Optimist: thanks for the reply

Mighty Micro: thanks for your help and kind offer, am having a week of drunken fun at Cheltenham races and have taken the lap top into a dodgy shop in Oxford. Man in there said "i'll sort it out for 60 quid cash mate" i said my goodbye to the lap top as i left!

Seymour: you aint having it! :-)

Neither are you Dalios from the sound of it! :-)

Got 2mb Of PIPEX Today.Is this reading ok?

Downstream 1355 Kbps (169.4 KB/sec) 1463 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 150 Kbps (18.8 KB/sec) 162 Kbps (inc. overheads)


Re started Router now.

Downstream 1763 Kbps (220.4 KB/sec) 1904 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 238 Kbps (29.8 KB/sec) 257 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Second one is about right, a little low perhaps.

What should it be and how can i get it faster?

Down stream 1647 Kbps (205.9 KB/sec) 1778 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 238 Kbps (29.8 KB/sec) 257 Kbps (inc. overheads)

What should it be?

The above is after DR TCP!

Iain, this is mine with PlusNet.

Downstream 1841 Kbps (230.1 KB/sec) 1988 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 242 Kbps (30.3 KB/sec) 261 Kbps (inc. overheads)

It will be a bit variable during the day though depending on the ISP. As the speed gets higher you are more susceptible to second-by-second changes in network congestion. To get the maximum possible speed reading, test in the middle of the night!

In Dr TCP, MTU should normally be set to 1500, RWIN to 38400 is plenty.

If you are confident in editing the registry I highly recommend these two registry tweaks (assuming you have Windows 2000 or XP):

Maximum simultaneous connections in IE (drastically increases speed of loading of webpages)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

Set MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and MaxConnectionsPerServer to 16 decimal.

RWIN (does what Dr TCP does):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Set TcpWindowSize to 38400

Cheers Kayak:Ill do that when I get in.
Many thanks
Just checking on the system here(Win 2000)do i have to enter the numbers in Binary?
Im using WIN XP PRO

1. In Tools, Internet Options, Security, Custom Level, Active X - controls and plug-ins, what settings should I best have?

2. What should I look for and set up to do with Java on my computer?

Iain, set up as DWORD and enter as decimal.

Doc, I have "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" and "Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting" set to Enable and the others to Prompt. With all these things, start with Prompt until you find there are too many prompts!

Not sure what you mean with the second question.

I dont know which DWORD Cant see MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and MaxConnectionsPerServer

Ah, you have to set them up if they're not there.

Should go in the section with EnableAutodial and User Agent amongst others.

Kayak

Thank you.

Re the Java, "Not sure what you mean with the second question."

Neither am I. :-)

Is that better?


Downstream 1874 Kbps (234.3 KB/sec) 2023 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 239 Kbps (29.9 KB/sec) 258 Kbps (inc. overheads

Better than mine :-) The theoretical maximum for the 2023 figure is around 2048.

Result!!!! :-)

The business with the Max-connections is to allow IE to load multiple pictures at once. The default is 4 I think, meaning that if IE loads a web page with 20 pictures then it will load 4 at a time. With 16 things run faster since it can load 16 at once. You should see it on the task bar in the bottom right hand corner where the URLs will change quickly.

I have Deltree Trojan virus on one of my m/c's and norton can't delete it so have put it in to quarantine.Any help on how to get rid much appreciated.

TIA

Pat