Internet speed booster

Pc_Pimp · 10-27-2007, 05:08 AM

Whats the best internet speed booster program to boost internet speed and quickness?

Trizoy · 10-27-2007, 05:21 AM

They dont boost your speed, it just seems like it. They compress images in weird ways, less quality, size.. etc.

RoDDerz · 10-28-2007, 01:33 AM

lol, "quickness"

they claim to do a lot more than they say. I've tried one b4 and it only made things worse

**mep916** · 10-28-2007, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by RoDDerz

lol, "quickness"

they claim to do a lot more than they say. I've tried one b4 and it only made things worse

lol. With all due respect, it's a marketing gimmick directed towards noobs. Even your own ISP has offered you something like this. Usually, it's very intrusive, changes your home page, hard to uninstall, blah, blah, blah. Stay away from any company that tells you they can "boost your internet speed" with an application. Especially dial up.

hermeslyre · 10-28-2007, 01:43 AM

you could try something like TCPoptimizer. It well, optimizes your TCP/ip setting, and it might make the connection faster, increases the MTU limit among other things. There are various other tweaks you can apply to XP to increase throughput, such as taking away certain restrictions M$ applies to make the internet "safer". The amount of open/half-open connections is only ten per Second in SP2 XP, opposed to over 65,000 pre-SP2, for example. Increasing this number only impacts such operations that require a large number of connection, online gaming and P2P, are two such.

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

**mep916** · 10-28-2007, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by hermeslyre

you could try something like TCPoptimizer. It well, optimizes your TCP/ip setting, and it might make the connection faster, increases the BTU limit among other things. There are various other tweaks you can apply to XP to increase throughput, such as taking away certain restrictions M$ applies to make the internet "safer". The amount of open/half-open connections is only ten per Second in SP2 XP, opposed to over 65,000 pre-SP2, for example. Increasing this number only impacts such operations that require a large number of connection, online gaming and P2P, are two such.

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

Damn! Well said, hermeslyre. I'm gonna check out those links.

**oscaryu1** · 10-28-2007, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hermeslyre

you could try something like TCPoptimizer. It well, optimizes your TCP/ip setting, and it might make the connection faster, increases the MTU limit among other things. There are various other tweaks you can apply to XP to increase throughput, such as taking away certain restrictions M$ applies to make the internet "safer". The amount of open/half-open connections is only ten per Second in SP2 XP, opposed to over 65,000 pre-SP2, for example. Increasing this number only impacts such operations that require a large number of connection, online gaming and P2P, are two such.

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

... So doing that makes you more vulernable to trojans/viruses?

If so, I personally don't think it's worth it

Trizoy · 10-28-2007, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by oscaryu1

... So doing that makes you more vulernable to trojans/viruses?

If so, I personally don't think it's worth it

Please, all that malware an virus stuff only gets on your pc if your doing ad stuff on the net. Dont download virus.exe or pron video and you will be fine. Seriously...

chrislo · 10-29-2007, 03:29 AM

Are you crazy? Those speed boosters are snake oil, they do nothing for you. The only way to get higher speed without spending more money is to hack your modem (Dial Up need not apply). I heard of some people hacking their cable modems and it will give you a huge jump in speed but if your cable company finds out they will likely permanently terminate your service or worse.

JSpecGC8 · 10-31-2007, 09:42 PM

I have heard of changing some settings within XP to help out but hacking your modem thats a new one on me!!

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hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	you could try something like TCPoptimizer. It well, optimizes your TCP/ip setting, and it might make the connection faster, increases the MTU limit among other things. There are various other tweaks you can apply to XP to increase throughput, such as taking away certain restrictions M$ applies to make the internet "safer". The amount of open/half-open connections is only ten per Second in SP2 XP, opposed to over 65,000 pre-SP2, for example. Increasing this number only impacts such operations that require a large number of connection, online gaming and P2P, are two such. http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497 Last edited by hermeslyre; 10-28-2007 at 02:02 AM. Reason: MTU not BTU >_>

10-29-2007, 03:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
chrislo Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 22 Posts: 278	Are you crazy? Those speed boosters are snake oil, they do nothing for you. The only way to get higher speed without spending more money is to hack your modem (Dial Up need not apply). I heard of some people hacking their cable modems and it will give you a huge jump in speed but if your cable company finds out they will likely permanently terminate your service or worse. __________________ Computer Spec's: Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 Windows XP MCE 2005 SP2 (TV Tuner Card) Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.46GHz (2 CPUs HyperThreading) 3 GB's of Ram 2 80 GB Hard Drives ATI RADEON X850 Platinum Edition 256 MB SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't do...

10-31-2007, 09:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
JSpecGC8 Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 147	I have heard of changing some settings within XP to help out but hacking your modem thats a new one on me!! __________________ CPU: E6300 @ 2.8ghz Mobo: MSI P6N SLi Ram: Kingston Hyper X 3g (3x1g) Vid Card: EVGA 8800GT Superclocked PSU: Thermal Take Tough Power 700W Cooling: Zalman on both CPU and Vid Card Case: Antec 900 Its nothing special but it works

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