WyverexAuctor
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Well as a new member to this forum I thought it might be prudent of me to contribute to the community that exists here, therefore I have written this little guide to help everyone attain download and upload speeds at what they should be!
PREAMBLE
Many people these days don't get anywhere near the download speeds that the I.S.P says they provide, for example you may have a 10mbps (megabits per second) connection and the best you can get out of it is around about 6mbps.
Well it might be surprising for most of you but it's actually not always your internet providers fault that speeds are so slow, as not too many people know - Windows XP's built-in networking settings are very inefficient as they are generic and meant for all internet connections (not your specific connection)!
However there are ways to tweak your connection into running at close to if not at your maximum possible download speed!
First might I recommend that you visit SpeedTest and test your connection to test your current speed.
CableNut optimiser
First of all I recommend that you download CableNut. Cablenut is a program that tweaks the internet settings of your computer by modifying the registry you can get it here:
http://www.docsdownloads.com/download/cablenut408.exe
CableNut custom speed files
Second of all you will need one of the attachments I have included with this thread, use whichever corresponds to your connection speed, these are optimisation files which correspond to the speeds i've labelled them as. I made them for virgin Media users but they will work elsewhere as long as the speed corresponds to your own.
Please note that these custom connection speed files WILL work with your ISP as long as the speed is the same as the file's labelled speed.
Feel free to request custom speeds according to your speed tariff and your ISP and I'll be glad to make them for you and add them to this main post! All you need to do is tell me what your download speed is supposed to be, what type of connection it is (ADSL, Cable or Satellite) and I'll see what I can cook up.
How to use CableNut
Using cablenut is very straight forward; all you need to do once you've installed it all and you have the program running is click on " file > open custom ccs file " and open the appropriate file I have attached with this post (if your on virgin media with a 10mbit connection choose that file) and then once it opens in cablenut click on "save to registry"
Thats it!
Reboot your system and enjoy your tweaked speeds!
after you reboot your system I recommend that you visit SpeedTest again and test out your new speed to see if you notice an increase, if you do give yourself a pat on the back and enjoy your nice better speed.
I give credit to Van Burren as I based my config files upon his. VanBuren testmy.net Cablenut settings (04/05/2007)
I hope this is in the right area of the forum, if not could a moderator move it please?
My own results:
PREAMBLE
Many people these days don't get anywhere near the download speeds that the I.S.P says they provide, for example you may have a 10mbps (megabits per second) connection and the best you can get out of it is around about 6mbps.
Well it might be surprising for most of you but it's actually not always your internet providers fault that speeds are so slow, as not too many people know - Windows XP's built-in networking settings are very inefficient as they are generic and meant for all internet connections (not your specific connection)!
However there are ways to tweak your connection into running at close to if not at your maximum possible download speed!
First might I recommend that you visit SpeedTest and test your connection to test your current speed.
CableNut optimiser
First of all I recommend that you download CableNut. Cablenut is a program that tweaks the internet settings of your computer by modifying the registry you can get it here:
http://www.docsdownloads.com/download/cablenut408.exe
CableNut custom speed files
Second of all you will need one of the attachments I have included with this thread, use whichever corresponds to your connection speed, these are optimisation files which correspond to the speeds i've labelled them as. I made them for virgin Media users but they will work elsewhere as long as the speed corresponds to your own.
Please note that these custom connection speed files WILL work with your ISP as long as the speed is the same as the file's labelled speed.
Feel free to request custom speeds according to your speed tariff and your ISP and I'll be glad to make them for you and add them to this main post! All you need to do is tell me what your download speed is supposed to be, what type of connection it is (ADSL, Cable or Satellite) and I'll see what I can cook up.
How to use CableNut
Using cablenut is very straight forward; all you need to do once you've installed it all and you have the program running is click on " file > open custom ccs file " and open the appropriate file I have attached with this post (if your on virgin media with a 10mbit connection choose that file) and then once it opens in cablenut click on "save to registry"
Thats it!
Reboot your system and enjoy your tweaked speeds!
after you reboot your system I recommend that you visit SpeedTest again and test out your new speed to see if you notice an increase, if you do give yourself a pat on the back and enjoy your nice better speed.
I give credit to Van Burren as I based my config files upon his. VanBuren testmy.net Cablenut settings (04/05/2007)
I hope this is in the right area of the forum, if not could a moderator move it please?
My own results:
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