Need help on a 12Mb/1Mb

[neocenturion]

Having some speed issues on my recently upgraded 12k connection. Results on various speed tests come in generally between 3k-7k max with a few outlying results as well. I'm posting a couple diagnostics below, let me know what you think. BTW, I'm on a relatively localized service with www.visionsytems.tv. I note the 2nd test that says network congestion, but i'm taking a pretty extreme hit in bandwidth most the time, so I dont think that is the only problem.

TCP options string = 020405b40103030301010402

MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.

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

Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 513920
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 3 bits (scale factor of 6)
Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 64240

RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other RWIN values that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8) <-- current value
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
64240 (MSS x 44)

bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test):

Your TCP Window limits you to: 20557 kbps (2570 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your TCP Window limits you to: 8223 kbps (1028 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 50 hops
TTL value is ok.

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)
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WEB100 Kernel Variables:
Client: localhost/127.0.0.1
AckPktsIn: 564
AckPktsOut: 0
BytesRetrans: 8760
CongAvoid: 388
CongestionOverCount: 0
CongestionSignals: 2
CountRTT: 479
CurCwnd: 39420
CurMSS: 1460
CurRTO: 360
CurRwinRcvd: 513920
CurRwinSent: 5840
CurSsthresh: 23360
DSACKDups: 84
DataBytesIn: 0
DataBytesOut: 2051300
DataPktsIn: 0
DataPktsOut: 1405
DupAcksIn: 81
ECNEnabled: 0
FastRetran: 0
MaxCwnd: 78840
MaxMSS: 1460
MaxRTO: 440
MaxRTT: 260
MaxRwinRcvd: 513920
MaxRwinSent: 5840
MaxSsthresh: 39420
MinMSS: 1460
MinRTO: 360
MinRTT: 120
MinRwinRcvd: 64240
MinRwinSent: 5840
NagleEnabled: 1
OtherReductions: 0
PktsIn: 564
PktsOut: 1405
PktsRetrans: 6
X_Rcvbuf: 107520
RcvWinScale: 7
SACKEnabled: 3
SACKsRcvd: 84
SendStall: 0
SlowStart: 95
SampleRTT: 120
SmoothedRTT: 130
X_Sndbuf: 107520
SndWinScale: 3
SndLimTimeRwin: 0
SndLimTimeCwnd: 10014905
SndLimTimeSender: 3081
SndLimTransRwin: 0
SndLimTransCwnd: 1
SndLimTransSender: 1
SndLimBytesRwin: 0
SndLimBytesCwnd: 2051300
SndLimBytesSender: 0
SubsequentTimeouts: 0
SumRTT: 65660
Timeouts: 2
TimestampsEnabled: 0
WinScaleRcvd: 3
WinScaleSent: 7
DupAcksOut: 0
StartTimeUsec: 498822
Duration: 10020205
c2sData: 2
c2sAck: 2
s2cData: 9
s2cAck: 3
half_duplex: 0
link: 100
congestion: 1
bad_cable: 0
mismatch: 0
spd: 0.00
bw: 2.15
loss: 0.001423488
avgrtt: 137.08
waitsec: 0.72
timesec: 10.00
order: 0.1436
rwintime: 0.0000
sendtime: 0.0003
cwndtime: 0.9997
rwin: 3.9209
swin: 64.0000
cwin: 0.6015
rttsec: 0.137077
Sndbuf: 8388608
aspd: 0.00000

Checking for mismatch on uplink
(speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.74<5]
(rwintime > .9) [0>.9], (loss < .01) [0.00<.01]
Checking for excessive errors condition
(loss/sec > .15) [1.42>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.99>.6],
(loss < .01) [0.00<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [39420>0]
Checking for 10 Mbps link
(speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0]
(xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.74<9.5] (loss < .01) [0.00<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for Wireless link
(sendtime = 0) [3.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5]
(Estimate > 50 [2.15>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0>.90]
(RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [0/1=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link
(speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0]
(SendTime = 0) [3.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for half-duplex condition
(rwintime > .95) [0>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0>30],
(SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10]
Checking for congestion
(cwndtime > .02) [0.99>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0]
(MaxSsthresh > 0) [39420>0]

estimate = 2.15 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 137.08msec, and loss = 0.001423488
The theoretical network limit is 2.15 Mbps
The NDT server has a 8192.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 466.89 Mbps
Your PC/Workstation has a 501.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 28.60 Mbps
The network based flow control limits the throughput to 4.38 Mbps

Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1'
Server Data reports link is '10 Gig', Server Acks report link is 'Ethernet'

Any thoughts?

