scratching my head over speed issues

Troy Reed · 10-27-2009, 12:42 PM

Hi
I have an nforce 10/100/1000 on the mboard and a 15meg connection through my isp. There is a phone modem and a wireless in the house. My wife connects from her laptop at about 10mbps but no matter what i try i cant get over 1.7mbps on the desktop. I have updated the drivers, tried new ethernet cables, usb, re-installing vista premium. Even though i didnt wipe out the windows old file yet. i dont know how long i have been this slow. I only noticed when the wireless modem died and my isp put in the new one and had me check pcpitstop.com. The tech said it was an issue with my pc either rwin tcp.ip or software related..

Any help would Rok!

ebackhus · 10-27-2009, 12:47 PM

Who is your ISP and where are you getting your speed results?

Troy Reed · 10-27-2009, 12:52 PM

time warner is my provider and i have tried pcpitstop.com dslreports.com and toast.com

ebackhus · 10-27-2009, 04:17 PM

Try www.speedtest.net and www.speakesy.com for more testing. I also have that package and my speeds are generally above 20Mbps.

Troy Reed · 10-27-2009, 06:09 PM

yeah speedtest rates at .4mbps.. no idea whats goin on

**johnwill** · 10-28-2009, 09:16 AM

Register at DSLReports and run their Line Quality Tests. It's best to run this test with a direct wired connection to eliminate any wireless issues from the results. It's useful many times to run this test several times, and we'd like to see each of the results. Post the results link from the top of the test display page for each test run here.

The link to post is near the top of the page and looks like:

If you wish to post this result to a forum, please copy/paste this URL
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2357195 <- sample only, yours will obviously be different!
and your IP will be disguised.

Copy/paste that link here.

Note: You will have to enable PING (ICMP) request response either in your router (if you have one), or in your computer's firewall for direct modem connections. This is very important to get the most important part of the test to run.

DSLReports

Here's also the Line Quality Tests FAQ to help you understand the results. This will answer some questions about the line quality display.

10-27-2009, 12:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Troy Reed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: vista home premium	scratching my head over speed issues Hi I have an nforce 10/100/1000 on the mboard and a 15meg connection through my isp. There is a phone modem and a wireless in the house. My wife connects from her laptop at about 10mbps but no matter what i try i cant get over 1.7mbps on the desktop. I have updated the drivers, tried new ethernet cables, usb, re-installing vista premium. Even though i didnt wipe out the windows old file yet. i dont know how long i have been this slow. I only noticed when the wireless modem died and my isp put in the new one and had me check pcpitstop.com. The tech said it was an issue with my pc either rwin tcp.ip or software related.. Any help would Rok!

10-27-2009, 12:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,235 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: scratching my head over speed issues Who is your ISP and where are you getting your speed results? __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

10-27-2009, 12:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Troy Reed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: vista home premium	Re: scratching my head over speed issues time warner is my provider and i have tried pcpitstop.com dslreports.com and toast.com

10-27-2009, 04:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,235 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: scratching my head over speed issues Try www.speedtest.net and www.speakesy.com for more testing. I also have that package and my speeds are generally above 20Mbps. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

10-27-2009, 06:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Troy Reed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: vista home premium	Re: scratching my head over speed issues yeah speedtest rates at .4mbps.. no idea whats goin on

10-28-2009, 09:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: scratching my head over speed issues Register at DSLReports and run their Line Quality Tests. It's best to run this test with a direct wired connection to eliminate any wireless issues from the results. It's useful many times to run this test several times, and we'd like to see each of the results. Post the results link from the top of the test display page for each test run here. The link to post is near the top of the page and looks like: If you wish to post this result to a forum, please copy/paste this URL http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2357195 <- sample only, yours will obviously be different! and your IP will be disguised. Copy/paste that link here. Note: You will have to enable PING (ICMP) request response either in your router (if you have one), or in your computer's firewall for direct modem connections. This is very important to get the most important part of the test to run. DSLReports Here's also the Line Quality Tests FAQ to help you understand the results. This will answer some questions about the line quality display. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience