I remember one WHT user once shared a tip that made his cable connection explode. I beliebe he wrapped his cable wire that goes from his modem to PC in something...

I'm on 100Mbps cable connection. Not that I'm not satisfied with it, but is there any way to make it faster and make it work to it's fullest capabilities?

Best,

Not that I am aware of :P Sorry....

Yeah, replace it with gbf

If you made it any faster, you would be tempted to start hosting with it. So, keep it slow...and avoid dangerous temptations.

Originally posted by Winkie
Yeah, replace it with gbf
What's gbf?

nipl: Never planned to start a hosting company. I need faster speed so that other PCs in house work faster as well (wireless home networking).

Artashes: I have the same problem.. at some times my connection is terrible, and others its on par with what you'd expect.

I've seen people wrap their ADSL/Cable modem in tin/aluminium foil. They swear by it. :D
However if I want a faster speed, I go with a higher plan :)

Which part of your connection is 100mbps?

Is it from your "post" to your house", from your modem to your computer, or all the way through from your "post" to your computer?

Also: moved to the lounge as it really doesn't have to do with webhosting :)

Originally posted by Artashes
I remember one WHT user once shared a tip that made his cable connection explode. I beliebe he wrapped his cable wire that goes from his modem to PC in something...

I'm on 100Mbps cable connection. Not that I'm not satisfied with it, but is there any way to make it faster and make it work to it's fullest capabilities?

Best,


100Mbps cable?! Who's your ISP?

If you have a 100mbps cable router (wireless), it will be a 100mbps switch with a built in router, and possibly wireless ability, depending on what you got. Your overall connection will be limited to what your cable modem speed is, which is generally 1.5mbps-3mbps.

To make sure that transfers are as fast as possible on your network within the house, make sure that all the hardwired computers are set to 100mbps in their network settings. Older computers may only be able to connect at 10mbps. Wireless, depending on what version will vary in speed.

802.11b will be roughtly 11mbps peak, averageing around 7, and 802.11g will peak at 54mbps.

You may also want to try setting your hardwired computers to use full duplex as well, that way you can get 100mbps in both directions at the same time, instead of send at 100mbps, then receive, then send, then receive...

I remember a host a while back tried to tell everyone they had a 100mbps line. When questioned, they took a screen shot of their Windows 2003 Machine showing "100mbps" from the machine to the router. They admitted later to having a cable connection from RoadRunner (3000/384).

It was hilarious.

Originally posted by Akash
Which part of your connection is 100mbps?

Is it from your "post" to your house", from your modem to your computer, or all the way through from your "post" to your computer?
My ISP is Videotron (Canada).

The connection is from the post to our house. Then that cable gets connected to the modem, which plugs into my PC.

I think "tin/aluminium foil" was the one tip I heard. Does it really work though? Some people claim the speed increased at least 5-10 times.

Best,

Originally posted by Artashes
My ISP is Videotron (Canada).

The connection is from the post to our house. Then that cable gets connected to the modem, which plugs into my PC.

I think "tin/aluminium foil" was the one tip I heard. Does it really work though? Some people claim the speed increased at least 5-10 times.

Best,

Ok so you don't have a 100mbps cable connection.

I've heard of people doing that.. using alumnium foil and were able to obtain a tad faster speeds.

I tried the Tin foil thing. Hasn't approved my connection at all.

Originally posted by inogenius
I tried the Tin foil thing. Hasn't approved my connection at all.

try condom. LOL

just kidding.

Originally posted by inogenius
I tried the Tin foil thing. Hasn't approved my connection at all.

Did you wear some on your head as well?

Originally posted by Rob83
Did you wear some on your head as well?

Yes, we can't have any aliens stealing my business plans!

I only wrap food in tin foil :D

But i had a customer who swore by it...
As long as it works for you.....

I have that much electrical/electronics in my office that I doubt a bit of foil will make any difference. It's amazing that my mobile, bluetooth, wLan and 2.4Ghz phone all actually work when they are all in the same office :)
..and 2 pc's and a wireless keyboard/mouse....
My brain must be getting fried....

I worked with Cisco systems and one thing I was told that could speed up your connection is Fiber Optic Line. The reason is EMS cant slow down the connection.

Originally posted by Artashes
My ISP is Videotron (Canada).

The connection is from the post to our house. Then that cable gets connected to the modem, which plugs into my PC.



Videotron only offers 3mbps and 4mbps. There is no 100mbps. Perhaps from the post to your house it may well be 100mbps, but that doesn't mean much since the actual internet connection is limited to 3 or 4mbps.

Originally posted by Artashes
My ISP is Videotron (Canada).

The connection is from the post to our house. Then that cable gets connected to the modem, which plugs into my PC.

I think "tin/aluminium foil" was the one tip I heard. Does it really work though? Some people claim the speed increased at least 5-10 times.

Best,


Since when did Videotron has 100Mbps cable connection?

Their fastest speed is 4 Mbps

I started a thread a while back, about how my connection was 10,000KB/s and over... on a cable modem! (it got VERY hot)

Too bad its gone now... it was my ISP's "fault"... but it was one sweet day :)

If your using winblows... go to: www.speedbit.com they will help you out in the forums.