[mccoffee]

are you saying you get 128byte 17kbits?

try thease in the optimizer

Try thease in the sg optmizer below me to download and install

General Settings tab:
Custom settings - check
Modify All Network Adapters - check
network adapter selection - your NIC
MTU 1500
TTL - 64
TCP Receive Window -64240
MTU Discovery - Yes
Black Hole Detect - No
Selective Acks - Yes
Max Duplicate ACKs - 2
TCP 1323 Options:
Windows Scaling - unchecked
Timestamps - uncheck
Advanced Settings tab:
Max Connections per Server - 10
Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 20
LocalPriority - 5
Host Priority - 6
DNSPriority - 7
NetbtPriority - 8
Lan Browsing speedup - optimized
QoS: NonBestEffortLimit - 0
ToS: DisableUserTOSSetting - 0
ToS: DefaultTOSValue - 240
MaxNegativeCacheTtl - 0
NetFailureCacheTime - 0
NegativeSOACache Time - 0
LAN Request Buffer Size - 32768
Then select "Apply Changes" and reboot to take effect
b]VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING:[/b]
1. Under your LAN connection - properties - general tab, uninstall all the protocols there that you do not need. For a stand alone pc all you need is Internet Protocol TCP/IP.
2. Open IE and select tools - internet options - connections - LAN settings, make sure NOTHING there is checked.
3. ALWAYS connect your modem via ethernet (NIC) and make sure you have the latest drivers for your NIC from the manufacturer and set your duplex mode to "auto". If you are using a router make sure you have the latest firmware.
4. Clean out your temporary internet files with CrapCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com).
5. Power cycle your modem i.e. unplug it for at least 15 seconds.
6. Download, update and scan with SpyBot S&D 1.4 (http://majorgeeks.com/download2471.html), Ad-Aware SE 1.06 (http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download) & ewido anti-spyware 4.0 (http://www.ewido.net/en/download) to remove any spyware then install and update SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) to stay spyware FREE.
7. Make sure you do the faster web page tweak in our Help & Tips (http://www.broadbandnuts.com/index.php?page=7) page.
8. If you aren't currently using a firewall then I suggest you install Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 (http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page7.html#Kerio%20Personal%20Firewall), it's FREE and uses next to no resources.
9. Do a FREE online virus scan from BitDefender Online Scan (http://www.bitdefender.com/) and remove all that it finds.
10. Make sure you have ALL of the latest Windows Updates.
8)

[neocenturion]

Ran all four spyware/adware programs + ccleaner. I have Antivir but also ran your suggested online scan. To clarify my sloppiness, its a 12Mbps/1Mbps connection. Only protocol installed is tcp/ip. AVG anti-spyware found 31 issues, mostly cookies, and corrected all, rebooted. CCleaner ran and eliminated about 2GB, but the majority of that was from some video files in my recycle bin. SpywareBlaster has been installed. Restarted after everything, still getting the same sort of speed results. I've also moved my modem away from other electrical devices, and its only a couple feet from the wall jack.

[mccoffee]

try to test at a server close to you and post some tracerts

:thumb:

[neocenturion]

results from www.speedtest.net:
I'm in Des Moines, IA.

From Minnesota:
47ms; 5639kbps down; 931kbps up
45ms; 7786kbps down; 921kbps up
44ms; 7434kbps down; 934kbps up
41ms; 6562kbps down; 943kbps up

From Chicago:
50ms; 3117kbps down; 897kbps up
43ms; 4113kbps down; 928kbps up
37ms; 5297kbps down; 949kbps up
45ms; 4140kbps down; 934kbps up

The up speeds all look good, but the down speeds are below expectations. I'd like to get at least 10Mbps.

