[dba-Tech] Slow broadband

Gary,

You can go to www.speedguide.net/downloads.php and get a free app call TCP
Optimizer.  This will optimize the settings on your PC for internet
connections.  My DSL provider, Qwest(!), suggests this on their DSL
troubleshooting web page.  

It did improve my speed by going from about 325 kbps to 1300 kbps.

Dan Waters
 
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Slow broadband

Some of the speed test sites have utilities to test your settings. I
have used the one at;
http://www.dslreports.com/tools

It's called TWEAK TEST and is near the bottom of the tools page.It's a
Java app that doesn't actually change anything just transmits a file
back and forth and then displays results - you have to enter info
about your connection and system to get the results and
recommendations.

GK

On 9/14/06, Hale, Jim <Jim.Hale at fleetpride.com> wrote:
> Could be but I can't figure out how to test it. I tried running the
internet
> speed test with no apps running but no joy, same result. I don't think it
is
> a slow NIC cause files zip around the intranet OK.
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JWColby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:57 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Slow broadband
>
>
> Are you sure the "old machine" just isn't the bottleneck?  There is
overhead
> in everything you are trying to do.  Your system as a whole may just not
be
> fast enough to handle any more speed.
>
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hale, Jim
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:40 PM
> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Slow broadband
>
> Recently I took advantage of Time Warner's offer to upgrade to their
premier
> broadband service.This is supposed to increase speed to between 6-8 Mbps
> down and .5 up from 2-4 Mbps currently. My main machine, as measured using
> several internet sites, stayed at exactly 1.73 Mbps. Upload increased from
> .17 to .35. After complaining TW had me check my other machines (after
> rebooting all machines and resetting the modem and router). Sure enough
the
> other machines increased markedly to 4.9 Mbps. The slow machine is a 6
year
> old Dell optiplex running windows 2000 prof with Norton firewall and virus
> protection. The other machines are cheap but newer HPs running Windows XP
> prof. and Norton antivirus (no firewall). The router is a standard
linksys.
> I turned off the Norton firewall with no improvement. Does anyone know
what
> is going on here and how to fix it? TIA Jim Hale
>
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