It took me a while to figure out how to do this since I'm not computer savvy. But I did figure it out, so here is the way I did it. Click Start Click Control Panel Click Network and Internet Connection Towards the bottom again Network and Internet Connection Double click on Local Area Connection (new window will open) Click on Properties (New Window will open) Click on Configure (new window will open) Click on Advance Click on Speed & Duplex (yours may not say it like mine so find the title that deals with speed) To the right it has a Value box it will say Auto Negotiate. Change the Value to 100 full duplex or 100 full mode. I checked this mode using bandwidthplace.com so with BellSouth DSL 3.0 before mode results Speed 1.9 megabits per second Communications 1.9 megabits per second Storage 232.9 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 4.4 seconds Subjective rating Great Not bad good connection....Now for the After mode results Speed 2.4 megabits per second Communications 2.4 megabits per second Storage 298.7 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 3.4 seconds Subjective rating : Great Now the weather here is very poor (TS Barry) so I know both of these test are off. But the was still a good improvement over the standard connection. I found this mode on TweakXP.com http://www.tweakxp.com/article37130.aspx Enjoy faster browsing.....Oh and if there are any computer savvy folks here who see a problem with the mode please speak up. I've had the mode since last night and have been very happy thus far.
Well I changed this but didnt do a before and after, but the speed results surprised me. 6184 kbps down 2066 kbps up This on cable
Full duplex allows your computer to send and receive data at the same time, where half duplex only allows one way communication. Using full duplex will increase network performance, possibly even web browsing, but it should have no effect on an internet bandwidth test. For one thing, most of those tests do the upload and download separately so duplex should not matter. Second, your internet connection is at 3.0mb and your local network connection is 100mb...Which means your network should not slow down the internet connection at all.
So why does it affect the test scores? I've reset it a few times and each time they increase after changing it to 100 full. I'm always facinated with tweaks I just wish I was a more computer savvy. Is there any way of increasing internet speed by tweaking things around? 6.0 is still not available heer so if I can sqeeze or uncork some more speed that would be great.
Low5-0 is spot on. That should not have any effect on your d/l speeds to the internet, the only area it would affect is if your doing huge file transfers over your LAN. BTW, I <3 15Mb FiOS! Communications 11 megabits per second Storage 1.3 megabytes per second 1MB file download 0.8 seconds Subjective rating Unbelievable . Also, check out speedtest.net, it's a real sweet GUI bandwidth test.
