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June 11th, 2006, 03:56 AM
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How to check connection speed
Hi,
How can I check acctual speed of my internet connection? I have upgraded from dial up to ADSL broadband 256K, but the speed is ridiculously low, the broadband status box says speed 10 Mbps. Is it my setup or its ISP what limits the speed? I run Windows XP Pro and have NetComm NB1300 modem (bought as the part of the deal from the ISP). Thanks for your help. 
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June 11th, 2006, 06:17 AM
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It should be closer to 100, you must not have it configured right.
Start | Control Panel | Network Connections, then double click your ISP ICON is it showing 10mbps? Are you using a built in Network card (built into the motherboard) or a stand alone Network card, if so do you know if it is a 10/100 card??
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#3
June 11th, 2006, 12:22 PM
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Thanks Murf for quick reply,
the speed on the network connection message box shows 10 Mbps. I have NetComm 1300 ADSL modem pluged into USB hub, I do not have any network card. The PC has Pentium II CPU, Windows XP and 384 Mb RAM - the PC is used only for Internet. Thanks, Zdenek
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#4
June 11th, 2006, 01:19 PM
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To just check what speed you are getting try an on-line scanner such as :
http://www.zdnet.com.au/broadband/speedtest.htm
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June 12th, 2006, 01:18 AM
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Excellent tip Wizard,
the test gave me 215 Kbps, which is nearly correct - 256 K expected. Probably nothing I can do to improve this situation. Not much difference from my old dial up - except of the price. Thanks for your help. Regards, Zdenek
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#6
June 12th, 2006, 01:30 AM
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You may achieve higher speeds at off peak times .... try the test again as it will vary dependant on how many folk are sharing the service etc.
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#7
June 12th, 2006, 01:41 AM
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Maybe you need a little tweaking for your connection.
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks
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#8
June 12th, 2006, 04:59 AM
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Thanks for your help,
I tried the tweek test and the recommendation is: -Change MTU to 1500 -Choose RWIN between 5728 and 7160 -Target unpingable Changing MTU and RWIN will certainly help, but i do not expect improvement to 100 Mbps. I think it is the USB which is the weakest link. I have another computer connected to this one through FireWire (1394 card) and the speed on this connection is 400 Mbps. Thanks again I will try to change the MTU and RWIN to recommendation. Regards, Zdenek
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#9
June 12th, 2006, 08:02 AM
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It doesn't matter if your ADSL modem uses only 10Mbps. This is because there's no point using 100Mbps, as 10Mbps is already many times faster than your possible internet speed anyway (modem-to-PC connection is 10Mbps/10,240Kbps, modem-to-internet connection is 0.25Mbps/256Kbps).
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