why am I so slow ?!?

[mountainman]

Hey guys. I have been having some MAJOR slow internet lately. I have Road Runner here in the "woh.rr.com" section. I am running NIS and that is all. Here is what I just got from DSL reports after resetting my cable modem:

2003-03-23 15:11:57 EST: 682 / 72
Your download speed : 682185 bps, or 682 kbps.
A 83.2 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 72621 bps, or 72 kbps.

Here is what my in-laws got a couple hours ago from just 5 minutes away:

2003-03-23 13:17:46 EST: 2021 / 362
Your download speed : 2021412 bps, or 2021 kbps.
A 246.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 362647 bps, or 362 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

What do you think this could be ? Here are my TCP/IP analyzer reading from the SG test:

TCP properties for IP = 24.xxx.xxx.xxx (dhcpxxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.woh.rr.com)
Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)
Note: Read the FAQ if the above is not your IP address.

TCP options string = 020405b40103030201010402

MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 256960
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 2 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 64240
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)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 10278.4 kbps (1284.8 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 4111.36 kbps (513.92 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 52 hops
TTL value is ok.

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000

[mountainman]

I just ran it again.

Results:

2003-03-23 17:06:21 EST: 49 / 17
Your download speed : 49241 bps, or 49 kbps.
A 6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 17230 bps, or 17 kbps.
Your connection hardly qualified as broadband, at least in that test

:(

[extreme]

What are your caps?

[mountainman]

Originally posted by extremeg177
What are your caps?

I have been looking for that in my Terms of Service, but I see NO mention of a "guarenteed speed". I just know this is MUCH slower than it has been in the past.

Thanks.

[ScottE]

Combining this and the BSOD's you've been having. I'd reinstall TCP/IP and your NIC drivers.

[Randy]

about your cap
I often here dld speed should be 10x faster than dial up (28.8) does roadrunner advrtize this?


also you may have someone on your node who is acting as a server uploading movies(gigabytes). maybe call your isp and ask then to check on node that your on.

just a few suggestions

hope u get fixed soon, Randy

[mountainman]

OK... here is the screen that does that TCP/IP reinstall, right ? Which ones do I "uninstall" from this list ? I have never really done this before, but I am pretty sure this is where it's from.

http://www.jumpinduo.com/temp/tcpip.jpg

Thanks. :)

Any more tips on doing this ?

[mnosteele52]

OK mountainman if you are a stand alone pc then all you need is Internet Protocol TCP/IP, so just uninstall the rest of the protocols. Then use the TCPOptimizer and the following settings:

Settings tab:

select - cable modem
check - custom settings
network adapter selection - your NIC
check modify all adapters
maxmtu - 1500
TTL - 64
TCP Receive Window - 64240
MTU Discovery - yes
Black Hole Detect - no
Selective Acks - yes
Max Dup ACKs - 3
TCP 1323 Options - uncheck both boxes

Other Settings tab:

Max Connections per Server - 10
Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 20
Lan Browsing Speedup - optimized

Then select "Apply Changes" and reboot to take effect.

VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING

1. Under your LAN connection - properties - general tab, uninstall all the protocols there that you do not need.

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

3. 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 (http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=643301#post643301)). If you are using a router make sure you have the latest firmware.

4. Clear your temporary internet files.

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

6. Download and update then do a scan with SpyBot (http://beam.to/spybotsd) & Ad Aware 6.0 (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download) to remove any spyware then install and update SpywareBlaster (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html) to stay spyware FREE.

7. Make sure you do the faster web page tweak in my Help & Tips link (http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=643301#post643301).

See if any of that helps, if not there may be a problem with your ISP or node.



:D :cool:

[ScottE]

Mountainman you need to uninstall all of them. Then only reinstall TCP/IP



mnosteele53: He's getting BSOD errors from his TCP/IP stack. I suspect either a corupted file in there or perhaps his NIC drivers are fubar.


http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109559

[mnosteele52]

The problem is that you can't unistall TCP/IP from XP, so most likely it's his NIC drivers as you said. In that case he should just uninstall his NIC and reinstall it with the latest drivers.

:) :D

[BaLa]

he didn't say but if he's behind a router or switch and wants to or does share files he needs to leave F+P Sharing

oh
I doubt you will see a mention of GUARANTEED SPEED anyhow..

but there should be a mention of Caps or something somewhere though..

also your in-laws could be in a diff node..

[Bsr1]

Kill QOS , unistall/reinstall tcp/ip (possibly your nic driver as well), reboot....


There really isnt much else you can do, it's most likely not your problem. But did you try checking the cable signals ? Goto 192.168.100.1 (or whatever you modems status page is), goto signal and the signal should be within the following:

SNR (signal to noise ratio): 30Db or higher

Down power level: -15 to +15 ,, should be close to 0 though

upstream power level: under 58db, In most cases this should be in the 40's .

signal problems can be reported to your isp, and is most likely the wiring in the house or bad spliters.


Did you try checking your isp's status page (if they have one) ?? they could be in the middle of a network upgrade affecting you, sometimes this process can be awfully slow. Another thing you can do is goto run >> cmd ,, and type ping xx.xx.xx.xx -t (replace xxx's with your isp's gateway ip), let it keep pinging for about 3 minutes and hit ctrl-c , if you see packloss or high average ping to this then the problem is somewhere between you and the local gateway, if this is fine then do the samething, but to an outside site. The best time to do this would be durring your isp peak time (7pm and later).