Can you make a modem faster?

Answer 1

Depending on what kind of modem it is. Since you want it faster, I suspect its a 56K Dial Up modem. This help may be complicated to some people.

Ensure that you have the latest drivers for your modem, from the manufacturer & not Microsoft.

Here are some tweaks that will help you maximize throughput as best possible, for your 56K modem.

Please create a System Restore point before tweaking

Download Cablenut & use the following settings: (Cablenut Link On Bottom)

DefaultReceiveWindow = 8192

DefaultSendWindow = 4096

DisableAddressSharing = 1

InitialLargeBufferCount = 10

InitialMediumBufferCount = 24

InitialSmallBufferCount = 32

LargeBufferSize = 4096

MaxFastTransmit = 6400

MediumBufferSize = 1504

PriorityBoost = 0

SmallBufferSize = 128

TransmitWorker = 32

FastSendDatagramThreshold = 1024

EnableFastRouteLookup = 1

EnablePMTUDiscovery = 1

IgnorePushBitOnReceives = 0

GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize = 8760

MaxFreeTcbs = 2000

MaxHashTableSize = 4096

MaxNormLookupMemory = 5000000

SackOpts = 1

SynAttackProtect = 1

Tcp1323Opts = 0

TcpLogLevel = 1

MaxDupAcks = 2

TcpMaxHalfOpen = 100

TcpMaxHalfOpenRetried = 80

TcpRecvSegmentSize = 1460

TcpSendSegmentSize = 1460

TcpTimedWaitDelay = 30

TcpUseRFC1122UrgentPointer = 0

TcpWindowSize = 8760

MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server = 8

MaxConnectionsPerServer = 4

DefaultTTL = 128

DisableUserTOSSetting = 0

TcpMaxDataRetransmissions = 6

DefaultTOSValue = 92

Open your registry (start -> run -> type regedit) and change the following registry entry:

Export each registry setting before amending

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\AFD\Parameters

Add the parameter BufferMultiplier and give it a value of 400 hexidecimal which will make it 1024.

Download TCPOptimizer and use the following settings: (TCP Optimizer link on bottom)

Under the settings tab select dial up and custom settings, in network adapter selection choose dial up adapter. Then use the following settings:

MaxMTU - 1500

TCP Receive Window - 8760

MTU Discovery - Yes

Black Hole Detect - No

Selective ACKs - Yes

Max Dup ACKs - 2

Time to Live (TTL) - 128

TCP 1323 Options - uncheck both boxes

Other settings:

Max Connections per Server - 4

Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 8

Then select Apply changes and reboot your computer.

Go to Network Connections from the Control Panel -- right click on your internet connection and select properties, uninstall QoS Packet Scheduler.

Amend the following registry entries:

delete the following entry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace/{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

add the following entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\PriorityControl (if PriorityControl is not there, make the value) - on the right hand side right click and select new DWORD value, name it IrqXPriority (X = Irq assigned to your modem), then right click it and select modify and give

it a decimal value of 1.

This tweak will help web pages load faster, it has no real effect on download speeds, just helps your PC look up websites faster thereby speeding up

how fast the page loads and making websurfing more enjoyable.

Go to the registry entry and change the following settings:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\ServiceProvider

Class - 1

DnsPriority - 1

HostsPriority - 1

LocalPriority - 1

NetbtPriority - 1

Download CableNut in here

http://www.student.ipfw.edu/%7Egottj...ablenut408.exe

Download TCPOptimiser in here

http:/www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe

Answer 2

A few ways you can make your DSL get it's full capicity is by running your antivirus scans, run disk cleanups, and speed up your computer. If your computer is at peak performance, your DSL will be at peak performance. To see how fast your DSL is, you can go to: http://www.speedtestnet.com

Answer 3

The only way to change the speeds of a modem is to change the boot file. The boot file is only accessible by you internet service provider. If you wish to change this yourself you would need a modified modem and this would be considered illegal is most states.

Answer 4

Probably but not without spending money. Also PayAsYouGo customers have slower speeds than Contract customers; that's fair ey?

Answer 5

The end user generally has no control over broadband speed. A speed increase would need to be provided by your provider.