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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 03:17 PM
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Have you set your ADSL up for maximum speed.....have a look here to change your MTU settings

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/guide/mtu.asp




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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 04:52 PM
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has it made any difference Jeff?
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 04:54 PM
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TCP window size is likely to show more noticable improvements for large downloads ....

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,671,00.asp
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 05:18 PM
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got this link a while back (might have been from you Jeff ?)
been meaning to try it since then, but havn't got round to it...
Greg, yeah I wonder if it works....??

geek_mode_on/ mind you I have a 2 meg pipe coming in so it's pretty quick anyway

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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 05:20 PM
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I'm telling lies, it was this link I got....
It's somewhere on here is a download that does it for you...tweaks adsl that is.

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/

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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 02:50 PM
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Matching your Routers/PC's MTU to the MTU of the ADSL circuit will improve performance as it will reduce fragmented packets....
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 03:37 PM
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Let's be honest, though, in 99% of cases, the biggest bottleneck is likely to be the server you're pulling the stuff down from....
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 05:33 PM
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As you know Marko.....every little helps


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