Speed up that cable...

Warpy · Feb 24, 2004, 09:42 PM

Best tweaker for cable i have found is:

tweakxp 3.02. Whast your best cable opimiser?

mkk · Feb 25, 2004, 11:03 AM

I have spent many hours digging into registry settings related to networking/broadband optimization. The more time I've spent the more I've begun to realise the oh so boring truth that Windows XP handles by far most things automatically just right (or right enough) with close to no manual tweaking necessary on any normally behaving broadband connection.

I used to use the little tweak tool found at www.speedguide.net, but after a while I started to realise that it too does tweak more things than is really necessary. It also handles a setting called TcpWindowSize in a bit of a lazy manner.

The only tweak that really helps me right now and that I know would help most users is to increase the MaxConnectionsPerServer registry setting (XP/2000) above the default value of 2. That affects how many files can be downloaded from a web page simultaneously, affecting browsing as well as and web downloading efficiency. It has no effect on separate downloader tools or any other part of your internet useage. I've picked the value of 9 but anyone might want to experiment with different numbers. Too high a number might actually slow down browsing if the connection cannot keep up, or the web server you are browsing to as well for that manner.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000009

There is one other setting that I know could help speedy connections and that is the previously mentioned TcpWindowSize registry setting(also called RWIN). But it's a bit hairier than just changing a setting to any given number. For those who don't mind getting their hands dirty I recommend reading up on it on a good info site like dslreports tweaking FAQ's. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/tweaks/5.%20RWIN On my connection that is 2Mbit on a good day, the default value works just fine. But I guess that people with crazy 10Mbit connections or otherwise special cases might well want to look into this. That is, at least if they are oftenly doing heavy downloading of some kind. To most regular broadband users I would recommend not touching this setting at all.

At least for Windows XP I nowadays look at any broadband tweaking tool with great suspicion.

Warpy · Feb 25, 2004, 10:07 PM

Thanks for your input, that was a good read.

mau108 · Mar 8, 2004, 04:26 AM

actually speedguides tweak is kinda outdated

use dslreports' drtcp (http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html)

post a tweak test and ill help you figure out the numbers

http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

Feb 24, 2004, 09:42 PM	#1
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	Speed up that cable... Best tweaker for cable i have found is: tweakxp 3.02. Whast your best cable opimiser? __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Feb 25, 2004, 10:07 PM	Thread Starter #3
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for your input, that was a good read. __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Feb 25, 2004, 11:03 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,487 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	I have spent many hours digging into registry settings related to networking/broadband optimization. The more time I've spent the more I've begun to realise the oh so boring truth that Windows XP handles by far most things automatically just right (or right enough) with close to no manual tweaking necessary on any normally behaving broadband connection. I used to use the little tweak tool found at www.speedguide.net, but after a while I started to realise that it too does tweak more things than is really necessary. It also handles a setting called TcpWindowSize in a bit of a lazy manner. The only tweak that really helps me right now and that I know would help most users is to increase the MaxConnectionsPerServer registry setting (XP/2000) above the default value of 2. That affects how many files can be downloaded from a web page simultaneously, affecting browsing as well as and web downloading efficiency. It has no effect on separate downloader tools or any other part of your internet useage. I've picked the value of 9 but anyone might want to experiment with different numbers. Too high a number might actually slow down browsing if the connection cannot keep up, or the web server you are browsing to as well for that manner. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000009 There is one other setting that I know could help speedy connections and that is the previously mentioned TcpWindowSize registry setting(also called RWIN). But it's a bit hairier than just changing a setting to any given number. For those who don't mind getting their hands dirty I recommend reading up on it on a good info site like dslreports tweaking FAQ's. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/tweaks/5.%20RWIN On my connection that is 2Mbit on a good day, the default value works just fine. But I guess that people with crazy 10Mbit connections or otherwise special cases might well want to look into this. That is, at least if they are oftenly doing heavy downloading of some kind. To most regular broadband users I would recommend not touching this setting at all. At least for Windows XP I nowadays look at any broadband tweaking tool with great suspicion.

Mar 8, 2004, 04:26 AM	#4
mau108 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	actually speedguides tweak is kinda outdated use dslreports' drtcp (http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html) post a tweak test and ill help you figure out the numbers http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks