What is your max steady dl rate?

CAT5 · Post by **CAT5** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 10:58 pm

I just wonder what is your steady max dl rate when dlding files. I always max out at around 190KB/sec and it won't let me dl any faster than that. I got ATT service and on the west coast.

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 11:05 pm

That's pretty awesome considering AT&T's caps are 1500.

jumpingrat · Post by **jumpingrat** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 11:13 pm

I max at around 240KB/sec. That's when the traffic is light.

Otherwise I'm happy with 160-180KB/sec.

Adelphia 3000/128. LA area.

Bret · Post by **Bret** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 11:20 pm

I have Earthlink DSL through Covad 1500/384, and on a good day the best steady download speed I get is 161 KBPS

TomMonger · Post by **TomMonger** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 11:31 am

When I download from my local Adelphia server, I get 2.8 to a full 3 megs. I have been MOST impressed with Adelphia, despite their financial situation.

-Tom in Scranton, PA
Adelpiha Cable 3000/128

CAT5 · Post by **CAT5** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 11:47 am

Dahm...when do I or the rest of us ever gona be able to dl at 2 - 3 megs/s. With the amount we pay every month for cable our limit it's just plain sucks! I was much happier when it was still Excite cuz I was doing like 450 - 500 KB.

njeddiek · Post by **njeddiek** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 8:53 pm

I am pretty consistent at 179 KB/sec. For 1500/128 cap from Concast I consider myself lucky.

zxc47 · Post by **zxc47** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 9:14 pm

File Size:600.005 KB
Time Elapsed:1.061 seconds
4.418 Mbps ( 565.51 KBps
I like cable

Mohan-san · Post by **Mohan-san** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 4:28 am

Originally posted by zxc47
File Size:600.005 KB
Time Elapsed:1.061 seconds
4.418 Mbps ( 565.51 KBps
I like cable

That file size is way too small. All you got was a speed burst, not an average of your speeds.

nevermind65 · Post by **nevermind65** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 7:24 am

I get 3.3 meg d/l at peak, and it jumps around when busy. Most of the time, it is still 1.5 meg though.

Cox cable

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 9:11 am

A very consistent 390 KB/s. Nearly 3 years.

zxc47 · Post by **zxc47** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 9:16 am

Mohan-san: I Know that but it looks good . One thing about cable is it can be all over the place it not a hard cap like dsl.With DSL if your cap at 1500 down you can't go over that, with cable you can. I do stay over my cap 98% of the time. I have a very good ISP, I run a nexland pro8oo turbo router with 2 ip and they just put a new cable from the road to my house that is 3 times bigger than normal.You can do alot with the right stuff,LOL

SkiLLtoN · Post by **SkiLLtoN** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 9:49 am

i get around 170KB/sec steady... i got rogers hi-speed 1500/192 on a Ericsson Piperider hm200c docsis modem
i used 2 get 300+kB/sec steady @ all times b4 they cut our speeds in 1/2 from 3000/384

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 6:05 pm

Originally posted by zxc47
Mohan-san: I Know that but it looks good . One thing about cable is it can be all over the place it not a hard cap like dsl.With DSL if your cap at 1500 down you can't go over that, with cable you can. I do stay over my cap 98% of the time. I have a very good ISP, I run a nexland pro8oo turbo router with 2 ip and they just put a new cable from the road to my house that is 3 times bigger than normal.You can do alot with the right stuff,LOL

if ur capped at 1500 or whatever u wont go over it even on cable

what ISP do u have?

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

mine is about 178

zxc47 · Post by **zxc47** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 7:43 pm

YARDofSTUF:I am on roadrunner,cap at 2000down /384up.
I stay over my download cap all the time,but can't get over the upload cap. Cable does not have a hard cap like DSL

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 7:49 pm

well then ur cap is either higher or RR isnt trying hard, because a cable cap is a cap if ur capped at 1500 u get 1500 98% of the time.

zxc47 · Post by **zxc47** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 8:21 pm

Why do you think I can't get over cap?I have ran hundreds of speed test on every speed test out there. I think I should know what it is doing.I have friends on my street on the same cable I have ,I have run the same speed test on there computers, they can't get over the cap either.We all have the same modem , but they run linksys and netgear router.I run the nexland turbo with 2 ip's other than that every thing is the same.

