why the difference??

[Jakegday]

hello, i have both cable and dsl internet, i started with just cable, but since i could get a free trial with dsl, i decided to try it, so right now i have both, doing various bandwidth meter tests, the cable usually downloads around 1.6-1.9mbps, the dsl always downloads right at 2.6mbps no matter what, today i was messing around with my wireless broadband router, i hooked it up to my dsl modem, and hook my comptuer up to it, still just a 2.6mbps download speed, when i hooked the router up to the cable modem, i get at least a 6 mbps every time, more then twice as fast as ive ever gotten, what would cause this???

[johnwill]

Obviously, some setting for either the NIC or the TCP/IP settings was limiting the direct cable connection.

[Jakegday]

a setting i have control of, like a setting on my computer, or is that a setting the cable company controls???

if i have control of it, can i change it? how?

[johnwill]

Please supply the following info, exact models of the equipment please.

The name of your ISP and country of residence.
Make/model of the broadband modem. If dial-up, please specify.
Make/model of the router (if any).
Connection type, wired, wireless.
Make/model of network card or wireless adapter.
Make/model of your computer (motherboard if home-built).
Version and patch level of Windows, i.e. XP-Home SP2.


Please do this when connected directly to the modem, then again when connected to the router, I like to see both results:

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[Jakegday]

for the cable, its Time warner, for the dsl, its qwest
the cable modem is a toshiba pcx2200
the dsl modem is an Actiontec gt701-wg
the wireless router is a linksys wrt54g
the connection type is an ethernet cable, for everything
there are no network/wireless cards
my computer is an emachine t5048a i believe, 3.06ghz pentium 4, 1gb ram, 160gb hard drive

the first set of results will be while the computer is hooked up to the router, and the router is hooked up to the cable modem

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : YOUR-08D5303051
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : neb.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : neb.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D1-0C-33-31
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.94.163.100
24.94.163.101
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:18:24 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 26, 2007 5:18:24 AM


this second set of results is with the computer plugged directly into the cable modem


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : YOUR-08D5303051
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : neb.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : neb.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D1-0C-33-31
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 76.84.160.175
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 76.84.160.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.76.128.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.94.163.100
24.94.163.101
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:42:40 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:42:40 PM



i hope this helps you figure out this mystery.....

[Jakegday]

it wont let me edit the post but i forgot to mention im running windows xp media center edition

[johnwill]

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2 & Vista.

For XP, Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt.

For Vista, Start, Programs\Accessories and right click on Command Prompt, select "Run as Administrator" to open a command prompt.

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset reset.log

Reboot the machine.

[Jakegday]

before i do this, what will this do??

[johnwill]

It won't hurt anything, it just restores the registry entries for the TCP/IP stack and WINSOCK to the factory defaults.

[Jakegday]

ok, i did this...

[johnwill]

No change?

[Jakegday]

none at all, no change with anything,

what change were you expecting??

[johnwill]

Just wanted to be working from a known configuration.

I'm not sure what's happening, I had that same modem when I had Comcast, and I never saw anything like this happen.

[Jakegday]

yeah its got me, the only thing i can think of is this: i heard with dsl, you have your own solid connection, and with cable, you share it with everyone else in the neighborhood, i think magically somehow my router is tricking the modem into thinking i have alot of computers, so its pulling in all that extra bandwidth for me.... im sure this isnt the case but its all i can think of

[johnwill]

I wonder what would happen if you put a simple Ethernet hub or switch between the modem and computer without the router. The one thing that pops to mind is maybe you have an electrical compatibility issue.