Dslreports.com has a couple tools to deal with this issue. Tweak Test will tell you if you have the problem and Doctor TCP provides an easy way to make the changes to the registry.
<http://www.dslreports.com/tools> > Arie, > > On 21 Jul 2006 at 19:06, Arie Slob wrote: > > > Look here: > > > > http://www.helpwithwindows.com/techfiles/maxmtu.html > > You're my hero for the day :-) > > In the days of slow dial-up modems, this was a regular subject > for discussion (John Navas had a great modem page). Everyone > tried to get the extra few bytes/sec out of the connection. > Later I forgot all about it. > > On that webpage I found some changes to the Registry, which I > made manually and I now have the same speed in Win98se. It has > never bothered me before, because you rarely compare dnl speeds > with anyone as there are so many factors. > > This time, it was same source, same file, and we were both on the > same cable ISP. > > Here are the changes are made: > > Run REGEDIT from the Run line of the Start Menu. Use the Find > function and look for this key: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP > Then do the following: > > Add or edit the DefaultMSS value. (To add the value, click > once in > the right pane and choose New, then String Value, and name it > DefaultMSS.) Change the Value data to 1460. > Add or edit the DefaultRcvWindow value. To create it, choose > New, > then String Value, and change the Value data to 64240. > Add or edit the DefaultTTL value. To create it, choose New, > then > String Value, and change the Value data to 128. > > This was enough (in my case) to increase the speed. The second > change in the registry dealing with MaxMTU, took a bit longer and > did not make any diff. > > Anyhow - thanks much. > > Regards, > > Rich > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
