Slow cable issue????

Recordlord · Post by **Recordlord** » Thu Jan 27, 2000 10:56 pm

Start / run / type in "sysedit" - OK / go to the system.ini window / look for [386Enh] under this put this line - Irq##=4096 / close. restart wham bam boom faster access.
Substitute ## for your NIC card Irq location. You can find it this way: right click on my computer / properties / device manager tab / dbl click on network adapters / dbl click on resources tab / Do ya see it? right there next to interrupt request!! This is the number you use to sub for the ##.

This tweak accesses info quicker from your NIC device (ethernet/network card) Try it tell me what you think!!!!

BlaZeR2 · Post by **BlaZeR2** » Thu Jan 27, 2000 11:37 pm

Anybody tried this yet? I am curious...does it just increase access to your NIC, or does it do something strictly for cable/dsl connections?

If it is NIC thing, i am interested in the results

Please let me know
BlaZeR2

eatalay · Post by **eatalay** » Thu Jan 27, 2000 11:44 pm

I just tried it. Looks like my speed stayed the same. Can't see a difference.

BlaZeR2 · Post by **BlaZeR2** » Thu Jan 27, 2000 11:57 pm

thanks for the speedy reply

BlaZeR2

SmokingJoe · Post by **SmokingJoe** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:07 am

Holy batsh*t, This is the fastest, i have ever seen on this cable. 750 kbs 15 megs 26 secs. I noticed the pages are quicker to load, almost instantly. Where did you find this tip. I have been ringing the phone off the hook at Road Runner!! Thanks, Man. Kisscop@aol.com

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:18 am

WOW ... COOOOOOOL

im just a gamer

COOOOOOOOOOOL

speed rulz

TheRock4 · Post by **TheRock4** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:20 am

Hey Recordlord

Since it took you "6 weeks until I resolved the issue"... how did you figure this out and what does this line do exactly.

What does the number 4096 do???

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mosarian · Post by **mosarian** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:26 am

4096 would be 4 megs of memory reserved for the irq!

GuyCable99 · Post by **GuyCable99** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:36 am

Are these for Win98 ?

If I dbl click on "network adaptors" in win98 it is the same as clicking on the plus sign, and it only expands the list to show my adaptors (dial up & usb ethernet). There is not a resources tab. Is there another way to find the IRQ for the network adaptor ?

Also, the line to add to system.ini is "Irq##=4096" ? (sub irq for ##). I take it the "/" is not part of the deal ?

GuyCable99 · Post by **GuyCable99** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:42 am

OK - I think my USB device is why I don't see what you are talking about. I do not think the USB device is taking up an IRQ, so it does not have a recourse tab. I can go to start/programs/accessaries/system tools/system infomation and there choose IRQ's under hardware resources and I see that there exists a IRQ for the Intel PCI to USB Host controller, but I am not sure that really correlates to my USB Ethernet adaptor.

Guess this does not apply to the USB adaptors ?

Recordlord · Post by **Recordlord** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:43 am

No you need to dbl click on the your ethernet card it will bring up another window!

Thorazine · Post by **Thorazine** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 12:49 am

The fastest way to find irq settings for a machine is to open device manager and choose properties for computer. This will give a listing by #.

martialcomp · Post by **martialcomp** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 1:22 am

O.k., I just want to make sure I have the correct syntax. First, does Irq have to be capitalized? Second, are there any spaces in the statement. Is this correct "Irq##=4096"?

Recordlord · Post by **Recordlord** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 2:00 am

This is the only thing you add:

Irq11=4096

This is my setting. My ethernet card irq is 11 so yours will probably be different. I am unsure on the capitalization. If you notice all lines begin with upper case letters so I would use them. I tried this just for experiment I was amazed at the difference it made. This was my thought: If I allocated a certain amount of memory to my card wouldn't it run faster, yes. Essentially that is what you are doing. 512 1024 2048 anything a multiple of 512 would work. Atleast, if my theory holds true, should show positive improvements. My brother who lives next door saw his download speeds almost double and he really saw his biggest change in page transition. Now I am wondering wouldnt this work for regular modems also. Damn I am a genius. I am coming back to check posts frequently because I want everyone to benefit from this!!! My bro and I are very happy @Home customers now!!

ExtraTrstl · Post by **ExtraTrstl** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 2:03 am

Hey I just did that tweak, restarted and downloaded some files that I had downloaded before I did the tweak...stayed about the same (well a a little bit slower, but not really noticeable)...

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Recordlord · Post by **Recordlord** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 2:11 am

I will try to have some benchmarking reports with the use of this tweak by tomorrow. Hang tight guys. It has worked for others here. I am sorry if it is not working for you. Tell us if it is pos or neg results. You can always go back and change it. For me I ain't touching it!!!

Azazel · Post by **Azazel** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 5:07 am

Recordlord this tweak is majorily kick ass it totally cured my streaming video packet loss problem now it no long clips or lags I went from 25 packets lost to about 1 packet.
Pretty neat stuff allocating more memory to the nic card, never thought that would speed stuff up keep the tweaks coming. :-)

GuyCable99 · Post by **GuyCable99** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 6:31 am

Since there is not an IRQ allocated to a USB device (see my previous post) but there is an IRQ allocated to the USB controller (just like for IDE channel controllers) is there anything that someone with a USB ethernet adaptor can do ? The USB device itself is not taking up an IRQ

You cannot dbl click on the USB ethernet card and get a "resources tab" ! "Resources"
do not show up for that device. (I understand what you are saying as I do get "resource" tab for other devices.)

