I just got cable from Cox and when I play online games I ping at 50-100 in most cases but when I try to download it starts at around 20k and then drops down to 8-10k where it sticks. I was told I would get 3.1m downstream so I'm kinda confused. Can anyone help me? I'm on the phone with Cox right now so they might be able to help but if you have any clue what's going on it would be apreciated. Thanks.

Get this http://www.tweakfiles.com/networking/cablenut.html

Never go to dslreports EVER for help.Go to the above sites cable nut forum instead or here.NEVER dslreports they are morons!

Lastly
If you cable modem is hooked up with a usb device you won`t ever get above 1.5Mbits a sec.

ouch that's not good at all, is the download from the same server???? Some servers you download from may only go that fast... Download a download accelerator and see if that'll speed it up visibily

quote:Originally posted by mrsinster:

If you cable modem is hooked up with a usb device you won`t ever get above 1.5Mbits a sec.

oh contrar my sharky friend... I have my cable modem via USB and I download average 400Kilobytes a second = 3200Mbits

sweet i downloaded cable nut and applied the settings.
is there anyway to test to see if it works.
because sometimes in counter-strike i pinged high or i downloade dlike 30k a sec

quote:Originally posted by Trav2003:
oh contrar my sharky friend... I have my cable modem via USB and I download average 400Kilobytes a second = 3200Mbits

Ummm, no. 400KB=3200Kb not 3200Mb.

I'm using a Motorola modem through a D-Link networking card, not USB. I called Cox a couple times but still no luck. I have tried different servers on both fileplanet and download.com. I have also tested it on http://computingcentral.msn.com/internet/speedtest.asp and I continually get 56-60k. This really sucks and I don't know what's wrong. I want fast.

quote:Originally posted by zact:
sweet i downloaded cable nut and applied the settings.
is there anyway to test to see if it works.
because sometimes in counter-strike i pinged high or i downloade dlike 30k a sec

Just run a game or download something from the site you where having problems with.See if there a improvement.You may have to manual tweak it sometimes with cable nut .To get desired results.But it does the job better than most.

Alright, I got that cablenut thing. Which cable settings should I use?

Im downloading Nero right now from their website , and im also getting 8K LOL...Im using Adelphia cable internet access

Sweet! I don't know what he did buy the Cox guy just did some tests and I went to test my connection and I got this: http://www.cnet.com/internetservices/g/bm/msn/0003.html?kbps=3022.2&AreaCode=707 . 3022.2 kbps is so fast. If it drops I'll let you guys know but as of now it's soaring.

http://www.cnet.com/internetservices/g/bm/msn/0003.html?kbps=302.2&AreaCode=334

check out mine, im on cable and the connection so slow..why..HELP

quote:Originally posted by mrsinster:
Get this http://www.tweakfiles.com/networking/cablenut.html

Never go to dslreports EVER for help.Go to the above sites cable nut forum instead or here.NEVER dslreports they are morons!

Lastly
If you cable modem is hooked up with a usb device you won`t ever get above 1.5Mbits a sec.

this link is better that one has moved
http://www.broadbandnuts.com/software.shtml

if your going to download something at full speed, go to microsoft or cnet and download THERE.

common sense, doh

quote:Originally posted by akbar:
http://www.cnet.com/internetservices/g/bm/msn/0003.html?kbps=302.2&AreaCode=334

check out mine, im on cable and the connection so slow..why..HELP

It is only a 100k file, some internet connections start rather slowly on downloads adn the speed will gradually increase during the download. A 100k file will always test slow on a connection that builds speed. There are some other speed tests out there that use multiple files from 10K to over 1MB and computer your speed that way.
DSL Reports has a decent test that uses multiple tests to get your average speed.

quote:Originally posted by AgentQ-7:
I just got cable from Cox and when I play online games I ping at 50-100 in most cases but when I try to download it starts at around 20k and then drops down to 8-10k where it sticks. I was told I would get 3.1m downstream so I'm kinda confused. Can anyone help me? I'm on the phone with Cox right now so they might be able to help but if you have any clue what's going on it would be apreciated. Thanks.

I have a suggestion for you.

Go to www.pcpitstop.com and run their tests,they may be able to come up with a fix.

A friend of mine had the same problem until he changed his NIC card settings. His Duplex mode was set to Full instead of AutoDetect and his Media Type was set to 100BaseTx instead of AutoDetect.

quote:Originally posted by mrsinster:
Get this http://www.tweakfiles.com/networking/cablenut.html

Never go to dslreports EVER for help.Go to the above sites cable nut forum instead or here.NEVER dslreports they are morons!

Lastly
If you cable modem is hooked up with a usb device you won`t ever get above 1.5Mbits a sec.

usb (version 1) is 12MB/s, so it won't even be tested by the cable speed, let alone restrain it.

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Speedguide

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