Getting the Most out of my Connection

[FamousPker49]

Im guessing, that this would be the right forum to ask, how do I increase my download speed, for anything that I download, for example when I use limewire, load videos off the internet (Youtube), Internet Explorer downloads, etc.. I know my computer can download much faster than it does, becuz when I dl something with the IE it starts out at a desirable rate, but then slows to around 30 KB/S quite rapidly. Is there anything that can be done to juice my connection for all the KB its got?

 

[Xarwin]

Well, what about buying a better connection? <.<
lol

Edit :
Google 'Increasing your connection'.

http://www.final4ever.com/showthread.php?t=6213

 

[FamousPker49]

Faster connection BOO lol
I did this before, but it did not really speed up dl's so much

 

[MindWorX]

You know... When you click a link, it immediately starts downloading, then once you select a destination, it'll show the download dialog, that means, depending on how slow you were at choosing a destination, i might've downloaded like 1mb, and it thinks it did it in a few seconds, hence it shows a high speed, which is fake.

 

[FamousPker49]

 

[MindWorX]

265Kbit = 33KByte, so it seems the download you're getting is exactly what you should expect.

 

[FamousPker49]

Orly?
that blows...
Maybe I should get a faster connection

 

[Mini-Me]

Looks allright .

 

[MindWorX]

I might as well be a smartass when others are too

Mmmm... Upload speed

 

[Unscrewed_Magic]

Do you use an Intel processor?

 

[FamousPker49]

Thanks for being smartass' now you should get me better connection

 

[skrab]

you know that Microsoft uses 20% of your Bandwidth for his updates. (if you use WINDOWS XP PRO)
ok how to take back 20% of your Bandwidth from Windows XP

Click Start / Run

Type: gpedit.msc
This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:

Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Network / QOS Packet Scheduler / Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the ‘Explain’ tab:

“By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default.”

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

 

[DesKaladA]

Also Vista is not a bandwith pig like xp it will only start downloading updates eather

1. when i tell it to
   \
2. the sustem idels

 

[skrab]

Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

 

[Unscrewed_Magic]

This can increase the preformance of your bus:
www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa
www.intel.com/support/chipsets/inf/sb/cs-009266.htm

I am guessing that your connection is slowing down because your bus can not handle the mass amount of data being shoved at it.

 

[GST_Nemisis]

i know a couple of tricks for azureus if you use it.

 

[FamousPker49]

Also, Unscrewed I am not sure how this helps me, I got it to identify my chip, but am not sure where to go with it now

 

[robot-dude]

I suggest if you are just using a pc for gaming.

Get a internet connection with either 6mb - 200mb

Mine used to be ntl : broadband internet 10mb (unlimited Downloads).... but when virgin tuke over they changed it to 4mb.... so i am quite annoyed.