Just wondering if I can get more.....

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:14 am

Windows 98SE....128 MB's of RAM......333Mhz Pentium 2.......Comcast cable....which their caps are rumored to be 1800/256 on speedguide, but I've seen no official notification from them......I think that's all you sir's and madam's need.....

2003-07-14 02:09:25 EST: 1589 / 98
Your download speed : 1589680 bps, or 1589 kbps.
A 194 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 98522 bps, or 98 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) Opera 7.11 [en]
Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address.
TCP options string = 020405b401010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 65535

Note: Under Windows 9x, if you have RWIN set to any other value, and the Analyzer reports 65535 you might need to install the MS Vtcp386 fix.
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) = ON
Time to live left = 51 hops

TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 01011000

Precedence (priority) = 000 (routine)
Delay = 1 (low delay)
Throughput = 1 (high throughput)
Reliability = 0 (normal reliability)
Cost = 1 (low cost)

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:01 am

Hi bill try the following settings in CableNut and see if they help.

BcastNameQueryCount - 1
BcastQueryTimeout - 100
BSDUrgent - 1
CacheTimeout - 600000
DefaultRecvWindow - 23360 or 43800
DefaultTTL - 64
EnableDNS - 0
GlobalMaxTcpWindoSize - 23360 or 43800
KeepAliveInterval - 500
KeepAliveTime - 14400000
Lanabase - 0
LocalCopyMade - 1
MaxConnections - 100
MaxConnectRetries - 5
MaxDataRetries - 64
NameTableSize - 255
NameSrvQueryTimeout - 100
PMTUBlackHoleDetect - 0
PMTUDiscovery - 1
RoutingBufSize - 146432
RoutingPackets - 100
SackOpts - 1
SessionKeepAlive - 7200
SessionTableSize - 255
Size/Small/Medium/Large - 3
Tcp1323Opts - 0
TcpTimedWaitDelay - 30
MaxDupAcks - 3
DefaultTOS - 90
IGMPLevel - 2
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server - 20
MaxConnectionsPerServer - 10

VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING

1. Under your Configuration tab for your Network settings make sure you have only the needed protocols.

2. Install the vtcp 386 patch and the NDIS Update from here.

3. Open IE and select tools - internet options - connections - LAN settings, make sure NOTHING there is checked.

4. Make sure you have the latest drivers for your NIC from the manufacturer. Set your NIC duplex mode to 10mb half duplex for Cable, for DSL it is ISP dependent unless you are using a router, if so then set it to 100mb full duplex for both Cable & DSL (the instructions are in my Help & Tips link). If you are using a router make sure you have the latest firmware.

5. Clear your temporary internet files.

6. Power cycle your modem, unplug it for atleast 15 seconds.

7. Download and update then do a scan with SpyBot 1.2 & Ad Aware 6.0 to remove any spyware then install and update SpywareBlaster to stay spyware FREE. YOU MUST USE BOTH AD AWARE & SPYBOT TO ENSURE YOU ARE SPYWARE FREE SINCE ONE FINDS WHAT THE OTHER MISSES.

8. Make sure you do the faster web page tweak in my Help & Tips link.

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:12 am

Are those the same settings that mccoffee or whoever put's out anytime someone talks about Comcast? If so I have tried them and they don't seem to work very well for me. If I seem to have found a fairly decent RWIN already, what is the process for fine tuning it?

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:16 am

I just noticed something. In CAblenut it shows my RWIN to be 256960, in the analyzer report I posted in this thread it shows my RWIN to be 65535. I have installed the patch that is supposed to fix that problem, as advised by speedguide. Wonder what could be causing that?

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 10:04 am

Originally posted by goldeneye_bill
Are those the same settings that mccoffee or whoever put's out anytime someone talks about Comcast? If so I have tried them and they don't seem to work very well for me. If I seem to have found a fairly decent RWIN already, what is the process for fine tuning it?

To find your optimum RWIN just read my help & tips link. The two values I gave you above are based on your caps and latency of 100 & 200ms, they should be right on the money for your connection. As for your RWIN not reading 256960 it's because Tcp1323Opts is not set to 1. A RWIN of 256960 will not help your connection, you need to find your own optimum value using the proper formula.