Traceroutes:

Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net [209.191.93.52]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 7 ms 30 ms 6 ms 192.168.0.1
2 4294967292 ms 9 ms 7 ms 10.200.200.1
3 <1 ms 15 ms 17 ms 216-43-5-29.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.5.29]
4 27 ms 12 ms 29 ms CHCGILWUH53JC02-SO1-1-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.145]
5 40 ms 38 ms 27 ms CHCGILWUH53JC01-GE0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.137]
6 36 ms 28 ms 27 ms CHCGILDTHBUJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.46]
7 30 ms 27 ms 27 ms exchange-cust1.ch1.equinix.net [206.223.119.16]
8 43 ms 55 ms 44 ms vl175.bas1.dal.yahoo.com [216.115.96.94]
9 61 ms 44 ms 61 ms ge-0-1-0-p100.msr1.mud.yahoo.com [216.115.104.97]
10 57 ms 44 ms 43 ms te-8-1.bas-c1.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.193.5]
11 27 ms 50 ms 47 ms f1.www.vip.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.93.52]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [64.233.167.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 7 ms 14 ms 7 ms 192.168.0.1
2 27 ms 15 ms 17 ms 10.200.200.1
3 15 ms 2 ms 21 ms 216-43-5-29.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.5.29]
4 44 ms 26 ms 30 ms CHCGILWUH53JC02-SO1-1-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.145]
5 30 ms 31 ms 30 ms CHCGILWUH53JC01-GE0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.137]
6 33 ms 35 ms 30 ms CHCGILDTHBUJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.46]
7 30 ms 30 ms 52 ms core1-2-2-0.ord.net.google.com [206.223.119.21]
8 28 ms 42 ms * 216.239.46.1
9 15 ms 29 ms 37 ms 72.14.232.53
10 37 ms 34 ms 52 ms 64.233.175.26
11 28 ms 28 ms 49 ms py-in-f99.google.com [64.233.167.99]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to speedguide.net [66.230.207.58]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 12 ms <1 ms 4294967293 ms 192.168.0.1
2 11 ms 4294967291 ms 4294967289 ms 10.200.200.1
3 <1 ms 15 ms <1 ms 216-43-5-29.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.5.29]
4 17 ms 66 ms <1 ms CDRRIA10H00JP02-SO0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.250]
5 14 ms 16 ms 7 ms STLSMOGZHOOJP01-SO1-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.165]
6 23 ms 10 ms 17 ms STLSMOGZHOOJC01-SO2-1-0-2.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.249]
7 21 ms 20 ms 29 ms DLLSTXHMH04JC02-SO1-2-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.33]
8 20 ms 20 ms 22 ms DLLSTXHMH04JC01-GE0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.145]
9 20 ms 22 ms 23 ms DLLSTX97HBZJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.42]
10 21 ms 30 ms 31 ms ge-6-13.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.71.120.1]
11 24 ms 24 ms 23 ms ae-1-53.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.65]
12 70 ms 48 ms 54 ms as-0-0.mp1.Tampa1.Level3.net [209.247.11.197]
13 56 ms 49 ms 46 ms ae-13-51.car3.Tampa1.Level3.net [4.68.104.11]
14 50 ms 49 ms 47 ms unknown.Level3.net [63.208.0.94]
15 79 ms 47 ms 45 ms speedguide.net [66.230.207.58]

Trace complete.

[mccoffee]

You traceroutes look good not sure what is causing the speed decrease hmm



try thease in the optimizer

Try thease in the sg optmizer below me to download and install

General Settings tab:
Custom settings - check
Modify All Network Adapters - check
network adapter selection - your NIC
MTU 1500
TTL - 64
TCP Receive Window -128480
MTU Discovery - Yes
Black Hole Detect - No
Selective Acks - Yes
Max Duplicate ACKs - 2
TCP 1323 Options:
Windows Scaling - checked
Timestamps - uncheck
Advanced Settings tab:
Max Connections per Server - 10
Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 20
LocalPriority - 5
Host Priority - 6
DNSPriority - 7
NetbtPriority - 8
Lan Browsing speedup - optimized
QoS: NonBestEffortLimit - 0
ToS: DisableUserTOSSetting - 0
ToS: DefaultTOSValue - 240
MaxNegativeCacheTtl - 0
NetFailureCacheTime - 0
NegativeSOACache Time - 0
LAN Request Buffer Size - 32768
Then select "Apply Changes" and reboot to take effect

[neocenturion]

Updated all my settings to your suggestion, restarted. Doesn't seem to have changed my d/l speed at all, another 3 tests at each location gave 3500-6100 results. Oddly my pings seem to have decreased slightly, under 40ms each time to MN. Do you think network traffic could be solely responsible? I have clocked in over 10Mbps before, but only twice out of a hundred or more tests. Here is some connection info, this all looks good to me as a casual observer too.

