Youkai Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Just a quick question regarding the use of "TCP/IP Optimizer" in Icedog's awesome Mini-Guide for speed problems...(forgive me for my n00b-ness )In regards to the following lines from the guide:"Just slide the bar to your maximum download speed (in kb/s)""So you need to slide the bar at the exact download speed your ISP has given you"I'm wondering if I should use the download speed my ISP tells me I have, or the actual speed I get from various speed tests?? ISP tells me: 1500kbit/s DOWN and 128kbit/s UPSpeed test results show: 781kbit/s DOWN and 131kbit/s UP(Earthlink ADSL over a Verizon line, Worcester MA)TIA for the help, let me know if additional info needed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hmm...you present an intriguing question. Are you sure you weren't downloading anything else when you were doing the speed test? If you weren't, your ISP is robbing you of 700+ kb/s of your download speed...and you should have a talk with them first to see what's up with that. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youkai Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Are you sure you weren't downloading anything else when you were doing the speed test?Unfortunately no, I had nothing going except the speed test. Infact, I ran about 35 tests over a 2-3 day period and averaged the results. Always between 700-780 down and 120-130 up. If you weren't, your ISP is robbing you of 700+ kb/s of your download speed...and you should have a talk with them first to see what's up with that.See, I thought the same thing, but after a lot of research it appears that my speeds are quite normal for my conditions.. - I'm just barely under the distance limit from my Telco's CO...- The package from my ISP says speeds up to 1.5Mbit, not 1.5Mbit guaranteed....- Numerous reports from people in my area with same ISP reporting same speeds..Since all Broadband options in my area would produce the same results given my distance from the CO, I suppose I can settle for the speeds I'm getting (some people are not as fortunate, after all).I'm just trying to tweak things out the best I can and I was curious what speed I should use in the "Optimizer"Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hmm...in this case I'll have to say "try out the 768 option". If that restricts your bandwidth, set it to the next value (I don't have it in front of me so I can't remember what value it is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 the options in the Speed Guide are for upload speed only, not downloadAlso, I hate the "kb" and such abbreviations because they're REALLY AMBIGUOUS!If referring to kilobits, use kbit, and if referring to kiloBYTES, use KiB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youkai Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 the options in the Speed Guide are for upload speed only, not downloadNot trying to be a jerk, but the specific section of the guide I was referring to deals with download speeds...."Once you've followed the steps outlined above, I'm going to address your network connection itself. A very handy tool for getting the most out of your connection is TCP/IP Optimizer. It's easy to use and it has worked very well for me personally. Once downloaded, all you need to do is double-click the program and a screen will be presented to you. Just slide the bar to your maximum download speed (in kb/s), click on the little round box next to Optimal settings on the bottom of the program and then click on Apply changes. It'll ask for allowing a back up etc. (you can say yes just in case something goes wrong) and then reboot your PC once the changes have been made. Note: it's very important to set the slider bar at your connection's exact download speed, otherwise you'll have even more problems. I repeat, do not set it to something higher than your connection can handle!...."Also, I hate the "kb" and such abbreviations because they're REALLY AMBIGUOUS!If referring to kilobits, use kbit, and if referring to kiloBYTES, use KiBGotcha, edited my post to correct this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 i would choose the 1024 setting if i were you, the TCPoptimizer takes some overhead in estimation, so 1024 should be what u should choose having your current speed, anyway u should try both 768 and 1024 options in the slide bar, and see which one fits better for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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