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| | | pcnerd |  |
|  Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject: tweak TCP/IP stack |  |
How do I tweak the TCP/IP stack in XP? I have DSL at about 2 Mb/sec.
Eventually, I will upgrade to FIOS. I suppose that there is software that I
can download & I know that there are Registry settings that I can change or
add. Is there a wizard in XP (I have XP Pro.) that I can use to tweak the
TCP/IP stack? Does TweakUI or Powertoys tweak the TCP/IP stack? So, in other
words, what are my options?
Thank you.
David |
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| | | Thee Chicago Wolf | |
| | Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
| Quote: | How do I tweak the TCP/IP stack in XP? I have DSL at about 2 Mb/sec.
Eventually, I will upgrade to FIOS. I suppose that there is software that I
can download & I know that there are Registry settings that I can change or
add. Is there a wizard in XP (I have XP Pro.) that I can use to tweak the
TCP/IP stack? Does TweakUI or Powertoys tweak the TCP/IP stack? So, in other
words, what are my options?
|
Forget those tools. If you're comfortable, I can give you some super
speed-up tips. Would also help if you have SP3 and the recent DNS
update installed.
- Thee Chicago Wolf |
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| | | pcnerd | |
| | Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
Yes, I have SP3 installed. What is "the recent DNS update" & how do I
determine if I have it & how do I install it if I don't have it? Are your
super speed-up tips safe & easy to implement & reversible if I encounter any
problems?
Thank you.
David
"Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:
| Quote: | How do I tweak the TCP/IP stack in XP? I have DSL at about 2 Mb/sec.
Eventually, I will upgrade to FIOS. I suppose that there is software that I
can download & I know that there are Registry settings that I can change or
add. Is there a wizard in XP (I have XP Pro.) that I can use to tweak the
TCP/IP stack? Does TweakUI or Powertoys tweak the TCP/IP stack? So, in other
words, what are my options?
Forget those tools. If you're comfortable, I can give you some super
speed-up tips. Would also help if you have SP3 and the recent DNS
update installed.
- Thee Chicago Wolf
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| | | smlunatick | |
| | Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
On Aug 29, 3:56 pm, pcnerd <pcn...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | How do I tweak the TCP/IP stack in XP? I have DSL at about 2 Mb/sec.
Eventually, I will upgrade to FIOS. I suppose that there is software that I
can download & I know that there are Registry settings that I can change or
add. Is there a wizard in XP (I have XP Pro.) that I can use to tweak the
TCP/IP stack? Does TweakUI or Powertoys tweak the TCP/IP stack? So, in other
words, what are my options?
Thank you.
David
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Nothing available with TweakUI or Powertoys! Head over to
Dslreports.com and follow their recommendations. |
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| | | Thee Chicago Wolf | |
| | Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
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| Quote: | Yes, I have SP3 installed. What is "the recent DNS update" & how do I
determine if I have it & how do I install it if I don't have it? Are your
super speed-up tips safe & easy to implement & reversible if I encounter any
problems?
|
SP3 has a lot of the fixes to TCP that will squeeze the most from your
DSL connection. The DNS update is KB953230. Check your C:\Windows
folder or go grab it from MS here:
LINK
The tweaks are reversible by simply deleting them from the registry.
The easiest way is to open notepad, copy and past the whole statement
below, and save it as a .reg file. Make sure it saves as .reg and not
..txt as notepad might want to do. Visit some web sites you normally go
to to do a before and after. Reboot.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000
"MaxCacheTtl"=dword:00000e10
"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:00000000
To further tweak your connection, I recommend a free tool called TCP
Optimizer from this site: LINK
Fire it up, click Custom Settings, check the PPPoE box (since DSL uses
an MTU of 1492), slide the slider to 3000kbps, set Time To Live as
128, check the Modify All Network Adapters box, and click Apply. It'll
give you the option to make a backup right then and there so be sure
and do it. Reboot.
Beyond that, another tweak is not going to yield you any more speed.
Let me know how it goes.
- Thee Chicago Wolf |
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| | | pcnerd | |
| | Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
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You state : "Check your C:\Windows folder". What is the file name that I look
for in the Windows folder?
I went to the following URL:
LINK
In the "affected software" table in the row with XP SP3 under the DNS server
column, I see "not applicable" Does that mean that I don't need to install
the update?
Thank you.
David
"Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:
| Quote: | Yes, I have SP3 installed. What is "the recent DNS update" & how do I
determine if I have it & how do I install it if I don't have it? Are your
super speed-up tips safe & easy to implement & reversible if I encounter any
problems?
SP3 has a lot of the fixes to TCP that will squeeze the most from your
DSL connection. The DNS update is KB953230. Check your C:\Windows
folder or go grab it from MS here:
LINK
The tweaks are reversible by simply deleting them from the registry.