And they also have a very good proggy in the downloads section that optimizes your speed... (MTU, 'etc)

And registry patches... stuff like that.

As for the tin thing... well its kinda like this... a few days before I had my modem go bezzerk there was a lightning storm.

Whlie going to a speed test (I had a bit of speed issuses at the time...) a bolt hit the house, and I got 400KB/s... maybe it wasn't related... but who knows?

A friend who lives a couple of blocks down the road said the same has happend to him...

anyway, the tin is meant to make your cable more condctive... at least that's what I understand...

in theory it should work...

:)


regrads,
the webster...

webster, thanks for the info.

fromage and trimax, I was not complete sure about whether it was 3 or 4 Mbps, but so I heard from one Videotron agent who told me they've upgraded to 100 Mbps and that is what I see here.

By the way, it was 10 Mbps before, not even 3 or 4. ;)

Best,

Originally posted by Artashes
webster, thanks for the info.

fromage and trimax, I was not complete sure about whether it was 3 or 4 Mbps, but so I heard from one Videotron agent who told me they've upgraded to 100 Mbps and that is what I see here.

By the way, it was 10 Mbps before, not even 3 or 4. ;)

Best,

You're miss understanding.

The 100mbps you see is for your LAN. Which is the speed from your cable modem to your computer, or from your router to your computer.

You do not have a 100mbps connection to the Internet. You have a 3 or 4mbps download.

Go preform a speed test at

http://nyc.speakeasy.net and post the results, you'll see what I mean.

Rob, you might be right.

download: 2957 kbps
upload: 324 kbps

the greay area thoug - TCP transfer overhead, went to up to 3400-3500 kbps for download and about 500 kbps for upload.

PS: great link btw.

Ok so you avg. 2.9mbps down.. so we'll say 3mbps down and 324kbps up.

I would guess you have a 4000/384 connection, which is good for cable.

How much are you paying?

In US dollars I pay $30 ($42 in Canadian). This is grand total for everything.

That's a good pretty good price. My ADSL which is 1.5mbps down (Tho I get 2mbps) and 256kbps up (about 223kbps) is $45/mo.

a 4mbps down, 512kbps upload is about $60/mo. from a cable provider. But because you have to get the TV service (Which we use), it would be about $109/mo.

Sweet Swedish Suckatashe' Sibres!

I must say... 100mbs is a little fast for a cable modem: I think, like some of the other users in this thread that you are mentioning your router/hub/cable modem limit.

Just because a cable modem/hub/router CAN do it, doesn't mean the bandwidth coming to your house WILL do it. The source to all your problems is keeping Kazaa off when you browse the web, and letting it download at night.. Well, at least, that's all I need to do. :P

We also keep their TV for about $70 CAD (~$55 US), including all the movie channels. Sweet deal. But that is because we've been with them for quite some time and stuck with them during when they had problems.

No, the speed is not from your computer to modem, or computer to post. What your computer shows is what you NIC card is capable of.

Now, your typical RG-6 coax can theoretically do as much as 36mbps. Sometimes a tad more. However, the max speeds are not determined by anything you can do on your end. It is what the cable company does. When your modem boots up, it downloads a config file from your cable provider. In that file are instructions, such as the max speeds it is allowed to do.

The older toshiba modems were hackable if you knew how. I have one, but have only successfully hacked it 3 out of four times to put it to 10mbps. Unfortunately, if it ever reboots, it redownloads the file from the server and you are back to normal speeds.

Thank You For Mr. echo.

Originally posted by Artashes
I remember one WHT user once shared a tip that made his cable connection explode. I beliebe he wrapped his cable wire that goes from his modem to PC in something...

I'm on 100Mbps cable connection. Not that I'm not satisfied with it, but is there any way to make it faster and make it work to it's fullest capabilities?

Best,


Wrapping it in aluminium foil would be pointless. Most modems are already inside a tin sheild beneath the plastic case. A RG6/U cable with a digital rating should be fine. And don't be cheap when it comes to splitters. If it's Satalite rated it should be fine. Cheap splitters don't have very good isolation and may generate interference or get interference from TVs/cable boxes on the system.

Im on a 155 mbps connection from Timewarner Telecom, Yes its really 155 mbps (OC-3 Speed) I get it for 2,000 a month from timewarner telecom AND a free cable connection :D

No slow speeds for me

Originally posted by Tee
Im on a 155 mbps connection from Timewarner Telecom, Yes its really 155 mbps (OC-3 Speed) I get it for 2,000 a month from timewarner telecom AND a free cable connection :D

No slow speeds for me

2,000 a month?

Originally posted by Rob83
2,000 a month?

I think he forgot to tell us something? either that or his stinking rich?


Rob83... do you have any neighbors on your block? :D

Hmm, maybe I should start hosting stuff off of my PC and guarantee all my users 100 Mbps speeds locally.

w0w 2000 a month never in my life time will i pay that

100 meg connecton to the net w0w that would be nice!

* off topic *
at the cafe we got a dual T1 line. manager pays
says he pays 350 a month, i dont think so, cuz theres 8 IP addys 5 for the floor and 3 for the main servers, and 2 ADSL lines from sbc for some reason i think a back up? i have no clue