Ace321 Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 ok i have a cable connnection that usally down loads from 700kb-1mb but now it downloads at a sluggish 16kb per second but surfing is the same!!!no one is downlaoding anything on the newtwork i had a hub i switched to a router that diddint fix it i disable my firewalls and everything Quote
Ace321 Posted September 7, 2006 Author Posted September 7, 2006 the other weird thing is it donlaods from steam at a fairly high rate about 500kb but it used to downlaod at a steady 800kb and i still dont lag when i play counterstrike i usally ping at a bout 25-35 Quote
kthdsn Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 I had a similar problem once caused by malware on my machine. In the end I had to reformat the drive and change my IP address to fix it. Before you do anything so drastic though try scanning for malware, restarting all your equipment and calling your cable company. I would also suggest turning your firewall back on, otherwise you are asking for trouble. Quote
Ace321 Posted September 8, 2006 Author Posted September 8, 2006 i called them they said something about a packet loss hope they can fix it :( Quote
Ace321 Posted September 8, 2006 Author Posted September 8, 2006 ...its running at 6.6 megs a second but serfing and downloading is still crap Quote
PriceChild Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 I definately think that you should do a VERY thorough spyware scan. Try something like "Ad-aware" from download.com Its free :D You may also like to know that windows xp reserves 20% of your bandwidth for QoS services. I've lost the program to help turn this off now though after switching to linux. Quote
Jamey Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 You can disable QoS (quality of service) by going into Network Connections and selecting Properties of your LAN. Untick and remove Quality of Service. Another possibility is that your ISP's DNS servers (where it translates google.com into a machine IP address like 123.123.123.123) are being slow. You could try using alternative DNS servers, such as those of OpenDNS: Changing DNS on Windows XP. You will have to close your browser and reopen it for the changes to take effect. Quote
Brains1983 Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Hi, from a non technical person, I found this topic quite interesting! Is the figure of 20% for QOS accurate? And is it safe to change the DNS Servers? Rgds, Brian Quote
PriceChild Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Hi, from a non technical person, I found this topic quite interesting! Is the figure of 20% for QOS accurate? And is it safe to change the DNS Servers? Rgds, Brian It is accurate, but not always used. Quote
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