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PhineasToke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

in a house

Phantom Menace

W/Mo

25 Apr 2005 at 02:10 - 1

My cable consistantly registers 6.0-6.6 mb throughput speed (online measurement by www.speedguide.net). It used to be lower till I went to the website I've listed.

They have a wonderful TCP/IP Optimizer tool to download (when using it, click ALL connections-optimal and always click the highest possible bandwidth), worth the click. Listed down on the left of the front page, test your connection using the TCP/IP Analyzer FIRST

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PS,

It is so much easier to use the tool that to try and tweak the registry.

ZennZero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

R/

25 Apr 2005 at 02:38 - 2

Interesting. Have you noticed any change in latency? I noticed that the Optimizer program has a tab that addresses that. I have pretty good bandwidth, but decidedly mediocre ping times.

TwinRaven

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

25 Apr 2005 at 05:34 - 3

hmmm...better...I've been wondering how I could increase the efficiency of my cable connection...It's no T1, but my brother was getting comparable pings on DSL...I figured I should do better...this has helped a bit...who knew?

Sin

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

The Joint :p

25 Apr 2005 at 05:39 - 4

Thanks a bunch phineas

One more start-up program bites the dust! hehehe

Genosha

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Cowville, CA.

25 Apr 2005 at 05:44 - 5

Here is a site for anyone wanting to know anything about DSL or Cable. Also, they have lots of tools and utilities to use for testing speed and security. This site also shows what the average ISP offers and rates them from users. If you are curious my DSL provider is Sonic.net which is listed on their site.
DSL Reports

PhineasToke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

in a house

Phantom Menace

W/Mo

27 Apr 2005 at 04:14 - 6

I think now is a good time for those interested to use these tools to optimize their connections before we go live.

cleric

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

27 Apr 2005 at 04:19 - 7

i would be skeptical about download something to help my connection just me though

my connection is great at nights and morning bad in teh afternoon

PhineasToke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

in a house

Phantom Menace

W/Mo

27 Apr 2005 at 04:23 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by cleric

i would be skeptical about download something to help my connection just me though

my connection is great at nights and morning bad in teh afternoon

The optimizer will stabilize your throughput. If you have cable, the reduction is usually the reverse of your situation.

Trust me on this one, it is a wonderful tool.

cleric

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

27 Apr 2005 at 04:25 - 9

i am on a T1 line

i have always gotten go connection although during the BWE there was a time when i had a bad connection but i think it was someone in the party

PhineasToke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

in a house

Phantom Menace

W/Mo

27 Apr 2005 at 04:31 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by cleric

i am on a T1 line

i have always gotten go connection although during the BWE there was a time when i had a bad connection but i think it was someone in the party

T1 at work? "Lag" in the afternoon? I have an answer for that from experience. One of my clients has a full T1 as a backup to the commercial cable they use. We have had to switch gateways to the T1 when cable has gone down (it happens, especially if a car kisses a pole or storms) and we always noticed "lag" between 2-4 in the afternoon. A while ago, I talked to an engineer from AT&T whom I met, and he said that most of the largest corporations dump their daily email out between those times and the National network just slows down because of the loads and how they are switched.

cleric

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

27 Apr 2005 at 04:43 - 11

its a college dorm and during the afternoon is when most people are on the line. but even when they are i always do fine. i wish i had a T1 to myself

PhineasToke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

in a house

Phantom Menace

W/Mo

27 Apr 2005 at 04:47 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by cleric

its a college dorm and during the afternoon is when most people are on the line. but even when they are i always do fine. i wish i had a T1 to myself

So you're on a "segment". Ah, problem solved. If your dorm is sharing a full T1, during peak hours, you are probably barely above 56K. If you run the test first, you'll get suggestions as to improve your response time using the tool. Try it, every little bit helps.