My 10Mb connection was constantly very fast it seemed, but today my sister came to stay for a few days away from university.
she asked me if she could use the pc i told her that she could just use her lappy and not downlaod spyware on my machine,  so i hooked it up via ethernet and off she went.... i couldnt help but do a quick speed test and to my amazement she had a constant test result of 9.4Mb......
my machine is now gettting slower..... obviosuly its not the connection because she can achiebve high speeds and my computer is just slow... the max i get is 5mb nothing faster...

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 1131 Kbps about 1.13 Mbps (tested with 20972 kB)
Download Speed is:: 138 kB/s
Tested From:: http://hem.bredband.net
Test Time:: 2006/08/15 - 11:53am
Bottom Line:: 20X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 7.42 sec
Tested from a 20972 kB file and took 151.954 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 36.52 % of your hosts average (co.uk)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-HY6SK70QV
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6
 thats a constant.... what can i do on my computer to speed things us browsing and when downloading....



1. What OS are you running? Windows XP SP2 installed fix still no difference.

2. Who your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is, and what the advertised speed for download/upload is.

isp Blueyonder Cable 10Mb Down 356Up

3. What tweaking programs you already have installed, and run this test.  Copy all text and paste it in your post! For security reasons, blank out your IP #.
TCP options string = 0204058601010402
MTU = 1454
MTU sometimes used in PPPoA applications. If not, consider increasing your MTU to 1500 for better throughput. If you are using a router, it could be limiting your MTU regardless of Registry settings.
MSS = 1414
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1414, which equals MSS.
Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 65535
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 65535

Note: TCP 1323 Options need to be enabled for RWIN over 2^16 (65535). Windows 9x might also need the MS Vtcp386 fix.
For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS.
Other RWIN values that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
520352 (MSS x 46 * scale factor of
260176 (MSS x 46 * scale factor of 4)
130088 (MSS x 46 * scale factor of 2)
 65044 (MSS x 46)
bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test):

Your TCP Window limits you to: 2621.4 Kbps (327.675 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your TCP Window limits you to: 1048.56 Kbps (131.07 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 121 hops
TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)

4. TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 360.44kB/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.69Mb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

click START to re-test



WEB100 Kernel Variables:
Client: localhost/127.0.0.1
AckPktsIn: 827
AckPktsOut: 0
BytesRetrans: 9898
CongAvoid: 499
CongestionOverCount: 0
CongestionSignals: 2
CountRTT: 739
CurCwnd: 31108
CurMSS: 1414
CurRTO: 410
CurRwinRcvd: 65535
CurRwinSent: 16304
CurSsthresh: 25452
DSACKDups: 0
DataBytesIn: 0
DataBytesOut: 2171904
DataPktsIn: 0
DataPktsOut: 1536
DupAcksIn: 85
ECNEnabled: 0
FastRetran: 2
MaxCwnd: 66458
MaxMSS: 1414
MaxRTO: 510
MaxRTT: 330
MaxRwinRcvd: 65535
MaxRwinSent: 16304
MaxSsthresh: 32522
MinMSS: 1414
MinRTO: 390
MinRTT: 160
MinRwinRcvd: 65535
MinRwinSent: 16304
NagleEnabled: 1
OtherReductions: 0
PktsIn: 827
PktsOut: 1536
PktsRetrans: 7
X_Rcvbuf: 103424
RcvWinScale: 2147483647
SACKEnabled: 3
SACKsRcvd: 90
SendStall: 0
SlowStart: 74
SampleRTT: 170
SmoothedRTT: 180
X_Sndbuf: 103424
SndWinScale: 2147483647
SndLimTimeRwin: 1417422
SndLimTimeCwnd: 8731901
SndLimTimeSender: 3671
SndLimTransRwin: 1
SndLimTransCwnd: 2
SndLimTransSender: 1
SndLimBytesRwin: 439754
SndLimBytesCwnd: 1732150
SndLimBytesSender: 0
SubsequentTimeouts: 0
SumRTT: 131800
Timeouts: 0
TimestampsEnabled: 0
WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647
WinScaleSent: 2147483647
DupAcksOut: 0
StartTimeUsec: 543572
Duration: 10155706
c2sData: 2
c2sAck: 2
s2cData: 9
s2cAck: 3
half_duplex: 0
link: 100
congestion: 0
bad_cable: 0
mismatch: 0
spd: 0.00
bw: 1.68
loss: 0.001302083
avgrtt: 178.35
waitsec: 0.00
timesec: 10.00
order: 0.1028
rwintime: 0.1396
sendtime: 0.0004
cwndtime: 0.8600
rwin: 0.5000
swin: 0.7891
cwin: 0.5070
rttsec: 0.178349
Sndbuf: 103424
aspd: 4.94492

Checking for mismatch on uplink
   (speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.36<5]
   (rwintime > .9) [0.13>.9], (loss < .01) [0.00<.01]
Checking for excessive errors condition
   (loss/sec > .15) [1.30>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.86>.6],
   (loss < .01) [0.00<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [32522>0]
Checking for 10 Mbps link
   (speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0]
   (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.36<9.5] (loss < .01) [0.00<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for Wireless link
   (sendtime = 0) [4.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5]
   (Estimate > 50 [1.68>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.13>.90]
    (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/2=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link
   (speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0]
    (SendTime = 0) [4.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for half-duplex condition
   (rwintime > .95) [0.13>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30],
    (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10]
Checking for congestion
   (cwndtime > .02) [0.86>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0]
   (MaxSsthresh > 0) [32522>0]

estimate = 1.68 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 178.35msec, and loss = 0.001302083
The theoretical network limit is 1.68 Mbps
The NDT server has a 101.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 4.42 Mbps
Your PC/Workstation has a 63.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 2.80 Mbps
The network based flow control limits the throughput to 2.84 Mbps

Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1'
Server Data reports link is '10 Gig', Server Acks report link is 'Ethernet'

5. done this

6. thats fine

7. all ok, just updated drivers

8. done that

9. yep tried that too.

10. dont use zonealarm

11. i use standard antivirus and firewall provided by isp.

12. scan and everyting is ok.

13. widnows updates are all uptodate now!

14. wow! great tool, had it for ages and use it frequently

15. whih should i use.

16. dunno what to do here

simile

fogot to mention she uses Media Center Edition and i Have XP. she has 1GB Ram i have 512Mb...

her computer is probally just tweaked better, what have you done to tweak your connection.

you should try tweking your computer with tcp optimazer, or cablenut, you can get faster then that.

ya, how come i cant ping testmy.net or any other places, it just says this

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping www.testmy.net

Pinging www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

quick setting change with tcp optimizer and i got this....
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 7636 Kbps about 7.64 Mbps (tested with 20972 kB)
Download Speed is:: 932 kB/s
Tested From:: http://hem.bredband.net
Test Time:: 2006/08/15 - 12:37pm
Bottom Line:: 133X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.1 sec
Tested from a 20972 kB file and took 22.5 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 146.24 % faster than the average for host (co.uk)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-VWBF1IAT4
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)


shwoing signs of improvement but what settings should i be putting in, in this app....

it dosesnt have an 10mb option only Kbps..... so it should be 12000Kbps right.......

it would have to be that vans mirror is just slow for you. but that speed there would be your real speed. so your ok.