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03-09-2009, 02:51 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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help to boost internet speed.
so i did the macafee test your internet speed thing online yesterday. mine is at 60.
do you know if comcast has internet upgrades to make speed faster. someone told me the network that i'm connected to may have too many users in the area that clog it up.
also could be a wireless router issue. i got the netgear rangemax wireless- N and some people said that router was junk.
any advice?
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03-09-2009, 02:56 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Did you clear cache and cookies? Should be done regularly, as that affects spee as well.
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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03-09-2009, 03:15 PM
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wishin' i was fishin'
Join Date: May 2001
Location: toooo far from the beach !!
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well i wouldn't trust macaffe with too much of anything ..
try this site to test your speed , it might be different .. http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ |
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03-09-2009, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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also you want to defrag your hard drive so that file retrieval is easier (ie Faster)
http://majorgeeks.com/
Last edited by Raven; 03-09-2009 at 03:49 PM..
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03-09-2009, 05:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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My immediate thought is your wireless connection. Whenever you're connected to wireless, your transfer speed will be less than a wired connection - even when signal strength is 100%. Loss is not linear either, so 80% signal strength does not mean you're at 80% your connection speed - you'll be quite a bit below.
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03-09-2009, 06:06 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Tell your neighbors to stop streaming porn over your wireless connection.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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03-09-2009, 07:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Tell your neighbors to stop streaming porn over your wireless connection.
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Haha... I thought about going there. That's my go to suspicion about my roommate when my speeds are down at night. |
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03-09-2009, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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you did not mention if you were running windows xp or vista
if xp open up the dos window (in accessories) and type in
Netstat -a (when its slow to see what your connected too)
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