The easiest way is to open notepad, copy and past the whole statement
below, and save it as a .reg file. Make sure it saves as .reg and not
..txt as notepad might want to do. Visit some web sites you normally go
to to do a before and after. Reboot.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000
"MaxCacheTtl"=dword:00000e10
"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:00000000
To further tweak your connection, I recommend a free tool called TCP
Optimizer from this site: LINK
Fire it up, click Custom Settings, check the PPPoE box (since DSL uses
an MTU of 1492), slide the slider to 3000kbps, set Time To Live as
128, check the Modify All Network Adapters box, and click Apply. It'll
give you the option to make a backup right then and there so be sure
and do it. Reboot.
Beyond that, another tweak is not going to yield you any more speed.
Let me know how it goes.
- Thee Chicago Wolf
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| | | Thee Chicago Wolf | |
| | Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
| Quote: | You state : "Check your C:\Windows folder". What is the file name that I look
for in the Windows folder?
I went to the following URL:
LINK
In the "affected software" table in the row with XP SP3 under the DNS server
column, I see "not applicable" Does that mean that I don't need to install
the update?
Thank you.
David
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If you look in C:\Windows and see a folder called KB953230 then you
already have the recent DNS update for XP. This came from Windows
Update a few months back.
- Thee Chicago Wolf |
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| | | pcnerd | |
| | Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:10 am Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
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I searched my entire hard drive & there is no file or folder named KB953230.
I have another question. In a previous e-mail you stated :
| Quote: | SP3 has a lot of the fixes to TCP that will squeeze the most from your
DSL connection. The DNS update is KB953230. Check your C:\Windows
folder or go grab it from MS here:
LINK
|
I went to that URL & saw in the "affected software" table in the row with XP
SP3 under the DNS server column, I see "not applicable" Does that mean that I
don't need to install the update?
"Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:
| Quote: | You state : "Check your C:\Windows folder". What is the file name that I look
for in the Windows folder?
I went to the following URL:
LINK
In the "affected software" table in the row with XP SP3 under the DNS server
column, I see "not applicable" Does that mean that I don't need to install
the update?
Thank you.
David
If you look in C:\Windows and see a folder called KB953230 then you
already have the recent DNS update for XP. This came from Windows
Update a few months back.
- Thee Chicago Wolf
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| | | Thee Chicago Wolf | |
| | Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
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| Quote: | I searched my entire hard drive & there is no file or folder named KB953230.
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Have you run Windows Update lately? That'd be the sure fire way to get
it. Just because it's not there doesn't mean you can't get it the way
everyone else did.
| Quote: | I have another question. In a previous e-mail you stated :
SP3 has a lot of the fixes to TCP that will squeeze the most from your
DSL connection. The DNS update is KB953230. Check your C:\Windows
folder or go grab it from MS here:
LINK
I went to that URL & saw in the "affected software" table in the row with XP
SP3 under the DNS server column, I see "not applicable" Does that mean that I
don't need to install the update?
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No, I don't think so. I have SP3 and this update come out after SP3
and I did get it from Windows Update. It's not critical to the tweaks
working but from a security perspective and being current with
Internet standards it nice to have it already.
I see that it does say not applicable but that's for something running
as a DNS Client which would be a server. If you actually click the
link Windows XP Service Pack 3 under the DNS Client column, it takes
you to a Download page. If you click Download, it'll download it to
your computer. That's the easiest way to manually download it. Give
that a shot.
- Thee Chicago Wolf |
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| | | Unknown | |
| | Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: tweak TCP/IP stack | |
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Check to see if KB953230 is indeed installed on your computer. I am at the
latest update level and KB953230 is nowhere to be found on my system. Is it
an update or simply a notice (KB953230)? Could it be (the update) under a
different number?
"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message
news:s92ob45n1022dvafmrf443fi0i2rj4k8hk@4ax.com...
| Quote: | I searched my entire hard drive & there is no file or folder named
KB953230.
Have you run Windows Update lately? That'd be the sure fire way to get
it. Just because it's not there doesn't mean you can't get it the way
everyone else did.
I have another question. In a previous e-mail you stated :
SP3 has a lot of the fixes to TCP that will squeeze the most from your
DSL connection. The DNS update is KB953230. Check your C:\Windows
folder or go grab it from MS here:
LINK
I went to that URL & saw in the "affected software" table in the row with
XP
SP3 under the DNS server column, I see "not applicable" Does that mean
that I
don't need to install the update?
No, I don't think so. I have SP3 and this update come out after SP3
and I did get it from Windows Update. It's not critical to the tweaks
working but from a security perspective and being current with
Internet standards it nice to have it already.
I see that it does say not applicable but that's for something running
as a DNS Client which would be a server. If you actually click the
link Windows XP Service Pack 3 under the DNS Client column, it takes
you to a Download page. If you click Download, it'll download it to
your computer. That's the easiest way to manually download it. Give
that a shot.
- Thee Chicago Wolf |
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