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10-01-2008 3:45 PM
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[Moderator's note by Barry Zubel: Please refrain from posting titles in all caps as this is considered shouting.]
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 3:58 PM
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There's loads of possible reasons, but the likely outcome is exchange contention.
It is possible however, that you can optimise your connection to give better download speeds. Have a read of this tutoriasl about optimising MTU & rWin settings.
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/troubleshooting/rwin_video.shtml
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 4:14 PM
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Try downloading a large file from microsoft.com I tend to get 500+kbs and a much lower rate everywhere else.
Of course content ratio is a key factor
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 4:18 PM
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Contention ratios don't exist on Max. There's merely a lower priority of traffic on IPStream Max than IPStream Max Premium.
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 4:28 PM
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Sorry about the Caps, I am new to forums. I am running Vista and dslreports.com advises against tweaking. Also the results download speeds are those quoted by the plusnet speed tester which I thought would be the maximum achievable.
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 4:38 PM
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Red7, Im also using Vista and the only tweak I have done is disabled the horrid Vista network 'Auto Tuning' which can have a dramatic impact on mainly latency;
To disable it, run: “netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled”
To enable it, run: “netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal”
300kb still isnt a bad figure.
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 4:45 PM
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I didn't edit you post, it was Barry, one of our Moderators He's a customer, just like you.
Are you able to set MTU on your router? I'd generally go with 1430, although 1500 should be alright.
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 4:52 PM
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Try the "new and improved" Plusnet speedtester at http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk
Also try the BT speedtester at http://speedtester.bt.com although this is often busy and unreliable itself.
Setting the MTU in your router as advised by the lovely Gloria may yield a performance increase, although the upshot may be that it is exchange contention causing the slowdowns.
I wonder what a speedtest at 4am would show
B.
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 5:11 PM
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don't know how improved it actually is ...
my speeds rarely go over 1600kbps using that tester.
just ran a test on www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk
than again on www.speedtest.net
this is always the case
Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 6:04 PM
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Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 7:33 PM
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Faster speeds are possible!
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Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 11:04 PM
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Re: Sync Speed vs PN Server Download
10-01-2008 11:12 PM
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Every time you connection, you can be placed on any one of these.
Judging by the times of your speedtests, there is nothing out of the ordinary on any of the gateways. However, simple congestion on a gateway doesn't necessary show clearly on the graphs.
It may have been "one of those things" that does happen occasionally - to quote the IT Crowd: "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
B.
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