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I know this is a stupid question, but I am not very networking literate at all.
Anyway, I just got a MS Wireless Base Station MN-500 as well as a network card for my laptop. I do not have a static IP and I am using the following software/hardware:

WinXP
MN-500
BellsouthDSL
Alcatel Speedtouch Home ...

I have BSFA with a Toshiba laptop. It originally came with ME and I have just upgraded to XP. Anyway, I am not networked to any other pc and I have a Alcatel Speed Touch Home ethernet connected modem connected to my laptop via a pc card. My question is do I need the Broadjump PPPoE stuff and ...

How do I change them into DWORDs?

FOR FASTER WEB PAGE LOADING:

This tweak will help web pages load faster, it has no real effect on download speeds, just helps your pc look up websites faster thereby speeding up how fast the page loads and making websurfing more enjoyable.

Navigate to this registry entry and change the following ...

Hi all,

I am a BSFA customer and love it. One question though. Do I need all these dial up adapters? Here's the details:

Windows ME
Celeron 850 mhz
Toshiba laptop
Alcatel Speed Touch Home Ethernet modem
Modem connected to cardbus adapter card - Belkin 32-bit
1.5mbps plan, no static ip
No network ...

I removed AOL and CS, so far so good.

what is AOHELL? Is this AOL? I have Compuserve, same as AOL, installed. I do not use it anymore though, should I delete it? What adapters should I delete?

nope, doesn't change it.
It seems to be slow on initial startup and then after a while it gets better. It has taken up to 20 seconds for my home page to start up.

OK, now my browsing experience has been slow. Sometimes it will take what seems like an eternity for the web pages to load and somes times have to "End Task" because the pc freezes up while trying to load a web page. I am running IE 6.0 and have installed all updates. What should I do?

Here's a tcp ...

TCP options string = 020405ac0103030101010402

MTU = 1492
MTU is optimized for PPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput.

MSS = 1452
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1452, which equals MSS.
MSS is optimized for PPPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider ...

http://forums.speedguide.net/cgi-bin/optd/optd.cgi?DATA_OFFSET=40&TCP_Options_string=0204058601010402&IP_MTU_DISCOVER=1&WIN=65535&RWIN=65535&MSS=1414&SCALE=0&TTL=118&TSOPT=0&SACK_PERM=1&IP_TOS=0&IP=66.157.118.97&timestamp=1026609824

I just got my dsl up and going and the speed usually checks out ...

I am currently on Earthlink DSL, aka Junk, and am going to switch to Bellsouth DSL. From my understanding, Bellsouth has an option to send you a USB modem or a Ethernet modem. As I have both connections, I am wondering which is better and why. I believe I recall a Best Buy associate telling me that ...

i just switched to rasppoe and WOW what a difference! page loading is a lot faster and i have tested at several sites and the best i got was 1046k at pcpitstop.com and at dsl reports.com it was something like 550k. do i need to tweak the configuration for the dial up connection that rassppoe ...

Everything looked good. EL has had me to perform several of these tests and they all look good. Woujld RRASPPOE helpme?

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests/407538;147058;34c26905067c6fb6bb02be0b3e54c096;2.0;atl.speakeasy.net/1025064231

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests/202325;204498;85bf7cbc29dc4734ba1f4ffbb1502f6d;2.0;atl.speakeasy.net/1025064430

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests/188515;174216 ...

Hi all,

I am going thru a dsl nightmare and hope someone here can help. Here's my story:

Approximately 5 weeks ago, I got started on Earthlink DSL residential service. Since day 1, it has been ludicrous. I typically get speed tests at 150k to 350k and every once in a while I get a peak of around ...