[rameam]

I d/l Cablenut, went through the tweaks 3 times, but both sites that Frank lists that analyze TCPIP say Max MTU is 1472 and MSS is 1432. I've only d/l one thing since and I dropped from slightly under 3 kb/s to slightly over 2.

PCTEL platinum v90
Compaq Presario 5108US
Windows Me
ISP - Walmart (It's all I can afford!)

Any help would be tremendously appreciated!

[700mb80min]

Hi rameam , i don`t know where you found the settings you have , but try Speed-Guide under the " tweaking forum " and post your specs. Didn`t have much luck with cablenut , but TCP Optimizer did make a huge difference.

[Bold_Fortune]

Cablenut tweaking is one of those things that some people swear by it; others, notice little, if no difference at all in performance.

Myself, I'm not really big on tweaking for browsing performance. I'm one of those people who notices very little, if any, performance gains by it.

Nothing much can help a slow dialup connection, and cable is so fast, it's pretty hard to improve on it.

[Swiper]

For any dial up connection, your max MTU size should be 576. Changing it to 1476 or higher ( for broadband ), will NOT help your dial up connnection.

Change it to 576 for optimum performance on your dial up. ( as optimim as dial up can be anyways )

[Bold_Fortune]

Oh, this is the only tweak that I've ever apply that I've ever notice a considerable improvement with my dialup connection. Since you mentioned modem tweaks, I'll post it for you. I got this from X-Setup...

There are a couple of warnings issued with these tweaks:

If using internal modems located in the Communication Networking Riser (CNR) slot, do NOT use these settings! Such cards rely on a very tricky method to work, which is incompatible with these settings.and stuff.

If you have a UART-compatible 56k modem, then you can increase this speed up to a maximum of 921600bps (900Kbps). The plug-in won't change the speed automatically, it will simply allow you to set it to a faster level using the Modem control panel applet.

Just copy and paste this to Notepad and Save As "Allow for Speed up to 921600bps for 56k modem.reg"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

REGEDIT4

; This file was automatically generated by Xteq X-Setup (http://www.xteq.com)
;
; HIGHLY IMPORTANT: Before using this file be sure to read the documentation for
; "Record Mode". Not doing so might lead to unexpected results
; when using this file!
;
; The WARNINGS ISSUED below informs you if any warnings were reported. If so, the
; plug-in(s) has invoked functions that can not be recorded to this file. In this
; case, this REG file might not work as expected.
;
; WARNINGS ISSUED: No - this REG file should work without problems
;

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Modem\0000]
"OldProperties"=hex:80,01,00,00,FF,00,00,00,FF,00,00,00,07,00,00,00,0F,00,0 0,00,77,07,00,00,00,10,0E,00,00,FA,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Modem\0000]
"Properties"=hex:80,01,00,00,ff,00,00,00,ff,00,00,00,07,00,00,00,0f,00,00,0 0,77,07,00,00,00,10,0E,00,00,FA,00,00

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Now select the Network and Dialup Connections and right click on your ISP’s icon and select properties.

• General tab:

Highlight your modem and select “configure”, set the maximum speed to 921,600 and under “hardware features” all the boxes are checked.

[rameam]

Thanks to all for your comments. They are all appreciated. Will try your suggestions and post back.

[flavallee]

Have you also done the registry tweaks that are listed?

MaxMTU should be 1500. A MaxMTU of 576 is outdated information.

Read here.

[rameam]

I went through the procedure three or four times making sure I had done everything listed. It just doesn't seem to help. I have about five different folders in the registry, and I wasn't sure which one was the right one, so I set them all at 1500. I have wmconnect which apparently uses an old AOL browser. Could that be the problem?

The first time I went through the procedure, after I completed the last two steps, the computer went a little crazy. I restored the registry, then did it again omitting those steps. I don't have any problem with the computer, but if anything, my speed has decreased. The TCP analyzer says I have something like 1472 MTU and 1432 MSS.

Any suggestions?

[flavallee]

If you've had "AOL Hell" in that computer before, you need to clean out all remnants of it because it can interfere with Cablenut working properly. I've got the steps posted in my site.

A 56K dial-up connection is only going to do so much, no matter how much you tweak it. If you're getting a connection speed of 44,000 - 48,000 bps and a download throughput speed of 5.0 - 5.5 Kbps, that's about normal.

[rameam]

I don't know what the connection speed is, but if I could get a d/l speed of 5, I would be thrilled. I normally get no more than 3, and most of the time a lot less.

If I go through and remove all the AOL, and wmconnect uses an old AOL browser, I'm afraid I won't be d/ling at all! I have thought about doing that, then reinstalling if the program no longer works. It is possible that I have some AOL that doesn't apply to wmconnect.

[rameam]

I don't know what the connection speed is, but if I could get a d/l speed of 5, I would be thrilled. I normally get no more than 3, and most of the time a lot less.

If I go through and remove all the AOL, and wmconnect uses an old AOL browser, I'm afraid I won't be d/ling at all! I have thought about doing that, then reinstalling if the program no longer works. It is possible that I have some AOL that doesn't apply to wmconnect.

I have d/l the steps to do so from your website.

[flavallee]

I misread your post. I didn't know that your current ISP uses AOL. If that's the case, don't uninstall AOL or delete its remnants.

[rameam]

Thanks. I guess I'll just have to live with the slowness. Or is there something else I can do?

[Swiper]

Where does it state on that page you submitted, does it say that MaxMTU ( for a DIAL up Connection ) should be 1500

1500 is for cable modem connections.
1492 is for DSL that uses PPPoe
576 is for any/all DIAL up connections.

[rameam]

Click on Frank's link above, then click on 56k modem tweaks in the list. It's there.