Newbie here! Need some help!

P§iber · Post by **P§iber** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 11:59 am

Hi, I'm new to this board, and I'm using a cable modem, and the provider is Rogers@home
which is in Canada, and I'm looking for any tweaks to help my speed raise! and here are my speed:

SpeedGuide.net TCP/IP Analyzer

TCP options string = 020405b401010402

MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which seems to be equal to MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 65535
For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS.
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 2621.4 kbps (327.675 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1048.56 kbps (131.07 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = true

Time to live left = 51 hops
TTL value is ok.
Note: Since TTL is decreased by 1 with each hop, the value above is equal to your TTL minus the number of hops to forums.speedguide.net

Timestamps (RFC1323) = false

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = true

IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000
Priority = 000 (routine)
Delay = 0 (normal delay)
Throughput = 0 (normal throughput)
Reliability = 0 (normal reliability)
Cost = 0 (normal cost)

please help thanks!

P§iber · Post by **P§iber** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 1:55 pm

Here's my second tweak test results from downloading the patch:

TCP options string = 020405b40103030301010402

MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which seems to be equal to MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 332880
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 3 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 41610
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 13315.2 kbps (1664.4 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 5326.08 kbps (665.76 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 115 hops
TTL value is ok.
Note: Since TTL is decreased by 1 with each hop, the value above is equal to your TTL minus the number of hops to forums.speedguide.net

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000
Precedence (priority) = 000 (routine)
Delay = 0 (normal delay)
Throughput = 0 (normal throughput)
Reliability = 0 (normal reliability)
Cost = 0 (normal cost)

I hope it got better

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 2:00 pm

Is that a cablenut patch

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 2:05 pm

All looks good, the reason I asked you if that was a Cablenut patch as he will be out with new one in week or so, so check his site,
you will notice the difference in speed now

P§iber · Post by **P§iber** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 4:23 pm

Yup its a cablenut patch, its 3.65, I dont know how to use it, but I guess it will help!
atleast I hope it does...

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 4:35 pm

Yes everythings fine. I will leave you directions on how to do speed test if you wish:
How do do speed test
1. The best time is early in the morning (3 AM - 6 AM)
2. Make sure defrag has been run so no files are fragmented
3. Delete Temp internet files, not while testing, but after each test. IE browser, click tools, internet options, click on delete files and no this will not harm system, just get rid of temp files
4. Go to a fast server such as www.happypuppy.com and click on 10 demos, select a LARGE file to download (not all of it of download, just most of it, before you click cancel) this will show you how fast you are downloading, it's not going to be quick except except early in morning when not many people on net. I recommend you go to www.analogX.com and download Net State live, run this while downloading as it will give you avg of your download speed.
5. Probably the most important, nothing can be running during test, no firewalls, no virus stuff, no ICQ, no AIM (some of you may have to go into BIOS to disable virus scanner, nothing running except Net Stat live
Scheduled tasks will run disk defrag, 98 & SE in Taskbar, WIN ME in control panel

Or if you wish you may go to www.testmyspeed.com and do one of the online tests, these vary to much for me but you may like them. Another one is at www.dslreports.com/tools

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 12:11 am

Have you backed up registry, whoes patch do you have in

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 12:20 am

First that was not a speed test you took but a tweak test. Looks like if your running WIN 98 or SE you need to go to patch page, this site and download and install Vtcp386 Fix (Big V)
Heres how to backup registry, very important:
First bring up REGEDIT, type REGEDIT in your run box and hit OK.
Under Registry at the top of the box, click on that, now click on Export Registry File, a box will come up asking where you want to export it to, just put it in your C drive, then name it at the bottem of box, Registry. Click on ALL at the bottom so it copies all of your registry.
Click on save.
Now if you ever get in trouble or want the old regestry back, bring REGEDIT back up and click on Registry and click on import registry file, go to your C drive and click on registry and click open, reboot and your good to go.
Anytime you add a new program, backup again, any program, back it up to the same place as the last one, it will overwrite it. If you do not backup after each new program is instaled you will not have those setting's in regestry if you have to backup for some reason.

Do nothing else in this box as it is the heart of your computer, just what it says above and no more!!!!!!!!!!!!!
retest after downloadind and installing patch
and post results back here sir

P§iber · Post by **P§iber** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 12:39 am

Well thanks for the registry tip on backing up! guess I'll download the file you told me to download.

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 12:42 am

Well if you want it to work right I hope you do and retest and post back here so I can see if it's alright

Lobo · Post by **Lobo** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 12:50 am

Also on patch page if you have not done so, download an install the faster loading of web pages patch, after install, reboot