Re: Cable Modem/Internet Speed

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that is why i asked you to remove the router. it is definitely a
throttle. the next step is to look for newer drivers for the Intel
NIC and also check if it is set to 10, 100 or autosense the speed.

if the WAN is 10 megs on the BEFSR41, it needs to be replaced. (and
the computer needs to be diagnosed as well.)

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:25:00 -0700, Dan R
<DanR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I get EXACTLY the same speed. There is no difference which is a bit weird.
I wanted to ask another question also about the router: it is about 7-9 years
old and in reading through the manual it does say the WAN port is limited to
10 Mbps, but the LAN ports can run at speeds of 100 Mbps. Ultimately, should
that limit my connection (if I could ever get that high) to 10 Mbps becaues
of the router? Or does the WAN port speed not matter? I can't seem to get a
definitive answer on this. I tried doing that tracert thing last night but
couldnt get it to a word/notepad file to get it to you. How can I do that?
Lastly, I updated the chipset software for my Intel motherboard last night,
to see if maybe that was the problem. It installed with no problem, yet same
speed...7.2 Mbps.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

what happens if you remove the BEFSR41, connect the computer
directly to the broadband modem, power cycle the modem, and then run
the speed tests?


On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:57:01 -0700, Dan R
<DanR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

1-Network card (Ithink thats what you mean by NIC?) came with the computer,
it says INTEL PRO/100 VE Network Connection. Driver says it is by Intel,
dated 6/13/05, version 8.0.21.0

2-Router is the Linksys BEFSR41, version 2

3-I am using pa.speedtest.rcn.net (RCN is my cable company)
dont know how to do the tracert thing but I am going to try now what the
next poster said to do. I tried using Dr TCP but it had no effect, most of
my settings were the same, except the TCP receive window number was alot
higher-I changed it and no difference, so I set it back to 1027840
"Barb Bowman" wrote:

In addition to the TCP optimizer, some questions for you
1. what NIC and driver?
2. what router (I know you have the issue taking the router out of
the picture)
3. what speed test server - and can you post a tracert to that speed
test server please?
4. can you also post a tracert to yahoo.com




On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:25:01 -0700, Dan R
<DanR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I recently upgaded my service to a 20 Mbps cable speed through my provider.
Realizing my old modem was only DOCSIS 1.0 compatible, I went out and got a
new Motorola SB5101 modem than can handle DOCSIS 2.0 and upstream speeds of
30 Mbps. I can only seem to get a maximum speed of 7.2 Mbps. The cable
company says an acceptable level should be around 12 Mbps, and after calls to
their tech support line they cannot seem to figure out why I can't connect at
a minimum 12 Mbps. They said the connection is excellent with no packet loss.
I do have a router, but when I hook the cable modem directly to the computer
it gives me the same max speed of 7.2 Mbps. I also turned off Zonealarm, my
Avast Antivirus, Winpatrol, Windows Defender, and two other things that were
running in my taskbar, with no changes. I was wondering if anyone had any
ideas what I can do or settings to change to get me to the higher speed?

I am running Windows XP SP3, Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, and a 128MB
Nvidia 6600GT video card. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
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http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

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MS-MVP
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http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
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