Mohan-san · Post by **Mohan-san** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 6:35 am

Originally posted by zxc47
Why do you think I can't get over cap?I have ran hundreds of speed test on every speed test out there. I think I should know what it is doing.I have friends on my street on the same cable I have ,I have run the same speed test on there computers, they can't get over the cap either.We all have the same modem , but they run linksys and netgear router.I run the nexland turbo with 2 ip's other than that every thing is the same.

Very unreliable speed tests or busy traffic.

tjajm · Post by **tjajm** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 9:52 pm

Like tom i have adelphia in calif and my avg download is 2.8 4.2, i have downloaded on occation 600 but drop off to 500

SkiLLtoN · Post by **SkiLLtoN** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:50 am

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
well then ur cap is either higher or RR isnt trying hard, because a cable cap is a cap if ur capped at 1500 u get 1500 98% of the time.

if hes on a docsis modem, it has this option in the cfg file called maxburstdownload or sometin like dat i dont remeber exactly, anyway it means that the modem can go over the cap up to what the max burst is set to... so the speeds can be a little higher... if he's on a older modem thats harder to throttle down the isp's mite've not throttled it if the speeds were higher when he got the modem... or his cmts mite not be configured properly... wheter its misconfigured or its just configured so it can go over it... i dunno
anyway its prossible... the best way to check is to download from a site that has plenty of bandwidth, is only a few hops away and the latency to it is low... and just use DU Meter or a different bandwidth meter that shows you the exact speed

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 6:48 pm

I use comcast(I have a 1500/128 connection) and tweaked my cable connection settings to the utmost, thx. to mnosteele52

. I get a steady 200 kb/s on download now and once I even got a steady 16.5 kb/s on upload! I noticed these improvements only after using cablenut though. Before, I would be lucky to reach 190 kb/s on d/l and 15 kb/s on upload.

Omeg · Post by **Omeg** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 10:18 pm

Currently in my area i use Insight Communications Broadband and recieve a steady 400-500kb/s

windows 98
P3@850mhz
384mb ram
Nvidia GeForce 2 Pro
Soundblaster Live Value!
Cable Modem

kindredmwa · Post by **kindredmwa** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 3:19 pm

comcast
175 on average,late nights about 185 average,no tweaks.

NICK · Post by **NICK** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 11:39 pm

I have rogers in toronto and I only get 50-60kb/sec for some reason....

Scooter33 · Post by **Scooter33** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 11:51 pm

I average about 235KB/sec on Roadrunner Tampa Bay

polishmafia4u · Post by **polishmafia4u** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 5:13 pm

www.dslreports.com/1030741085]Click here[/URL]

click on the link. that is my almost steady download speed. it usually goes to 600 kBps and then levels off and stays between 200 and 400. this happened just after the tweaks i am very stisfied with them. i used to get 900 kbps but now my highest was 4700 kbps. to any of you guys not getting good speeds just try the install tweaks. if your comp screws up boot to ms dos and press scanreg/restore and pick a date prior to the one that you installed the tweaks on. BTW i got cable and i go over my caps all the time. i got a 3000 cap and like i said i tested my speed three times in one day and got over 3000 each time. just try the tweaks guys...dont be scared to experiment just make sure u back up ur registry or restore it if something messes up c ya

ALSO thanks to Nevermind65 who i emailed and he tried to help me with my speed problem and suggested the tweaks and i did and now all i got to say is Thanks man. c ya guys

-George

NICK · Post by **NICK** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 8:01 pm

Yeah Ive done most of the reg tweaks with the TCP window and stuff like that and the TCP optimizer etc...not exactly sure why your all getting 200 and im the only one getting 50...

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 4:03 am

crazyness... I'm capped at 256

and I max out at like an average of around 30 - 35kbps.... juping up and down from the 50's, 40's etc... you guys are all lucky... It's taken all the companies here soooo long to pull their fingers outta their asses so we eventually have cable n' DSL. I'm seein here 160Kbps/500 Kbps etc... I'm green

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 4:04 am

wish I could be gettin speeds like that!

