DSL is not running to it's full potential

[gmcsierra99]

my DSL is slow and i was wondering if i can make it alot faster. it was really fast when i first got it and then i got a virus and then it got very slow. if some one would help me with this i would appreciate it.

 

[Slowlearner]

1. Run a speed test at http:/miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/, after the test completes, see the info in the More details box

2. Run a tweak test at Tools in www.broadbandreports.com and make the suggested registry changes either manually or with the freeware DrTCP.

3. Repeat Step 1 to see if this made any diference

 

[Looney]

Call your DSL tech support. They should be able to offer some advice.

 

[gmcsierra99]

slowlearner are you sure thats the link? because i copy/pasted it and it doesnt work.

 

[Zstream]

http:/miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/ your using a , after the 7123/

 

[gmcsierra99]

it doesnt work.

 

[ssbpgsr]

Try http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

 

[gmcsierra99]

what should i do at that site?

 

[Slowlearner]

http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/

or google for NDT servers

 

[gmcsierra99]

this is what i got on speaskeasy, my download speed is: 2784 kbps, and my upload speed is: 714 kbps.

 

[ssbpgsr]

What is your DSL supposed to be? 3000/768??

 

[gmcsierra99]

yeah

 

[ssbpgsr]

Then you are getting all you are supposed to.

 

[gmcsierra99]

i have 2784, not 3000, soo how am i getting all im surposed to be?

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: gmcsierra99
i have 2784, not 3000, soo how am i getting all im surposed to be?

10% deviation is perfectly normal/acceptible.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: gmcsierra99
i have 2784, not 3000, soo how am i getting all im surposed to be?

10% deviation is perfectly normal/acceptible.

Especially under Windows. I dunno about now but in the past it wasn't uncommon for Windows' network code to take 10%+ overhead from your bandwidth versus OS 8/9 or various brands of Linux.

It might not hurt to get a router of some kind if you don't have one. I'm guessing (hoping) you're running a firewall on your computer if you're directly connected to the modem, which will definitely slow you down some; using a router with a built-in firewall would make that unnecessary, unless you've PO'd the wrong people online.

 

[spidey07]

windows IP stack has never been a very good performer. That's the main reason. Overhead is the same, but how it deals with timing and tcp window size doesn't follow RFC conventions.

like always, they do it "the microsoft way" and not "the right way"

 

[gmcsierra99]

yukichigai i got the modem that DSL sent me


and spidey do you mean windows xp?....because thats what i got.

 

[gmcsierra99]

when i got this computer back in June or July, it was very fast, it's half that now, i dont know how it's accpetable because it takes about 1 mintue to load some pages.

 

[harobikes333]

are you sure you got rid of all spyware adware viruses worms etc....?

 

[gmcsierra99]

im pretty sure.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: gmcsierra99
im pretty sure.

Define pretty sure. What did you do to get rid of the virus?

The speeds your getting for the internet connection look fine, as others have said.

 

[gmcsierra99]

i did a bunch of scans and everything like technicians told me to do....i kno for sure this isnt not the best that this internet can do, before is was very fast.

 

[spidey07]

go here...

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=33&flcache=2091112&entercat=y

click on the consolodated security thread and do all that.

If you speed tests are showing what you posted, then you should be fine.

 

[gmcsierra99]

i should post my speed test in there?