Performance cable modem

[Yoda]

I have a P-II 400, 64 mb memory, win98
The average download performance I reach is
between 15 and 35 k/s on http-sites.
Some ftp-sites i download over 130 k/s.
Is this normal? It looks like my pc is slowing down. Screen building is taking more time now then in the beginng. I've checked my TCP/IP settings and this seems ok. I don't know what else to check.
If you know somthing please let me
know.

Thanks.

[SoopaStar]

Hey buddy! talked to you about this earlier last week. Just had another idea. You ever think maybe your network card is to blame? I would try getting a new one. maybe a 3com. if you dont want to spend that kind cash, try a netgear 310 TX or updating the drivers of you current one. Your card may be having problems.

[Yoda]

I'm new at SysOpt.com and i like it!
So SoopaStar you could not have talked to me earlier. Please repeat what you should have told me earlier.
However i think you could be right about the card, cause i'm using a cheap PCI-Ethernet card. I'll try the 3Com.
Still what performance should be acceptable.

[jamis]

With a cable modem, transfer rates are typically between 15K/sec and 180K/sec ... I usually don't see the higher end of transfer rates unless I'm going to a fast site such as Netscape...

Typically, transfers average 30-60K/sec and this should be acceptable. The way I think about it... anything better than 16K/sec (dual channel, 128k ISDN's max rate) is acceptable because my CM is cheaper than what my local ISDN service would be. [img]/forum/smile.gif[/img]

Also keep in mind that you are limited by the sites you are connecting to.. if a remote site can only offer you 5K/sec... you are only going to GET 5K/sec.

[jamis]

Oops. Ignore this one. [img]/forum/smile.gif[/img]

[This message has been edited by jamis (edited 08-25-99).]

[Fuzzy Z]

I just wanted to let you know of a site I have found that offers patches & tech info on how to speed up cable modems. In return please post if you experienced any differences after trying some of the suggestion/patches on this posting. I really want to know if it helps with other systems as well. Thanks friends!!!http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/index.shtml

[hydraulic]

FUZZY Z : just wanted to say thanks for putting me on to that site my downloads went from 8 or 9k to over a 100k at the same sites and to make sure i was'nt losing it i changed the setting up and down . also the program i used was ISPEED.

[Fuzzy Z]

Thats sooo cool!!! Anyone else try this? Intrested to see what happened and what the response is. That guy should almost be charging for the info/patches (haha)!!!

[800XL]

Since I had not even looked at MTU and RWIN stuff since I got DSL, I gave it a shot. The best I could get changing settings was a drop of 5kbps compared to the original settings.

[hydraulic]

800XL: thats strange,a few times I turned the settings up to high and I had problems keeping connected.also there are some sites that did not load any faster as they were already fast.

[ktwebb]

Yoda, although a bad NIC may be to blame it is very doubtful. If you have seen your data rate drop significantly lately, you might want to consider that you share a segment with your neighbors with cable net access. If more of your neighbors just signed up or are using their net access more while you are online you will see a significant drop in performance. I would check to see if DSL is available in your area. When DSL becomes widespread, cable is dead.

[ktwebb]

Yoda, although a bad NIC may be to blame it is very doubtful. If you have seen your data rate drop significantly lately, you might want to consider that you share a segment with your neighbors with cable net access. If more of your neighbors just signed up or are using their net access more while you are online you will see a significant drop in performance. I would check to see if DSL is available in your area. When DSL becomes widespread, cable is dead.

[ktwebb]

Yoda, although a bad NIC may be to blame it is very doubtful. If you have seen your data rate drop significantly lately, you might want to consider that you share a segment with your neighbors with cable net access. If more of your neighbors just signed up or are using their net access more while you are online you will see a significant drop in performance. I would check to see if DSL is available in your area. When DSL becomes widespread, cable is dead.

[ktwebb]

Yoda, although a bad NIC may be to blame it is very doubtful. If you have seen your data rate drop significantly lately, you might want to consider that you share a segment with your neighbors with cable net access. If more of your neighbors just signed up or are using their net access more while you are online you will see a significant drop in performance. I would check to see if DSL is available in your area. When DSL becomes widespread, cable is dead.

[ktwebb]

Yoda, although a bad NIC may be to blame it is very doubtful. If you have seen your data rate drop significantly lately, you might want to consider that you share a segment with your neighbors with cable net access. If more of your neighbors just signed up or are using their net access more while you are online you will see a significant drop in performance. I would check to see if DSL is available in your area. When DSL becomes widespread, cable is dead.