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Hey guys. Wow...I have been here 9 years. Time flies.
I have Windows 7 and I just subscribed to Charters 60megabit download and 5megabit upload plan. The CPU I have is a I7 920 @ 3.8gigahertz | 6gigs of DDR3 ram in tri channel | Solid State 60gig OS drive | Motorola SB 6120 Cable modem | IntelPro100S NIC.
I am wired directly from the cable modem to the NIC on my PC with Windows 7 firewall running. The speeds I am getting now are 64-67megabit down and 5.2megabit upload. The speeds seem fine. I was just wondering should I even bother with any tweaking? I have 4 bonded channels on the downstream and 2 of them on the up. My power levels on the downstream are a little high (12dbm), my SNR is 39 (downstream).
Well to be honest...it is very nice. The speeds I am getting from newsgroups (astraweb) are 60-67 megabit - 8.4 MB/s. Everything in Newsbin Pro is on the solid state. Charter really hit 60meg out of the ballpark. I am extremely satisfied. The Motorola SB6120 is such a nice cable modem. The only thing is with speeds that fast, security becomes even more of an issue, as you guys know.
I have setup my entire apartment for outside access. From my A/V receiver, all my consoles and computing hardware are able to be remotely accessed from me anywhere. It is well worth the money I am paying. Just need to upgrade to a better NIC and a wireless router.
I think I am going to leave everything as it is. Thanks guys for the opinions.
I just got 100/5 from Shaw and it's pretty awesome also. I get 60-70 Mbps during busy times and 85-95 Mbps when its not. Shaw is redoing the fiber in my area after Christmas which would make it more consistent at all times. Although I can't find a good speed test site, highest test I have ever got was like 50 Mbps which doesn't compare to the speed I download of Usenet (Supernews).
I think I've done enough conventions to know how to spell Melllvar.
You should tweak it I'll tell you why ctcp or compound tcp was ment for that higher bandwith pipes since you got a faster pipe then most people it wouldn't be a bad idea to use that same goes with the auto tunning stuff as well
Use the sg vista patch to tweak if doesn't work it does have an undo option
