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Slow internet connection
My w98 system has a 100Mb/s nic which when connected to a Wxp system runs at
80+ Mb/s. When connected to the internet it runs at 4+ Mb/s, the xp system runs at 16+ Mb/s. Swapping cables and router sockets brings no change. How can i increase the speed of the w98 system? |
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My w98 system has a 100Mb/s nic which when connected to a Wxp system runs at 80+ Mb/s. When connected to the internet it runs at 4+ Mb/s, the xp system runs at 16+ Mb/s. Swapping cables and router sockets brings no change. How can i increase the speed of the w98 system? The older OSes sometimes benefit from "tuning", because they didn't have proper provision for delay-bandwidth product. http://www.psc.edu/index.php/networking/641-tcp-tune http://www.dslreports.com/faq/578 There are a few more web pages like that, with tuneup info. ******* You should also draw us a small diagram, showing the setup. Something like this. Motorola_Cable_Modem --- DLink router -------- Win98 RealTek 8139 NIC Model 1234 100BT Model 5678 -------- WinXP Marvell 88E8056 NIC Knowing the details, may eliminate a few possibilities. For example, some NICs are known to not work well. A few NICs, they don't use a ring buffer, and have static buffering, and such NICs are referred to as "low performance" type. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realtek "one device driver file goes as far as calling the 8139 Fast Ethernet card "probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made", noting that "the RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' " It's nice if you can throw in a few details, to spice up the post. I expect all you really need, is one of those tuneup tools. Paul |
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Paul wrote in message ... tom wrote: My w98 system has a 100Mb/s nic which when connected to a Wxp system runs at 80+ Mb/s. When connected to the internet it runs at 4+ Mb/s, the xp system runs at 16+ Mb/s. Swapping cables and router sockets brings no change. How can i increase the speed of the w98 system? The older OSes sometimes benefit from "tuning", because they didn't have proper provision for delay-bandwidth product. http://www.psc.edu/index.php/networking/641-tcp-tune http://www.dslreports.com/faq/578 There are a few more web pages like that, with tuneup info. ******* You should also draw us a small diagram, showing the setup. Something like this. Motorola_Cable_Modem --- DLink router -------- Win98 RealTek 8139 NIC Model 1234 100BT Model 5678 -------- WinXP Marvell 88E8056 NIC Knowing the details, may eliminate a few possibilities. For example, some NICs are known to not work well. A few NICs, they don't use a ring buffer, and have static buffering, and such NICs are referred to as "low performance" type. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realtek "one device driver file goes as far as calling the 8139 Fast Ethernet card "probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made", noting that "the RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' " It's nice if you can throw in a few details, to spice up the post. I expect all you really need, is one of those tuneup tools. Paul Thanks Paul It was the RWin setting . I used DRTCP to change that to greatly increase the download speed RWIN = 8760 = ~3.8Mb/s RWIN = 17520 = ~ 5.8Mb/s RWIN = 32767 = ~ 8.5Mb/s RWIN = 65535 = ~ 11.5Mb/s That'll do for me. Tom |
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