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jswjimmy

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my downloads speeds are down right now. i used to get over 600kbps on good servers now im down around 400kbps.i thought it was my isp but now i think its xp sp2 because when downloading at full speed with a torrent i can still download at 350kbps in firefox so both download at around 300 to 400kbps at the same time but i can never get one to get above 400kbps buy itself.

any idea what it could be?
 
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It could be related to xp sp2 because they set 10 connection(per second as well iirc) on the tcp/ip where as it used to be unlimited. the reason for that is before there was a more of a chance for denial of service attacks.

 
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Originally posted by: Dahak
It could be related to xp sp2 because they set 10 connection(per second as well iirc) on the tcp/ip where as it used to be unlimited. the reason for that is before there was a more of a chance for denial of service attacks.
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No, it couldn't be related. The limit is on *uncompleted* connectoins (e.g. connections to hosts which do not exist). Since the poster is obviously connected to a remote host, this change has nothing to do with it.

Bill


 
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Dahak

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Originally posted by: bsobel
Originally posted by: Dahak
It could be related to xp sp2 because they set 10 connection(per second as well iirc) on the tcp/ip where as it used to be unlimited. the reason for that is before there was a more of a chance for denial of service attacks.
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No, it couldn't be related. The limit is on *uncompleted* connectoins (e.g. connections to hosts which do not exist). Since the poster is obviously connected to a remote host, this change has nothing to do with it.

Bill
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Ahh, I knew there was some part of it that I had forgotten.
 
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spyordie007

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Originally posted by: Dahak
It could be related to xp sp2 because they set 10 connection(per second as well iirc) on the tcp/ip where as it used to be unlimited. the reason for that is before there was a more of a chance for denial of service attacks.
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Talk about FUD. You need to learn what you're talking about or just shut-up. This has absolutly nothing to do with existing established tcp connections.

As per Phil's post what do you see on speed test sites? Pick a mirror close to you and let us know what you see:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest?more=1
 
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