ProLink H9200 - 512 kbps plan - MTU not optimized

[BurnedFrozen]

« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 04.13.2008 12:34
IP address: 124.217.xx.xxx

TCP options string: 020405840103030301010402
MSS: 1412
MTU: 1452
TCP Window: 519616 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 3
Unscaled RWIN : 64952
Reccomended RWINs: 64952, 129904, 259808, 519616
BDP limit (200ms): 20785kbps (2598KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 8314kbps (1039KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 47
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)

*here is my Analyzer Result..

i am using a ProLink H9200 ADSL2+ Modem/Router.. can this be tweaked?
it's S/W Version: 2.5.060823m-D
my speed results averages between 440-460 kbps..
i download files between the speeds 38-46 without any downloaders
while i have 55-58 with IDM..

[trogers]

Try the following with TCP Optimizer:

General Settings tab:
Custom settings - check
Modify All Network Adapters - check
network adapter selection - your NIC
MTU - 1452
TTL - 64
TCP Receive Window - 64952
MTU Discovery - Yes
Black Hole Detect - No
Selective Acks - Yes
Max Duplicate ACKs - 2
TCP 1323 Options:
Windows Scaling - uncheck
Timestamps - uncheck

Advanced Settings tab:
Max Connections per Server - 10
Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 10
LocalPriority - 1
Host Priority - 1
DNSPriority - 1
NetbtPriority - 1
Lan Browsing speedup - optimized
QoS: NonBestEffortLimit - 0
ToS: DisableUserTOSSetting - 0
ToS: DefaultTOSValue - 80
MaxNegativeCacheTtl - 0
NetFailureCacheTime - 0
NegativeSOACache Time - 0
LAN Request Buffer Size - 32768
Then select "Apply Changes" and reboot to take effect

[BurnedFrozen]

*Thanks for the replied settings*

« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 04.15.2008 11:27
IP address: 124.217.xx.xxx

TCP options string: 0204058401010402
MSS: 1412
MTU: 1452
TCP Window: 64952 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 0
Unscaled RWIN : 64952
Reccomended RWINs: 64952, 129904, 259808, 519616
BDP limit (200ms): 2598kbps (325KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 1039kbps (130KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 47
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)

*looks to me as if nothing has changed.. i also noticed the red texts that says:
If you are using a router, it could be limiting your MTU regardless of Registry settings.
can this be the problem considering PROLINK H9200?

*or could it be that i need to check my system for possible spywares/adwares/malwares?
and then somewhat clean up my registry?

^
with that thought in mind.. i would try it to see it..

[trogers]

Test speed at the Singapore test server of this link:

http://www.speedtest.net/

[BurnedFrozen]

*i have already scanned and fix my registry and possible threats..
*do i need to access the ProLink to change the MTU value there?

[trogers]

*i have already scanned and fix my registry and possible threats..
*do i need to access the ProLink to change the MTU value there?

Ping time to Singapore should not be over 300ms.

Check signal quality.

Do a tracert to www.yahoo.com and post.

[BurnedFrozen]

*PING to Singapore server never lowers down to 500ms

[trogers]

High and irregular ping times at the modem in hop 2.

Causes could be malware in your comp or electromagnetic interference acting on the modem. Sources of interference could be from some nearby electrical device and/or coiled up signal and power cables.

[BurnedFrozen]

i'll rearrange my system and room and try to clear more workspace..
i'll be back after it.. thanks for the help..

[BurnedFrozen]

i did another tracert:


i did another speedtest at Singapore server:


i did another TCP Analyzer:
« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 04.15.2008 14:47
IP address: 124.217.xx.xx

TCP options string: 0204058401010402
MSS: 1412
MTU: 1452
TCP Window: 64952 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 0
Unscaled RWIN : 64952
Reccomended RWINs: 64952, 129904, 259808, 519616
BDP limit (200ms): 2598kbps (325KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 1039kbps (130KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 47
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)


*looks to me that the new tracert is way much better than before..
*i still have 500+ms PING in the Singapore server..
*never made changes with TCP Optimizer, same TCP Analyzer result..

[trogers]

Tracert looks much better and speed is testing above your paid speed at a server 1500 miles from you, but during off peak period at almost 3 am.

[BurnedFrozen]

i tested it again after 30mins before i get to sleep, and got only below 450 kb/s..
i checked my ProLink page options and saw that the MTU there became 1500
i remember that the default value for it was 1432.. and before i use TCP Optimizer
the MTU was 1492..

but still, the TCP Analyzer gives the result that the MTU was not optimized and
set at 1452..

was it better that way? since i think i still have an unstable speed..

if i need to raise the value of the MTU using TCP Optimizer to 1500, please
supply me with the other settings..

[trogers]

i tested it again after 30mins before i get to sleep, and got only below 450 kb/s..
i checked my ProLink page options and saw that the MTU there became 1500
i remember that the default value for it was 1432.. and before i use TCP Optimizer
the MTU was 1492..

but still, the TCP Analyzer gives the result that the MTU was not optimized and
set at 1452..

was it better that way? since i think i still have an unstable speed..

if i need to raise the value of the MTU using TCP Optimizer to 1500, please
supply me with the other settings..

