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FAQ: Maximizing cable modem or DSL speed
Posted by John Navas on June 24th, 2003


Q: How do I get the maximum possible DSL or cable modem speed?
Should I use one of those tweaking programs?

A: See the Navas Cable Modem/DSL Tuning Guide at <http://Cable-DSL.home.att.net/>.

Posted by Jim Orfanakos on June 24th, 2003


"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote in message
news:tF2Ka.5156$%3.266520@typhoon.sonic.net...
: Q: How do I get the maximum possible DSL or cable modem speed?
: Should I use one of those tweaking programs?

John,

See the following links below for how to get the maximum possible cable
modem speed...

http://www.speedguide.net

http://www.practicallynetworked.com

http://www.cablemodemhelp.com

http://www.broadbandreports.com

http://www.broadbandnuts.com

......or you can always try to hack you cable modem; but do so at your own
risk (see the legal stuff in your TOS / EUA)






Posted by John Navas on June 25th, 2003


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In <HE6dndyPNLuGXWWjXTWJkA@comcast.com> on Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:18:17 -0400,
"Jim Orfanakos" <jim@-nospam-orfanakos.com> wrote:

There's some good advice there ( albeit plagiarized from my original work ,
but a good deal of voodoo as well. The *only* think that will improve speed
is optimizing the TCP Window Size.

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Best regards,
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>
CABLE MODEM/DSL GUIDE: <http://Cable-DSL.home.att.net/>