hey guys. i recently got a router and it made my surfing speed noticeably slower, so i came here to try to tweak my connection. i have cable, and the package is 3000 Kbps downstream and 368 Kbps upstream. i installed cablenut, and i used vanburen's Cable and DSL 3000 and 384. when i tested my download speed again, after i restarted my computer and powercycled my modem, it was slower than before. however, the upload speed stayed the same as it was before. help me tweak my connection  

1. windows xp professional
2. roadrunner cable, 3000 kbs down/368 kbs up
3. cablenut with vanburens cable & dsl 3000 and 384
4. 2826 Kbps on testmy.net

If anythign the router should boost your speed. Because routers are a relay, it keeps boosting the connection. Im using the linksys wireless b router right now (wired, of course) and get about 3.3 mb/s. When i connect directly to the modem i get about 2.9.  Their realy isnt anythign worth tweaking in the router settings, unless you can find the maxMTU option, in which case you should set it to `1500.  Thats about it

what kind of router is it

Hey deviations and welcome to the forum

run this test and post result URL here so i can see it.

http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

if you have software firewall disable it during test so test can ping you
VanBuren

what u guys say

http//ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block3c6798a?service=cable&speed=750&os=winXP&via=normal

for a 750KB cable connection

Lmao, invade your topic?

Anyway, you're getting well over 90% of your advertised speed from testmy.net, so you're alright numbers wise. As for the slow browsing, is that perhaps an RWIN value issue? You could also have major packet loss at one of your first hops for some reason.

well, i just tried your 2000 and 384 settings and the only thing i noticted was a 50 kb speed drop in the test =( i think that the reason that my browsing is slow is because of this download manager i use, internet download manager. i got it from download.com, and it had 94% positive reviews. the negative reviews stated that it caused major lag and slowdown on your computer and while browsing, so maybe thats the culprit, i uninstalled it and still my computer is slow at browsing, so maybe ill just be better off reformatting my c: and seeing it that helps.

wow, i called netgear and i figured out what was wrong. they told me to change the MTU to "1492" instead of 1500 and now all the speeds are back to normal. thanks for all your help guys, and thanks van for your nice tweaks