Cable finally came to my area recently, and I want to get the most out of it that I can.  I know I don't have any serious problems,  but that doesn't mean it can't get a little better.

1.  Windows XP Professional with SP2 integrated

2.  Adelphia PowerLink,  3000Kbps/256Kbps

3.  Currently have Cablenut with VanBuren's  v3 3000/256 tweaks installed.  I have numbers for without the tweaks as well as with.

(No tweaks)
http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:4db3f03?service=cable&speed=3000&os=winXP&via=normal

(3000/256 tweaks)
http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:27545ea?service=cable&speed=3000&os=winXP&via=normal


4. With no tweaks


testmy.net

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 2784 Kbps about 2.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)
Download Speed is:: 340 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 11:43 PM GMT
Bottom Line:: 50X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.01 sec
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=SZD3894CJ

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 211 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)
Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Thu Jan 27th 2005 11:46 PM GMT
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 39.38 sec
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=IFPUJ7TGV


http://nitro.ucsc.edu/

click START to re-test
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 223.01kB/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 2.70Mb/s
The slowest link in the end-to-end path is a 10 Mbps Ethernet subnet
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link


Tracert

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\JEFFRE~1>tracert testmy.net

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    32 ms    10 ms    11 ms  67-21-158-1.chvlva.adelphia.net [67.21.158.1]
  2     9 ms    15 ms    12 ms  69-161-20-177.chvlva.adelphia.net [69.161.20.177
]
  3     9 ms    11 ms    11 ms  69-161-20-129.chvlva.adelphia.net [69.161.20.129
]
  4    27 ms    30 ms    25 ms  69-161-20-125.chvlva.adelphia.net [69.161.20.125
]
  5    22 ms    21 ms    24 ms  unk-426d0eb9.adelphiacom.net [66.109.14.185]
  6    28 ms    19 ms    24 ms  g1-03-03-00.a0.cho00.adelphiacom.net [66.109.1.1
62]
  7    42 ms    39 ms    43 ms  p3-00-01-00.c0.atl90.adelphiacom.net [66.109.0.1
05]
  8    62 ms    58 ms    55 ms  p3-00-01-00.c1.dfw91.adelphiacom.net [66.109.0.1
7]
  9    60 ms    64 ms    59 ms  g1-03-02-00.p0.dfw91.adelphiacom.net [66.109.3.7
8]
 10    61 ms    59 ms    59 ms  eq-dallas-1000M.theplanet.com [206.223.118.3]
 11    61 ms    63 ms    59 ms  dist-vlan32.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.62]
 12    57 ms    59 ms    60 ms  dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.76]
 13    58 ms    64 ms    59 ms  dsr2-1-v2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.39]
 14    61 ms    59 ms    59 ms  gig1-0-2.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.
116.86]
 15    64 ms    60 ms    59 ms  6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6]

Trace complete.



Also with the cablenut v3  3000/256 tweaks

testmy.net

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 2663 Kbps about 2.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)
Download Speed is:: 325 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Fri Jan 28th 2005 12:03 AM GMT
Bottom Line:: 48X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.15 sec
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=IDVM4A00G

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 217 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)
Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Fri Jan 28th 2005 12:06 AM GMT
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 39.38 sec
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=E0XRDF8IZ


http://nitro.ucsc.edu/

Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 244.29kB/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 2.69Mb/s
The slowest link in the end-to-end path is a 10 Mbps Ethernet subnet
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link


Tracert

  1    14 ms    11 ms    11 ms  67-21-158-1.chvlva.adelphia.net [67.21.158.1]
  2     9 ms    15 ms    11 ms  69-161-20-177.chvlva.adelphia.net [69.161.20.177
]
  3    13 ms    11 ms    13 ms  69-161-20-129.chvlva.adelphia.net [69.161.20.129
]
  4    25 ms    22 ms    23 ms  69-161-20-125.chvlva.adelphia.net [69.161.20.125
]
  5    24 ms    27 ms    27 ms  unk-426d0eb9.adelphiacom.net [66.109.14.185]
  6    26 ms    25 ms    29 ms  g1-03-03-00.a0.cho00.adelphiacom.net [66.109.1.1
62]
  7    36 ms    43 ms    39 ms  p3-00-01-00.c0.atl90.adelphiacom.net [66.109.0.1
05]
  8    62 ms    60 ms    58 ms  p3-00-01-00.c1.dfw91.adelphiacom.net [66.109.0.1
7]
  9    59 ms    63 ms   104 ms  g1-03-02-00.p0.dfw91.adelphiacom.net [66.109.3.7
8]
 10    64 ms    60 ms    61 ms  eq-dallas-1000M.theplanet.com [206.223.118.3]
 11    67 ms    57 ms    63 ms  dist-vlan32.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.62]
 12    65 ms    59 ms    60 ms  dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.76]
 13    64 ms    60 ms    59 ms  dsr2-1-v2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.39]
 14    61 ms    60 ms    59 ms  gig1-0-2.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.
116.86]
 15    64 ms    63 ms    61 ms  6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6]

Trace complete.


Hopefully that helps.   Like I said I'm not expecting too much more.  I just want to get everything out of it that I can.  Thanks a lot.

Jeff

hey Jeff and welcome to the forum

if you connect your pc direct to the modem, leave the duplex setting at default usally works very well.

however you can try to force 10 Mbps halfduplex

quote from http://dslnuts.com/tips_tricks.shtml

"Windows 2000 or XP: to change to half-duplex:

* Open Control Panel.
* Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections.
* Identify the icon for your cable modem connection: usually Local Area Connection.
* Right-click that icon and select Properties.
* Under the ethernet adapter icon, click the button Configure.
* Click the tab Advanced to bring it to the front:
* In the Property box, the property name to be selected varies according to model of ethernet card. Examples are: Network Link Selection, Media Type, Connection Type, Duplex Mode, or any similarly-named property which can have Values looking like Auto-Negotiation, or 10BT, or 10BaseT.
* In the Value box, select a value which either (a) explicitly says half-duplex or semi-duplex, or (b) at least does not say full-duplex [e.g. 10BaseT on its own is OK]. If there is a choice between 10 and 100 with half-duplex, choose the 10. Do not choose 10Base5, 10Base2, or AUI.
* Click OK to exit the Adapter settings.
* Click OK to exit the Connection properties. "

downloa dthis file i attach and unzip it to C:\Program\Cablenut

now open cablenut adjuster, click delete cablenut tweaks and click save to registry

in top left corner click file, click load custom setting, browse to C:\Program\Cablenut and dubbleclick on the file you unzipped

now click save to registry and reboot, also reboot your modem and router for 30 seconds

make speedtest and that Nitro test, copy all text you find including more info and make a new post

VanBuren

you have some re transmissions

quote "Web100 reports the Round trip time = 175.23 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and
There were 18 packets retransmitted, 466 duplicate acks received, and 87 SACK blocks received"

you need to finetune TcpWindowSize and GlobalMaxTcpWindowsize

check this post how to do...

http://testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=1989.msg19795#msg19795

your MSS is 1460

your Bandwidth is 3 Mbps = 375 kB/s

try diffrent latency i would suggest to go lower and see if the re transmissions in Nitrotest decrease

the tweakfile using 250 ms but i would suggest 220 ms  first

VanBuren

One more thing that I didn't do.  I didn't give the detailed stats from the nitro test with no tweaks, so this is is.  No packet loss, but I don't know how to fix the ordering and the receive buffer.


   ------  Client System Details  ------
OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1
Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.5.0

   ------  Web100 Detailed Analysis  ------
10 Mbps Ethernet link found.
Link set to Full Duplex mode
No network congestion discovered.
Good network cable(s) found
Normal duplex operation found.

Web100 reports the Round trip time = 178.40 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and
No packet loss - but packets arrived out-of-order 35.58% of the time
This connection is receiver limited 88.39% of the time.
  Increasing the current receive buffer (63.0 KB) will improve performance
This connection is network limited 11.55% of the time.
  Contact your local network admin and report excessive packet reordering

    Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to:
RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON
RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: OFF
Packet size is preserved End-to-End
Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End
Client IP addresses are preserved End-to-End

Justin is right, there is not much left to do, and you can try increasing DefaultSendWindow i suggest 47104

good luck

VanBuren