. The premium version of our security scan ...
by Contact
Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:54 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: 50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"
Replies: 33
Views: 12927

50% of my Bandwidth down-"Other network traffic"

Dear All,

I did an NDT, as per advice from Togers (thank you again!) my Provider Orange advertisers 20 Mb/s (20,000 Kb/s), my modem settings show 19304 Kb Downstream and 1016 Kb Upstream. However my SG Speed test shows an average of only 10,000 kb/s.

Results below confirm "Other network traffic is ...
by Contact
Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:10 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb
Replies: 13
Views: 1900

Dear Togers,

Does that mean, that you suspect that there is a security flaw that is sucking up the bandwidth? And have we tried everything possible?

Thank you for your response,

Best Regards,

Nico
by Contact
Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:51 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb
Replies: 13
Views: 1900

Thanks, Togers...

I have comodo and am downloading NOD32, it has a license any way I can get a free version? - I will try it and let you know.. :-)

Thanks again,

Best Regards,

Nico
by Contact
Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:01 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb
Replies: 13
Views: 1900

Dear Togers,

Without firewall, Antivirus.....

click START to re-test
Connected to: nitro.ucsc.edu -- Using IPv4 address
Another client is currently being served, your test will begin within 45 seconds
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
checking for firewalls ...
by Contact
Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:49 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb
Replies: 13
Views: 1900

Dear Togers,

Never heard of that before, look at the results! -Where is the 'other network traffic' coming from?

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.4.12
click START to begin
Connected to: nitro.ucsc.edu -- Using IPv4 address
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done ...
by Contact
Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:54 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb
Replies: 13
Views: 1900

Dear Togers,

Thank you very much for that. Its seems to have stabalized at around 10,000kbts...

\« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 10.06.2007 19:41
IP address: 85.144.xx.xx

TCP options string: 020405ac0103030301010402
MSS: 1452
MTU: 1492
TCP Window: 511104 (multiple of MSS ...
by Contact
Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:36 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb
Replies: 13
Views: 1900

Dear Togers,

Thank you for that. I have since uninstalled a few programmes including ITunes, just to see. I have also uninstalled Firefox, IE7 showed the best test yet, you will find it below; any help would be much appreciated. I have a 1 metre cable between the PC and the ADSL modem, and know ...
by Contact
Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:00 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb
Replies: 13
Views: 1900

Please help-Only 6762Kbps out of 19444 Kb

Help anyone-

I have an ADSL connnection with a Dutch provider, Orange. Advertised:20Mbit/s 1Mbit/s. I called the support desk and also checked my connection through the modems http:// site- and lists the following:- ADSL connection -ADSL line status Operational Downstream 19316 Kb and Upstream ...
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 3:43 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

Thanks a lot

I learnt today, thanks to you. Have a great day!
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 3:39 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

I was wondering if this applied to 184 download of a 64mb file...ie 1472kb/s

Lodo wrote: "If you have a 56K modem installed, well I would leave it as is and yes try extreme apply changes reboot"

The other question was about "modify all network adapters" or not modify

Thank you... ;)
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 3:33 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

Awe no....

I have a cable modem. The benchmark figures...were they for a cable modem??? :(
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 3:28 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

Thank you both !!!! again...

LOLROF

I am going to try it... for sure. Through all this I did not ask important questions about TCPOptimizer :

What does "modify all network adapters" in TCPOptimizer do and is it a one off or can you keep it enabled?

When can I use the Extreme mode in the same program
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 3:14 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

Thank you both !!!!

Ok... I know have some sort of benchmark to take from.


Again thank you both for the help, is there any other possibility of going beyond that, like extreme?

Sorry for being greedy
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 3:02 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

The help subject

On most of the RWIN settings. What do you think the best capability I should be getting is.

I changed as per your instructions: You find the setting in control panel> My networking places> Properties... I presume that is what you meant. Haven't got the connection icon on my desktop

The setting ...
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 2:37 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

Lobo please could you help?

Thank you both,

I will get onto it right after I give you the following informaiton:

I initially altered the settings directly before installing TCPOptimizer, realizing you have install the initial settings I clicked on windows default booted the pc and then went back into the registry to delete ...
by Contact
Tue Jul 09, 2002 2:23 pm
Forum: Broadband Tweaks Help
Topic: Other Speed Test sites
Replies: 27
Views: 1984

Lobo please could you help?

Firstly,

thank you very much, it all seems the same. Maybe I am doing this wrong.

Also I know this is not the correct thread to get in touch over this. Could you give any other thread you might prefer, and what is the possibility of direct chat or something.

Thank you very much for your help ...

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