New to "TWEAKING".  I'm have less than optimal results.  I'm looking for settings for Cox.net (in Las Vegas)  I'm supposed to be getting 4meg down and 256 up.  I'm lucky to get 1 meg down from testmy.net

All tips will be well appreciated

Thanks

These guys may shoot me. With dsl if that is what you have xp by default is pretty tweaked out. I have tried all the methods and by far the best settings for me is default. Just some thoughts......have a nice day

call Cox, your problems have nothing to do with tweaking.

Well you left that part out conveniently..

always test your speeds to different places..

one slow site does not a bad connect make..

try dslreports tests..

also I use toast.net..

If they are all slow its you ..

if some are slow its THEM

Could it be a virus or spyware? I recomend startup inspector. Run it hit consult and see what happens. Google starup inspector. Its free. Check for virus as well. Maybey an online test. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/. Hope that helps. Sounds to me like spyware problems.

hey Spooner and welcome to the forum

follow these steps and post again http://testmy.net/topic-2097

VanBuren

1. What OS are you running, ex win 98, win xp, if you have XP make sure you have SP2 installed! Also download the p2p fix for SP2 here http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497
2. What service do you have, what is the advertised speed for download/upload.
3. What tweakprograms you already got installed, and run this test http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks  copy and paste result URL  adress in your post!
4. What speed do you have against www.testmy.net and http://nitro.ucsc.edu/  also make a tracert, go to start-run type command and hit enter, type tracert testmy.net and hit enter, right click copy all and paste it in your post.
5. Under your LAN connection - properties - general tab, uninstall all the protocols there that you do not need.
6. Open Internet Explorer and select tools - internet options - connections -
LAN settings, make sure nothing there is checked.
7. Connect your modem via ethernet (NIC) and make sure you have the latest drivers for your NIC. Set your NIC duplex mode to 10mb half duplex for Cable, for DSL it depend on the ISP service unless you are using a router, if so then set it to 100mb full duplex for both Cable & DSL. If you are using a router make sure you have the latest firmware.
8. Power cycle your modem, unplug it for atleast 30 seconds.
9. Download and update then do a scan with SpyBot http://beam.to/spybotsd and Ad Aware http://www.lavasoft.com/support/download to remove any spyware
10. ZoneAlarm firewall has known problems with dropping speed, i suggest to uninstall it and compare speed
11. Install Outpost Firewall http://www.agnitum.com\ or Sygate Firewall http://www.sygate.com/
12. Scan for viruses with your antivirus app, if you do not have one get one, AVG is great http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
13. Make sure you have ALL of the latest Windows Updates
14. Download and run CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/

Yea...my Cox.net test (test.lvcm.com) always shows 2+ times faster than anything I ever get at testmy.net or DSLreports


...anyone have any thoughts.  I did everything Van-B said......Nothing has improved consistently.  My max at testmy.net has been around 2meg download.  I should be getting 4 at peaks