Cable modem tweaking questions

[RAiL]

I recentley got a cable modem (bout 3 weeks ago) and i want to know if there is anything i can do to help my connection at all, for downloading it is fine but when it comes to internet games it sucks, i drop every other packet or it is out of order, is this a problem with my computer or a problem with the ISP's network. i already have done a few things to my registrey to help speed and it didnt seem to work that well (such as TTL, MTU etc etc) any help would be appreciated

 

[SilverBack]

Here is a really good place to start....
http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_patches.shtml
This is a very well informed site for adsl also.
Make sure to download the MS file vtcp.386. I saw a large improvement over my adsl after this patch.

"According to Microsoft, because of a math error, the Windows 9x TCP/IP stack incorrectly computes a timer used to retransmit packets (based on round trip time to a server). When you are transmitting packets over high-speed/high-delay networks, such as any broadband Internet connection, this can result in unnecessary retransmissions and lower throughput... This fix helps reduce retransmission of packets, therefore improving the overall performance of the TCP/IP stack. While It achieves that, in some systems it might also reduce throughput a bit, since it increases the wait before a packet is retransmitted. If you decide to install this fix, backup, or rename Vtcp.386, located in the \Windows\System directory, so you will have a way of going back to your original setting."
SilverBack

 

[RAiL]

Thanks for the info, it helped alot. much noticable diffrence

 

[Jator]

How about with a NT machine?

 

[SilverBack]

The same site has info for NT/2000 also .

 

[Jator]

I've been there before, I don't remember seeing any tweaks for NT 4. I'll check again though.

Jay