My IRQ for the USB controller is "11" - guess I can give that a shot just to see if it does anything.

(Wish I had a magic cure for my problems !)

krackerjak · Post by **krackerjak** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 6:31 am

well another tweak bits the dust for me! damn, this is gettting disappointing. first the regristy tweaks here didn't make one bit of difference, now this new one does not either! well it did appear to go up about 1.5 kilobytes, but that may be due to the time of day i tested, and it maybe my imagination but pages may be loading a tad faster. will increasing the number from 4096 make a difference?

krackerjak · Post by **krackerjak** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 6:46 am

btw, keep up the great work. i answered my own question btw. i changed the 4096 to 8192 and saw another increase! still not dramatic but an improvement. before any changes i averaged around 43 kilobytes/sec, after the reg. tweaks it stayed the same. after using the number 4096 it went up to around 45 and after the change to 8192 it went to between 47 and 48 with peaks over 50! is this like crack for cable/speed junkies??? at what point does it hurt me?

mosarian · Post by **mosarian** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 7:00 am

krakerjac
You can't base an impovement on 3 or 4KB.

Nosferato · Post by **Nosferato** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 8:13 am

I would like to thank Recordlord..

I am a fellow @home user also.. I have had some speed problems with them in the past.. this has in some way or another helped a little.. "bandwidth tests".

Sorry about the gramer.. not my strong point

Thx again.

krackerjak · Post by **krackerjak** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 8:47 am

mosarian,
previously i have NEVER reached above 45KB/s period! (not even in peaks) now i appear to have steady 47 to 48 with peaks exceeding 50. it works out to roughly a 6% increase. heck its better than ive seen from any other tweaks. i do all my testing downloading quake3 from happypuppy.com. i'll keep checking but apparently it is working somewhat for me.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 10:00 am

hmmm I don't see any improvements yet with this, I've got it at 8MB of memory now. I'll leave it there and see if I notice anything as I use my pc througout the day. BTW I have Win98SE

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Thorazine · Post by **Thorazine** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 10:10 am

I tried it too. Didn't see any difference. I think this might be good for machine that lacks a ton of extended mem. I personally have 256M, and I'm sure Brent you have quite a bit yourself. I would be curious to see if the people who it helped had less than 96M.

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Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 10:13 am

I have 128MB installed right now, I can easily go from 0 - 512MB of ram hehe but I find 128mb works fine for now

messiah · Post by **messiah** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 10:21 am

So far the pro's out weigh the cons! Good Job RecordLord.

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supercool · Post by **supercool** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 11:58 am

Record, ur tweak thing works great. it doubled my dl speed.

Raos · Post by **Raos** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 6:39 pm

Yep, its a nice speed boost

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 7:30 pm

Wow!!! I just used the tweak and my speed jumped from 200kbytes/sec to around 250. Tested again and again, this was during peak time. Thanks for the info! I could kiss your feet!

damnifiknow · Post by **damnifiknow** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 7:54 pm

only treak that worked for me a small increase but anything is an improvement good job...........anyone have a realtek nic that has half or full duplex option in device manager if ya do have u noticed any diffwerence between them.........thanx

brian peterson · Post by **brian peterson** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 8:23 pm

I downloaded the suggested patch for the @home network. When I try to open it, an e-mail window opens up. Any suggestions?

TheRock4 · Post by **TheRock4** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 8:27 pm

Did it, didn't improve, didn't hurt...
I would think that think would help out alot if you have like... 32MB RAM.
I have 128meg...
Interesting tweak though

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Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 8:33 pm

Cool little shortcut since you people use device manager so much. Try pressing the windows and pause key at the same time.

Raos · Post by **Raos** » Fri Jan 28, 2000 8:33 pm

I dont think setting it to 8 megs is better, cuz it wont take advantage of ALL the 8 megs, so you are just wasting some ram that isnt even being used, so maybe 4 megs is best already.

Recordlord · Post by **Recordlord** » Sat Jan 29, 2000 12:22 am

I am happy to see this working for a lot of people!! I have 96 megs of memory, 4 megs dedicated to video. I think people with 160 megs plus of ram may not see the results that those of us with less.

martin777 · Post by **martin777** » Sat Jan 29, 2000 12:35 am

I have a Dell PeeII-450,128MB,W'98,3com nic,General Instrument 3100 surfboard modem, and RR here in Oklahoma City. I used Irq=11
(my nic,video card,and holder for Irq steering is on irq11) and I think the web pages load faster but it's the wrong time of day to do objective d/l tests. Sure didn't slow d/l's down. Thankx Recordlord-if it helps a few guys here that's a great contribution to mankind.

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krackerjak · Post by **krackerjak** » Sat Jan 29, 2000 9:26 am

first of all, i am one of the lonely....only 64 mb of memory. anyways, another observation, and perhaps only a coinidence, but i tested my speed once again early this a.m. downloaded the same identical file. one with my download accelorator and the other regular. i actually got faster downloads with the regular vs. the accelorator. 44KBs vs. 48KBs.

Post by **Philip** » Sat Jan 29, 2000 2:42 pm

We tested this on 4 separate systems, running 95, 98 and 98SE, it showed anywhere between 0 and 10% throughput gain, as well as a bit better overal performance.

We had better results even with a higher end system, 700 MHz Athlon, 256Mb 133 Samsung SDRAM, 7200 RPM SCSI HD.

It seems to work well, I've added a page to the site with the tweak.

DJR · Post by **DJR** » Sat Jan 29, 2000 3:07 pm

did it for me, helped me by around 50kps up, and 400kps down, i am at around 2900kps down now with mt at home. around 350up.