SICMF · Post by **SICMF** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 4:05 am

On the OOL large FTP test at about 55% i'm steady at 425 to 423.

jumpingrat · Post by **jumpingrat** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 4:50 am

Originally posted by Hybridmonolith
On the OOL large FTP test at about 55% i'm steady at 425 to 423.

Hey Hybridmonolith, what's the link for that test? I'm trying to find a good long distance site to get a more realistic picture of my speeds.

SICMF · Post by **SICMF** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 4:53 am

Right HERE About the middle of the page OOL FTP Test.

jumpingrat · Post by **jumpingrat** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 5:07 am

Cool. I ran a steady 250-260Kb/sec.

Ran a test to Megapath (Calif) and got 300-310Kb/sec.

I'm capped at 3000/128 so although it's running good I see more room to tweek. Thanks for the link.

friedbacon · Post by **friedbacon** » Sun Sep 01, 2002 10:49 pm

I get around 130kb/sec and about 30kb/sec upload on average with cablenut settings at normal speeds using Rogers High Speed.
Man.. 2.8 megs per sec on average.. so damn lucky.

earthmofo · Post by **earthmofo** » Mon Sep 02, 2002 12:52 am

Tweaked to the max I get a steady 380 kbytes/s with Cox here in Providence.

NICK · Post by **NICK** » Mon Sep 02, 2002 6:05 pm

OOL at around 50...grrrrr

polishmafia4u · Post by **polishmafia4u** » Wed Sep 04, 2002 3:34 pm

Originally posted by earthmofo
Tweaked to the max I get a steady 380 kbytes/s with Cox here in Providence.

what u mean tweaked to the max. i got cox too maybe you can tll me ur settings? btw which u use cablenut or tcp/ip optimizer

earthmofo · Post by **earthmofo** » Fri Sep 06, 2002 12:04 am

I use Cablenut only. For Win 2000 or XP try these settings in Cablenut (many thanks to mnosteele52 for all his hard work):

DefaultReceiveWindow = 384000
DefaultSendWindow = 38400
DisableAddressSharing = 1
InitialLargeBufferCount = 100
InitialMediumBufferCount = 240
InitialSmallBufferCount = 320
LargeBufferSize = 81920
MaxFastTransmit = 64000
MediumBufferSize = 15040
PriorityBoost = 0
SmallBufferSize = 1280
TransmitWorker = 32
FastSendDatagramThreshold = 4096
EnableFastRouteLookup = 1
EnablePMTUDiscovery = 1
IgnorePushBitOnReceives = 0
GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize = *Your current RWIN Value*
MaxFreeTcbs = 8000
MaxHashTableSize = 16384
MaxNormLookupMemory = 5000000
SackOpts = 1
SynAttackProtect = 1
Tcp1323Opts = *0 if using an RWIN Value below 65535 and 1 for a value above 65535*
TcpLogLevel = 1
TcpMaxDupAcks = 2
TcpMaxHalfOpen = 100
TcpMaxHalfOpenRetried = 80
TcpRecvSegmentSize = 1460
TcpSendSegmentSize = 1460
TcpTimedWaitDelay = 30
TcpUseRFC1122UrgentPointer = 0
TcpWindowSize = *Your current RWIN Value*
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server = 40
MaxConnectionsPerServer = 20
DefaultTTL = 64
DisableUserTOSSetting = 0
TcpMaxDataRetransmissions = 6
DefaultTOSValue = 92

Also add the following entry to your registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic
es\AFD\Parameters

Add the parameter BufferMultiplier and give it a value of 400 hexidecimal which will make it 1024.

RWIN Values you could try:

37960, 51100, 56940, 74460, 93440, 112420, 150380, 262800 or 601520.

All are based on your Cox cap of 3000 but with different Latencey variables.

SICMF · Post by **SICMF** » Fri Sep 06, 2002 12:07 am

4.7 megabits per second

Run the test again Discuss in the forum
Details

Your raw speed was 4681142.86 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

4.7 megabits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

571.4 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

1.8 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Jesse23 · Post by **Jesse23** » Fri Sep 06, 2002 9:27 am

max steady ive ever gotten was 1.1megbyte a sec

max normal is 1.07 meg byte a sec