If you would please try the values I gave you and post an analyzer test along with a speed test for each.

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:07 pm

2003-07-14 18:06:01 EST: 1709 / 92
Your download speed : 1709007 bps, or 1709 kbps.
A 208.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 92165 bps, or 92 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) Opera 7.11 [en]
Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address.
TCP options string = 020405b401010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 23360
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 23360

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: 934.4 kbps (116.8 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 373.76 kbps (46.72 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 51 hops

TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 01011000

Precedence (priority) = 000 (routine)
Delay = 1 (low delay)
Throughput = 1 (high throughput)
Reliability = 0 (normal reliability)
Cost = 1 (low cost)

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:20 pm

2003-07-14 18:16:15 EST: 1599 / 88
Your download speed : 1599142 bps, or 1599 kbps.
A 195.2 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 88770 bps, or 88 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) Opera 7.11 [en]
Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address.
TCP options string = 020405b401010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 43800
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 43800

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: 1752 kbps (219 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 700.8 kbps (87.6 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 51 hops

TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 01011000

Precedence (priority) = 000 (routine)
Delay = 1 (low delay)
Throughput = 1 (high throughput)
Reliability = 0 (normal reliability)
Cost = 1 (low cost)

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:22 pm

It looks like 23360 works very good for you.

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:45 pm

But why do the webpages and things online not just flyby? I may be getting close to my caps or whatever the number was, but things still never seem as fast as they have never been......I hope that makes sense......

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 8:02 pm

Because you have an older slower pc. You can download data just as fast as anyone else, but what your pc does once it receives that data is up to the speed of your cpu. Once your pc receives it and decides what to do with it, put it to a file or display a page on the screen involves proccesing power and your pc is slower to process the data than others. I have an old 333mhz AMD with 128MB RAM and 98Se on it, I don't run anything in the background and have it tweaked as good as one can. On that pc I get the same speed test results as I do on my 1.4G Athlon with 512MB DDR and XP but webpages are slow to load on the older pc for the same reasons your pc does.

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:44 am

Another thing i should add if i'm not mistaken that slow upload is probably due to an isp promblem maybe even on the line or modem network cable. How many pcs'/tv's you got on the line.http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h. ... l#ethernet or duplex settings

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:52 am

oh geez a couple hundred of each......cable going to the modem and to the splitter for our tv's........from teh modem to the router where it is then split in RJ-45 cables to 4 different computers......4 computers and 4 tv's on the line......4 computers from a Linksys little blue router and 4 tv's on a large radio shack splitter......

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:54 am

Boy, you're always knocking my computer........I had a different one then I upgrade and you knock the new one ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGG

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:10 am

oh geez a couple hundred of each......cable going to the modem and to the splitter for our tv's........from teh modem to the router where it is then split in RJ-45 cables to 4 different computers......4 computers and 4 tv's on the line......4 computers from a Linksys little blue router and 4 tv's on a large radio shack splitter......

I'm taking a guess here it could be the spitler try this unplug one tv from the spitler and power down modem router computers that turn on modem wait a sec router, computers.

Also make sure your network card is at 100 full duplex
on the linksys goto 192.168.1.1 click on advanced and make sure block wan request is disabled and mtu set to 1500.

After that take a speed test.

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:16 am

Which splitter? the one that splits the cable right at the start....splits it to go to the modem and to another splitter.

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:22 am

go to the modem and to another splitter this one the coxial one how many you got man that's a confusing setup

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:21 am

It's not confusing....just how I explain it is........ok I'll try again....We've got the cable coming in from the wall.......now comcast put a splitter on the end of that line when they installed our cable internet.......one part of that split is going to the cable modem.....the other part of the split is going to a multi-splitter which runs all the cable for the tv's.........from the cable modem to the router and then from the router out to all the computers

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:29 am

a multi-splitter try getting ridd of that one or tv.by tv to see if you get more bandwith.

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:44 am

There ain't no way we are losing a tv, that's just not going to happen.

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 6:07 am

Bill your splitters are set as they should be, changing wouldn't help. Sorry to "put down" your pc, that wasn't my intention, I was just explaining why things are the way they are.

goldeneye_bill · Post by **goldeneye_bill** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:32 pm

yeahhhhhhh......you know you enjoy it