barber_782 0 Posted August 23, 2004 bold textHI ALL I have a 1mb dsl internet connection using a D-Link router: 1 ethernet cable from the router to my dads laptop, and another cable running to my personal PC using a ethernet to USB convertor. Anyway... For a 1mb line it only goes at 50kbs download speed on explorer and bittorrent downloads. (winXP) at the buttom of the screen (taskbar) its says the connection icon which says: Local area connection, Speed: 100.0mbps. However it doesnt perform at this. It downloads like a 576kbs line (I know because my brother has his own broadband) also, when I take the firewall off its makes another connection icon appear next to the other one saying: internet connection 576.0kbs. I know that if someone was using the other machine then it would split the connection, but it still splits it anyway. I typed my IP address in the internet explorer address bar to get the router settings but couldn't work out what I was looking at. Does anyone have any ideas? Is there a way to get the full connection by configuring the router settings? Pleaze help me as iv been looking 4 months on this problem, Thx Share this post Link to post
thatsteveguy 0 Posted August 23, 2004 Most ISP's have blocked ports associated with bit torrent. and in most cases they cap the downloads on those ports. check with your ISP to see if they are doing that and if so then you need to change the ports you are using from within torrent itself S Share this post Link to post
Sampson 0 Posted August 24, 2004 Why do you have an ethernet to USB connection to your computer? I know the easy answer is that your computer doesn't have an ethernet card. Does your Dad's laptop show the same problem in downloading since his is a straight ethernet connection. Actually, the router doesn't split the signal into halves. It is a time sharing thing. It maximizes throughput based upon usage. Most of the time you should get more than half. If you connect the DSL modem up to your computer directly (most of them have both USB/ethernet connections) do you have the same problem? If you hook your DSL modem up to your Dad's computer directly, does it do the same as yours? The firewall you are speaking of - is it Microsoft's? If it isn't, you do have to configure it to give an IP address to get out to the internet. Anyway, after all of these musings, if it were me, I would slap an ethernet card into your machine and hook this to the Router. Behind a router, you are relatively safe from random pingings, so I would disable the firewall to see if I could download a little faster. I would then go to DSL reports - http://www.dslreports.com/ and choose from the menu on the left the Tests and Tools to have it analyze through its Tweak Test to see if you have your Windows is really set up for broadband. Share this post Link to post
barber_782 0 Posted August 24, 2004 hi 1. Could it be the Ethernet - usb device 'Transfer settings'? 2. how much is a ethernet card? (my dad has one on this laptop) 3. heres the results for the speed test: speed : 428369 bps, or 418 kbps A 52.2 KB/sec transfer rate Your upload speed : 241883 bps, or 236 kbps _________________________________________ there!! any ideas? tweak scan: 1. Your Tweakable Settings: Receive Window (RWIN): 64240 Window Scaling: off Path MTU Discovery: ON RFC1323 Window Scaling: OFF RFC1323 Time Stamping: OFF Selective Acks: OFF MSS requested: 1460 TTL: unknown TTL remaining: 110 2. Test 146000 byte download Actual data bytes sent: 146000 Actual data packets: 100 Max packet sent (MTU): 1500 Max packet recd (MTU): 1500 Retransmitted data packets: 0 sacks you sent: pushed data pkts: 5 data transmit time: 1.708 secs our max idletime: 135.9 ms transfer rate: 47179 bytes/sec transfer rate: 377 kbits/sec This is not a speed test! transfer efficiency: 100% 3. ICMP (ping) check Trial ping gave errors: Redirect Notes and recommendations: Turn on Selective Acks (FAQ #578) Choose RWIN between 10220 and 26280 (FAQ #586) download/use DRTCP .. (FAQ #578) Read the tweak FAQ Notes and recommendations: Good data stream (no/few rexmits) Share this post Link to post
barber_782 0 Posted August 24, 2004 hi 1. Could it be the Ethernet - usb device 'Transfer settings'? 2. how much is a ethernet card? (my dad has one on this laptop) 3. heres the results for the speed test: speed : 428369 bps, or 418 kbps A 52.2 KB/sec transfer rate Your upload speed : 241883 bps, or 236 kbps _________________________________________ there!! any ideas? tweak scan: 1. Your Tweakable Settings: Receive Window (RWIN): 64240 Window Scaling: off Path MTU Discovery: ON RFC1323 Window Scaling: OFF RFC1323 Time Stamping: OFF Selective Acks: OFF MSS requested: 1460 TTL: unknown TTL remaining: 110 2. Test 146000 byte download Actual data bytes sent: 146000 Actual data packets: 100 Max packet sent (MTU): 1500 Max packet recd (MTU): 1500 Retransmitted data packets: 0 sacks you sent: pushed data pkts: 5 data transmit time: 1.708 secs our max idletime: 135.9 ms transfer rate: 47179 bytes/sec transfer rate: 377 kbits/sec This is not a speed test! transfer efficiency: 100% 3. ICMP (ping) check Trial ping gave errors: Redirect Notes and recommendations: Turn on Selective Acks (FAQ #578) Choose RWIN between 10220 and 26280 (FAQ #586) download/use DRTCP .. (FAQ #578) Read the tweak FAQ Notes and recommendations: Good data stream (no/few rexmits) Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted August 24, 2004 Unfortunately, this might be all that you can get. DSL and cable have their own respective overhead that chews into you bandwidth, and then you have congestion to deal with beyond that. I have used a few different tests for my new DSL line, and even though it's "up to 1.5Mbps", I get about 800Kbps to 1.1Mbps. Here are some other places to hit to get a good idea of what your speed is: McAfee: http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp MSN: http://tech.msn.com/downloads/speedtest.armx And some others listed here: http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_index.html?/main/test-tools.html Share this post Link to post
Sampson 0 Posted August 24, 2004 Clutch may be right. DSL is often dependent on how far your home is from a substation and the "noise" across telephone lines. Still, you should get a higher transfer rate than that; perhaps, as much as three times higher. Does your Dad's machine measure the same in his transfer rates? Since he has an ethernet card, I am interested in seeing if the transfer rate is being affected by the connection between the ethernet output on the router connected to your USB port. The price of an ethernet card is anything from $10.00-$25.00 USD. You can find them cheaper if you search. Share this post Link to post