My guess is that your ISP may be using MTU set to 1492 for ADSL system.

The problem of having MTU stuck at 1452 is probably incompatibility between the firmware of your router and your ISP's system. I cannot find any firmware of this brand of router that is specified for the Phiippines.

[BurnedFrozen]

i have been observing it this time.. when i check the PPPoE in TCP Optimizer, i
can have the value 1492 set by the Optimizer and changes the MTU of the ProLink
also to 1492.. so they match that way.. but when i use the settings you gave,
setting 1452 the MTU, the ProLink doesn't seem to respond back and i never
see any changes -- goes back to the value of MTU to 1500..

about the firmware.. it's 060823m on the ProLink2U.com site, while mine was
2.5.060823m-D.. i ask them (ProLink2U) and gave my version.. they only said that
it's the same, the "-D" was only for the Region/ISP Provider..

i also checked my provider and they said that it was the latest ---pointing to the
ProLink2U.com site..

what i know until now was that this brand and model (ProLink H9200) was being
given to subscribers by the ISP Providers: GlobeLines Broadband and DigitelOne..

i asked someone i know with the GlobeLines Broadband about their S/W version,
and we have the same one..

*i can change the MTU in the ProLink PPP-0 Options so i assume that i have
the latest firmware.

*what i noticed now was that few minutes or less than an hour i see my MTU
on the ProLink being reverted back to 1492 even though i set it to 1500 after
a reboot..

*could it be because of the Routing feature it gave? although i use this only
on one PC System, the Routing feature seems to me that i do not need it..

what do you think about it?

EDIT:
when the ProLink MTU and TCP Optimizer MTU was set the same, (using the setting you gave it's MTU = 1452)
the Analyzer posted MTU = 1412.. when i set ProLink MTU to 1492, the Analyzer gave MTU = 1452..
so what i think about this was i was lacking "40" MTU value.. since i was assuming that what value i input
on the ProLink and Optimizer was what will be seen on the Analyzer but it wasn't..

[trogers]

Check with other users in your country using this same router/modem:

http://www.pinoydsl.net/viewtopic.php?p=54677

[BurnedFrozen]

any idea about this tracert result?

Tracing route to yahoo.com [216.109.112.135]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 265 ms 265 ms 265 ms w2.rc.vip.dcn.yahoo.com [216.109.112.135]

Trace complete.

was it something was configured on my modem/router that gave that result?
it's kinda weird since i can surf and yet having that tracert result..

i remember what i changed in my modem/router configurations was that since
it uses the PPPoE Protocol, the max MTU it can have was 1492.. so i set it that
way.. do a configuration using the TCP Optimizer with the given settings here,
rebooted and after that i did this tracert..

SpeedTest Result:


TCP Analyzer Result:
« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 04.17.2008 13:25
IP address: 124.217.xx.xxx

TCP options string: 0204058401010402
MSS: 1412
MTU: 1452
TCP Window: 64952 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 0
Unscaled RWIN : 64952
Reccomended RWINs: 64952, 129904, 259808, 519616
BDP limit (200ms): 2598kbps (325KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 1039kbps (130KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 47
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)

[trogers]

Tracert shows a firewall (probably in the router) blocking ICMP pings.

Speed is optimum as it is near 90% of paid speed tested 1500 miles away.

[BurnedFrozen]

i see.. i saw the IP Filter security level to low.. i disabled it for the tracert and
yet i saw an unusual result on hop 9..

Tracing route to yahoo.com [66.94.234.13]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 27 ms 25 ms 27 ms 1-40-217.124.adsl-pool.digitelone.com [124.217.40.1]
3 26 ms 28 ms 29 ms 202.138.166.249
4 26 ms 25 ms 27 ms 202.138.166.5
5 26 ms 27 ms 27 ms 202.138.128.24
6 182 ms 181 ms 183 ms 202.138.128.242
7 184 ms 181 ms 184 ms so-2-0.hsa2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.79.250.5]
8 184 ms 195 ms 181 ms vlan51.csw1.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.68.102.30]
9 182 ms * 186 ms ae-63-63.ebr3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.33]
10 203 ms 199 ms 199 ms ae-2.ebr3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.132.9]
11 204 ms 197 ms 197 ms ae-83-83.csw3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.134.234]
12 196 ms 193 ms 193 ms ae-33-89.car3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.68.18.133]
13 192 ms 195 ms 193 ms 4.71.112.14
14 192 ms 193 ms 193 ms ge-4-0-0-p471.msr2.scd.yahoo.com [216.115.106.215]
15 194 ms 195 ms 193 ms ten-2-3-bas2.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.82.223]
16 195 ms 195 ms 195 ms w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com [66.94.234.13]

Trace complete.

i reseted the modem/router to default config to check the tracert..

[trogers]

The asterix in the ping times at hop 9 means there is packet loss at that intermediate router in LA, USA.

[BurnedFrozen]

thanks for your help.. i would now consider my speed as is.. since it was 87-90%
or more most of the time *averaged..





*thanks for the help again.. and more power on the site..