I was told by my ISP that I was not receivng much in the way of packets however, outgoing packets were ok. This helps explain the lack of speed I get (or high ping). I ran two different programs that tested my system and receiveed recommended changes, which I made. My service is still slow and the ISP says they can do nothing further.
My questions: what are packets? And, can a five year old modem slow my system down that much?
SYSTEM: Runing WindowsXP Media PRO on an HP Pavillion w/2Mg processor and1Mg RAM on motherboard. this PC is hooked up direclty to the modem.
Any advice to spped things up would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
2007-03-21 07:53:42 · 5 answers · asked by krodgibami 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Working as a ISP tech myself.
Probably , the best option for you to do is to replace your modem with a US Robotics. I bet when you bought your computer it came with a win modem that is a piece of junk.
You could also try to place 3 commas after the phone number you are dialing to help with line errors. example phone 2225555,,,
Also , clear your TCP/IP settings , click start - run , type "cmd" no quotes , hit enter. Then type "netsh int reset all" no quotes and hit enter then "netsh winsock reset all" enter no quotes.
2007-03-21 08:02:58 · answer #1 · answered by chaessigbikerboy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes a five year old modem can slow you down. I upgraded my modem after having mine about i dont remeber but probably like 8 or five years old. And it made such a diference. Packets is just a way to talk about information exchange i believe
Ya just get a new modem. And if that does not make a difference which i would be surprised if i didnt then talk to your internet provider.
2007-03-21 14:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by anavrin229 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Click start >click run >type in msconfig click on the startup tab then uncheck everything there except your anti virus and internet connection . Click ok and your computer will restart .
Read Windows XP Super Tweaks and stop un-necessary xp servics.
http://spywarekiller.hyperboards.com/index.php?action=view_topic&topic_id=35&start=1
2007-03-21 14:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmm its hard to say .. the modem could have a builtin firewall that needs to be configured ... google the model and see if theres a configuration page u can access it and check it out ...
2007-03-21 14:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
adding the most memory the computer is compatable too.a disk clean up also a disk defragment and removing junk from add/remove programs ..also copyng as much pix and song you need to a cdr and removing them from computer....
2007-03-21 14:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by LEE R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