andylovesGTA Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I have 10mb/s connection but my actual down speed is around 500kb/s. just got a new PC few days ago, installed XP, connected it, but there is something screwed in my connection settings. flow control or smth... my old comp could handle only 5 from those 10, thats why I bought a new comp. now, hardware is OK, I rechecked at my provider, but still the problem remains. what should I do? I know its the settings fault, how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 There are many reasons why you don't get that downstream. Remember first of all, that rate provided by your ISP is in bits, while interfaces often uses byte. For a comparison, if you have an 8megabit per second connection, you should be able to download at maximum capacity for 1megabyte per second. But just because you have a fast connection, doesn't mean everybody else does. Indeed, downloading from a server can be limited by what the server has or what it is willing to provide. Additionally, your OS may also be reserving some of the Internet connection for security reasons, etc. What can you do about it? Probably nothing for your regular downloading. I suggest you find something to download with a torrent, that should prove how fast you can really download. HTTP connections never get that fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylovesGTA Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) I suggest you find something to download with a torrent, that should prove how fast you can really download. thats why I'm asking this. oh one more thing I checked at speedtest, it shows that my connection speed is like it should be. but he actual speed is a lot lower. Edited February 7, 2008 by andylovesGTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 First off don't expect to really get 10mbit if that is your cap. You should however be downloading at close to 1mbyte/sec. Do you have a router between you modem and you? If so, how old is that router? Older routers the WAN side is 10Base-T aka 10mbit which means you'll really never see that 10mbit connection from your ISP. You'll need a router that supports a 10/100 WAN connection then you can truly see the 10mbit which again you most likely never see all of. If you're with Comcast then don't trust most speed test sites, least of all speedtest.net. Comcast has something call speed boost or power boost or something like that which what happens is when Comcast sees you're near the end of a download from a website it opens up the bandwidth for a bit so that download speeds up. The problem is that this also happens on speedtest sites. Case in point; I was having some router issues a week or so ago and I took my router off and connected directly to my PC. While I was at it I went so speedtest.net and did a test like I normally do to Dallas (I'm in Houston, Tx) and it leaped up to 28mbit/sec. While this would be nice to have all of the time, other speed test I did at broadbandreports.com came back as only 8-9mbit/sec. I need to get a new router because it's only a 10mb WAN, but I still get speed test results of 7-8mbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylovesGTA Posted February 8, 2008 Author Share Posted February 8, 2008 I don't have a router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 oh one more thing I checked at speedtest, it shows that my connection speed is like it should be. but he actual speed is a lot lower. Then the bottleneck is on the other side. You can't really do anything about that. Prior to filing a bug against any of my code, please consider this response to common concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) How fast is your ethernet card? 10/100/1000 Mbps but my actual down speed is around 500kb/s. It's because servers can lower down your connection speed a lot. Speed is also dependent on the server, and not always the connection speed. But what you can achieve with your super-fast connection is normally VERY LOW gaming PINGS! Try testing your connection speed here: http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/down...=WinXP&target=# (click "Download Now" link). http://game.amd.com | http://nVidia.com | http://intel.com has super-fast servers too. Oh, and http://Microsoft.com ^ That Lexmark download is coming from a 1Mbps+ server... Edited February 8, 2008 by Ring_of_Fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Additionally, your OS may also be reserving some of the Internet connection for security reasons, etc. Yes and I think there's a way around this. 1. Start > Run > Type 'gpedit.msc' 2. In the Group Policy window, goto Computer Configuration > Administrative Template > Network > QoS Packet Scheduler > Double click on Limit reservable bandwidth. 3. Enable it. The default bandwidth limit is 20%. Drop it down to zero. 4. Restart your PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlitement Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Easy. I've had that problem when I got 10/10mbit. sh*tty default network card settings are to blame. Just turn off flow control and try different duplex settings, see which ones kill/slow down your connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jersiq Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 How fast is your ethernet card? 10/100/1000 Mbps but my actual down speed is around 500kb/s. It's because servers can lower down your connection speed a lot. Speed is also dependent on the server, and not always the connection speed. But what you can achieve with your super-fast connection is normally VERY LOW gaming PINGS! That's not the server per se, it's how IP works with MTU's to regulate bandwidth. It's the size of the packet that counts... At any rate, OP have you changed cables. Are you using a homemade cable, or one that has been certified to run as cat5e? I personally always suspect the physical layer first, as it's the easiest to repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylovesGTA Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 Easy. I've had that problem when I got 10/10mbit. sh*tty default network card settings are to blame. Just turn off flow control and try different duplex settings, see which ones kill/slow down your connection. what do you mean by "duplex settings" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Are you downloading extremely fast at *Light-Speed* from these links? http://game.amd.com | http://nVidia.com | http://intel.com | http://Microsoft.com | http://Lenovo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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