Windows 2000 Professional - ? faster cable modem dls?

[Dave]

I appear to be getting about 50% better performance out of my cable modem connection ... about 120 - 135 kb/s consistently. Also, the clients (WIN98SE PCs) on the shared connection seem to be faster.

Anyone else experience this?

Could be that the fresh install of Win2k Pro straightened out a bunch of registry settings that had been diddled over the last several months (in a never ending quest for more speed you know!)

I think that I am going to like Win2k Pro ... seems faster and more stable than 98SE ... but I'm not a gamer ... kids are, but they need to spend more time outside and on homework anyway.

 

[lsd]

Win2k has an improved tcp/ip stack so d/l's are much quicker. My pings are also much more stable than before.
Just about every newer game i've played works under win2k ie:
nfs3,4,5
glquake,q2,q3
half-life
age of empires,aoe2
mdk2
messiah

 

[Dave]

Thanks ISD ...

 

[easternerd]

hi there ,
It is mainly due to the fact that ,Win2K and NT has Optimised
For Lan settings by default unlike win98,
Anyway check out the software intelli...
oops forgot the name ..Just search for it in CNET.Com
It enhances the speed settings of the Os even more...

 

[Dave]

Thanks easternerd ... I will schlepp on over to CNET and see what I can find ... wil report back if I find something good ...

Appreciate the help.

 

[Dave]

This could be it:

Download Accelerator
Description
Download Accelerator is a file download accelerator/manager (see screen shots) that can increase download speeds by up to 300 percent. It features multiserver connections for best performance. Download Accelerator can also recover from lost connections, computer shutdowns, and other errors. The program even searches for mirror sites to maximize your download performance. It integrates fully into Netscape and Internet Explorer, supports proxy servers, features automatic hang up after download completion, and more.

The newest version adds features such as download scheduling, dial-up configuration, and the new AlwaysResume feature that will resume broken downloads even from servers that do not support resume functions. Download Accelerator has improved the download speeds for cable modem and DSL subscribers, as well as for the mirror search. Also new is PASV proxy support for FTP sites located behind firewalls and much more.



CNET User Opinions

77%+ 23%- (21985 votes)

[l]http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10062-100-2398651.html?tag=st.dl.10013.list.10062-100-2398651[/l]

Off to try it now! ... I'm a computer_whore_for_shore

 

[Dave]

This could be it:

Download Accelerator
Description
Download Accelerator is a file download accelerator/manager (see screen shots) that can increase download speeds by up to 300 percent. It features multiserver connections for best performance. Download Accelerator can also recover from lost connections, computer shutdowns, and other errors. The program even searches for mirror sites to maximize your download performance. It integrates fully into Netscape and Internet Explorer, supports proxy servers, features automatic hang up after download completion, and more.

The newest version adds features such as download scheduling, dial-up configuration, and the new AlwaysResume feature that will resume broken downloads even from servers that do not support resume functions. Download Accelerator has improved the download speeds for cable modem and DSL subscribers, as well as for the mirror search. Also new is PASV proxy support for FTP sites located behind firewalls and much more.



CNET User Opinions

77%+ 23%- (21985 votes)

[lhttp://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10062-100-2398651.html?tag=st.dl.10013.list.10062-100-2398651/l]

Off to try it now! ... I'm a computer_whore_for_shore

 

[Dave]

This could be it:

Download Accelerator
Description
Download Accelerator is a file download accelerator/manager (see screen shots) that can increase download speeds by up to 300 percent. It features multiserver connections for best performance. Download Accelerator can also recover from lost connections, computer shutdowns, and other errors. The program even searches for mirror sites to maximize your download performance. It integrates fully into Netscape and Internet Explorer, supports proxy servers, features automatic hang up after download completion, and more.

The newest version adds features such as download scheduling, dial-up configuration, and the new AlwaysResume feature that will resume broken downloads even from servers that do not support resume functions. Download Accelerator has improved the download speeds for cable modem and DSL subscribers, as well as for the mirror search. Also new is PASV proxy support for FTP sites located behind firewalls and much more.



CNET User Opinions

77%+ 23%- (21985 votes)
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10062-100-2398651.html?tag=st.dl.10013.list.10062-100-2398651
Linkified


Off to try it now! ... I'm a computer_whore_for_shore

 

[Dave]

.. damn a triple post .. never did that before ... was just trying to linkify correctly ...

 

[lsd]

what i do?!!!!!!

... go here for dsl/cable optimizations