Reply follows quoted original sent on 1/26/03 11:46 AM, by Dan C at [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> At 09:46 AM -0500 01/26/2003, Carlos wrote: >>> Absolutely a half megabit increase! When I would run the same test when I >>> first got Roadrunner Cable, the range was from 500kps to 900kps. Now that I >>> have Ipnet Tuner installed I never get less than 1.5 mbs. I think I had a >>> bottleneck somewhere on the line, IPNetTuner pretty much eliminated any >>> blocks to speed. >> >> Wow, NS? I've gotta try that then. I consistently get 700-900kbps, and >> thought that was pretty darn good. I have a copy of the IPNetTuner demo >> around here somewhere, but I thought it was only useful for machines that >> were acting as gateways. Thanks for the tip. > > Try using the Link Rate test in Sustwork's IPNetMonitor, giving it > your immediate gateway's IP. IOW, run the test against the cable > company's head-end - just your first hop. > > Those other speed tests you'all have been using are NOT testing your > first hop (the cable speed). They're testing everything from your > browser's java speed to through a dozen hops to their intranet then > to their server and its bog. > > Yes, IPNetTuner *can*, in some cases, cause you to see a massive > speed-up. It does this because Apple has tuned Mentat/TCP (aka Open > Transport) for V.90-speed framing. IPNT includes profiles that let > you tweak the buffers and such to sizes more appropriate for high(er) > speed access. IPNetTunerX (for OS X) can also improve throughput, > but I understand it's not so dramatic. > Dan: I installed IPNetTuner and performed the link rate test to my ISP gateway. Using the default TCP/IP configuration for cable modems, it reported an average of 1.5Mbps. At that rate, I'm probably faster than most of the web servers out there anyway! I went to a couple of benchmark sites, one of which reported 800kbps, and the other 450kbps. Obviously alot more going on beyond my IPS's cable connection. Thanks for the tip. Carlos -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