Downstream Value
Frequency 111000000 Hz
Signal to Noise Ratio 37 dB
QAM 256
Network Access Control Object ON
Power Level 2 dBmV The Downstream Power Level reading is a snapshot taken at the time this page was requested. Please Reload/Refresh this Page for a new reading


Upstream Value
Channel ID 1
Frequency 29008000 Hz
Ranging Service ID 172
Symbol Rate 2.560 Msym/s
Power Level 54 dBmV

[trogers]

Some very high pings at hop 1 and 2. Make sure your modem is not placed near to some other electrical device. Keep modem away from router or cordless phone.

[neocenturion]

Well I find something every day that amazes me, and today its the solution to this problem. I moved my modem and extra 6-12 inches away from my guitar amp, and unplugged that, and my d/l speed just about doubled. Un-f'in-believable. Electronics are amazing. :confused:

[neocenturion]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/81361742.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:)

[mccoffee]

That's new to me too never would've thought a guitar amp would cause interference i could see how it could with the magnets in it odd I just learn something :rotfl:

[neocenturion]

Yeah, I suppose i can understand how a big magnet can cause pretty severe interference. It seems to have corrected my traceroutes as well.

Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net [209.191.93.52]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 19 ms 20 ms 21 ms 192.168.0.1
2 21 ms 26 ms 32 ms 10.200.200.1
3 47 ms 30 ms 29 ms 216-43-5-29.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.5.29]
4 26 ms 39 ms 41 ms CHCGILWUH53JC02-SO1-1-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.145]
5 40 ms 27 ms 41 ms CHCGILWUH53JC01-GE0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.137]
6 42 ms 48 ms 42 ms CHCGILDTHBUJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.46]
7 41 ms 60 ms 54 ms exchange-cust1.ch1.equinix.net [206.223.119.16]
8 73 ms 56 ms 42 ms vl175.bas1.dal.yahoo.com [216.115.96.94]
9 58 ms 56 ms 60 ms ge-0-1-0-p110.msr2.mud.yahoo.com [216.115.104.101]
10 44 ms 56 ms 57 ms te-9-1.bas-c1.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.193.9]
11 56 ms 63 ms 59 ms f1.www.vip.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.93.52]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to speedguide.net [66.230.207.58]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 5 ms 31 ms 19 ms 192.168.0.1
2 8 ms 22 ms 20 ms 10.200.200.1
3 27 ms 31 ms 34 ms 216-43-5-29.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.5.29]
4 30 ms 14 ms 16 ms CDRRIA10H00JP02-SO0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.250]
5 29 ms 39 ms 45 ms STLSMOGZHOOJP01-SO1-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.165]
6 36 ms 34 ms 34 ms STLSMOGZHOOJC01-SO2-1-0-2.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.249]
7 36 ms 49 ms 55 ms DLLSTXHMH04JC02-SO1-2-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.33]
8 59 ms 49 ms 50 ms DLLSTXHMH04JC01-GE0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.145]
9 48 ms 52 ms 51 ms DLLSTX97HBZJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.42]
10 49 ms 48 ms 50 ms ge-6-13.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.71.120.1]
11 49 ms 80 ms 49 ms ae-1-53.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.65]
12 75 ms 76 ms 93 ms as-0-0.mp1.Tampa1.Level3.net [209.247.11.197]
13 73 ms 74 ms 75 ms ae-23-52.car3.Tampa1.Level3.net [4.68.104.43]
14 79 ms 83 ms 81 ms e1-11-level3.co2.tpax.as30217.net [4.71.0.10]
15 98 ms 104 ms 82 ms g9-0-as30217.co1.tpax.hostway.net [84.40.24.38]
16 83 ms 88 ms 81 ms speedguide.net [66.230.207.58]

Trace complete.
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WEB100 Kernel Variables:
Client: localhost/127.0.0.1
AckPktsIn: 455
AckPktsOut: 0
BytesRetrans: 27740
CongAvoid: 157
CongestionOverCount: 0
CongestionSignals: 5
CountRTT: 297
CurCwnd: 8760
CurMSS: 1460
CurRTO: 350
CurRwinRcvd: 128480
CurRwinSent: 5840
CurSsthresh: 7300
DSACKDups: 150
DataBytesIn: 0
DataBytesOut: 1436640
DataPktsIn: 0
DataPktsOut: 984
DupAcksIn: 147
ECNEnabled: 0
FastRetran: 0
MaxCwnd: 106580
MaxMSS: 1460
MaxRTO: 380
MaxRTT: 230
MaxRwinRcvd: 128480
MaxRwinSent: 5840
MaxSsthresh: 52560
MinMSS: 1460
MinRTO: 300
MinRTT: 100
MinRwinRcvd: 64240
MinRwinSent: 5840
NagleEnabled: 1
OtherReductions: 2
PktsIn: 455
PktsOut: 984
PktsRetrans: 19
X_Rcvbuf: 107520
RcvWinScale: 7
SACKEnabled: 3
SACKsRcvd: 150
SendStall: 0
SlowStart: 151
SampleRTT: 100
SmoothedRTT: 120
X_Sndbuf: 107520
SndWinScale: 1
SndLimTimeRwin: 0
SndLimTimeCwnd: 10255010
SndLimTimeSender: 2980
SndLimTransRwin: 0
SndLimTransCwnd: 1
SndLimTransSender: 1
SndLimBytesRwin: 0
SndLimBytesCwnd: 1436640
SndLimBytesSender: 0
SubsequentTimeouts: 0
SumRTT: 36170
Timeouts: 5
TimestampsEnabled: 0
WinScaleRcvd: 1
WinScaleSent: 7
DupAcksOut: 0
StartTimeUsec: 151788
Duration: 10260308
c2sData: 2
c2sAck: 2
s2cData: 9
s2cAck: 3
half_duplex: 0
link: 100
congestion: 1
bad_cable: 0
mismatch: 0
spd: 0.00
bw: 1.28
loss: 0.005081301
avgrtt: 121.78
waitsec: 1.75
timesec: 10.00
order: 0.3231
rwintime: 0.0000
sendtime: 0.0003
cwndtime: 0.9997
rwin: 0.9802
swin: 64.0000
cwin: 0.8131
rttsec: 0.121785
Sndbuf: 8388608
aspd: 0.00000

Checking for mismatch on uplink
(speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.69<5]
(rwintime > .9) [0>.9], (loss < .01) [0.00<.01]
Checking for excessive errors condition
(loss/sec > .15) [5.08>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.99>.6],
(loss < .01) [0.00<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [52560>0]
Checking for 10 Mbps link
(speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0]
(xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.69<9.5] (loss < .01) [0.00<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for Wireless link
(sendtime = 0) [3.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5]
(Estimate > 50 [1.28>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0>.90]
(RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [0/1=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link
(speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0]
(SendTime = 0) [3.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for half-duplex condition
(rwintime > .95) [0>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0>30],
(SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10]
Checking for congestion
(cwndtime > .02) [0.99>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0]
(MaxSsthresh > 0) [52560>0]

estimate = 1.28 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 121.78msec, and loss = 0.005081301
The theoretical network limit is 1.28 Mbps
The NDT server has a 8192.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 525.51 Mbps
Your PC/Workstation has a 125.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 8.04 Mbps
The network based flow control limits the throughput to 6.67 Mbps

Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1'
Server Data reports link is '10 Gig', Server Acks report link is 'Ethernet'
_________________________________________________________________

That looks slightly better also, though still not what I was hoping for. So summing up, my speedtest.net results have improved fairly dramatically. i clock between 7600-10000 most of the time now. My inbound tests on miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/ look ugly at 1Mb/s-1.6Mb/s. Uploads still run terrific between 850Kb/s-950Kb/s consistantly. I do see congestion most of the time though, perhaps in can be attributed to that? I hope not, but I can't complain, this is still the fastest connection I've ever had.

[trogers]

Yeah, I suppose i can understand how a big magnet can cause pretty severe interference. It seems to have corrected my traceroutes as well.

Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net [209.191.93.52]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 19 ms 20 ms 21 ms 192.168.0.1
2 21 ms 26 ms 32 ms 10.200.200.1
3 47 ms 30 ms 29 ms 216-43-xxx-xxx.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.xxx.xxx]
4 26 ms 39 ms 41 ms CHCGILWUH53JC02-SO1-1-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.145]
5 40 ms 27 ms 41 ms CHCGILWUH53JC01-GE0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.137]
6 42 ms 48 ms 42 ms CHCGILDTHBUJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.46]
7 41 ms 60 ms 54 ms exchange-cust1.ch1.equinix.net [206.223.119.16]
8 73 ms 56 ms 42 ms vl175.bas1.dal.yahoo.com [216.115.96.94]
9 58 ms 56 ms 60 ms ge-0-1-0-p110.msr2.mud.yahoo.com [216.115.104.101]
10 44 ms 56 ms 57 ms te-9-1.bas-c1.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.193.9]
11 56 ms 63 ms 59 ms f1.www.vip.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.93.52]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to speedguide.net [66.230.207.58]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 5 ms 31 ms 19 ms 192.168.0.1
2 8 ms 22 ms 20 ms 10.200.200.1
3 27 ms 31 ms 34 ms 216-43-xxx-xxx.ip.mcleodusa.net [216.43.xxx.xxx]
4 30 ms 14 ms 16 ms CDRRIA10H00JP02-SO0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.250]
5 29 ms 39 ms 45 ms STLSMOGZHOOJP01-SO1-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.165]
6 36 ms 34 ms 34 ms STLSMOGZHOOJC01-SO2-1-0-2.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.249]
7 36 ms 49 ms 55 ms DLLSTXHMH04JC02-SO1-2-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.33]
8 59 ms 49 ms 50 ms DLLSTXHMH04JC01-GE0-0-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.145]
9 48 ms 52 ms 51 ms DLLSTX97HBZJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.42]
10 49 ms 48 ms 50 ms ge-6-13.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.71.120.1]
11 49 ms 80 ms 49 ms ae-1-53.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.65]
12 75 ms 76 ms 93 ms as-0-0.mp1.Tampa1.Level3.net [209.247.11.197]
13 73 ms 74 ms 75 ms ae-23-52.car3.Tampa1.Level3.net [4.68.104.43]
14 79 ms 83 ms 81 ms e1-11-level3.co2.tpax.as30217.net [4.71.0.10]
15 98 ms 104 ms 82 ms g9-0-as30217.co1.tpax.hostway.net [84.40.24.38]
16 83 ms 88 ms 81 ms speedguide.net [66.230.207.58]

Trace complete.

That looks slightly better also, though still not what I was hoping for. So summing up, my speedtest.net results have improved fairly dramatically. i clock between 7600-10000 most of the time now. My inbound tests on miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/ look ugly at 1Mb/s-1.6Mb/s. Uploads still run terrific between 850Kb/s-950Kb/s consistantly. I do see congestion most of the time though, perhaps in can be attributed to that? I hope not, but I can't complain, this is still the fastest connection I've ever had.

Hop 1 at your router has high ping times. Values should be <1ms.

Are you using wireless?

Try connecting directly to the modem and test your connection first to establish that you can get higher speed. If so, the problem may be limited to the router or Nic.

[100 010 00]

The first hop must be 1ms.

[neocenturion]

I've been trying to tweek my first hop pings. No real success so far. I've tried several different cables, both my onboard LAN cards and an add-on pci card. At best i'm pinging 6-9ms to my modem. I have no routers or spliters, its go directly into the jack about 2 feet away. the ethernet cable is about 4 feet long. My download speeds have improved since the beginning of the thread, but this poor signal to my modem is holding them back. Also, i get a T3 timeout error when i view http://192.168.0.1/ What is that, and any suggestions as to how to fix it??

[trogers]

If your best ping at hop 1 is 6-9ms without a router, then that is correct.

Try increasing your RWIN:

General Settings tab:
Custom settings - check
Modify All Network Adapters - check
network adapter selection - your NIC
MTU 1500
TTL - 64
TCP Receive Window -256960
MTU Discovery - Yes
Black Hole Detect - No
Selective Acks - Yes
Max Duplicate ACKs - 2
TCP 1323 Options:
Windows Scaling - checked
Timestamps - uncheck

Advanced Settings tab:
Max Connections per Server - 10
Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 20
LocalPriority - 1
Host Priority - 1
DNSPriority - 1
NetbtPriority - 1
Lan Browsing speedup - optimized
QoS: NonBestEffortLimit - 0
ToS: DisableUserTOSSetting - 0
ToS: DefaultTOSValue - 80
MaxNegativeCacheTtl - 0
NetFailureCacheTime - 0
NegativeSOACache Time - 0
LAN Request Buffer Size - 32768
Then select "Apply Changes" and reboot to take effect