Speed Up DSL - How to Speed it Up

Your PC is probably infected with adware & spyware if:

You have downloaded music online
Your PC is running extremely slow
You are pestered by those horrible popup ads
Your homepage keeps changing

If you want to speed up DSL or cable, or other broadband internet connection, then the best place to start is in Windows' own settings. Windows wasn't originally designed to connect to the Internet at all, the settings are quickly hacked-on and unoptimised, and stored in the Windows registry.

Luckily, there's a program available that tells you what each one of these registry settings does, and allows you to edit them easily. It's called Dr. TCP and you can download the latest version of it at http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html -- don't worry about installing; it's just one .exe file.

Suggested settings:

TCP Receive Window: 64240
Window Scaling: No
Time Stamping: No
Selective ACKs: Yes
Dial Up (RAS) MTU: 1400
Path MTU discovery: Yes
Black Hole Detection: Default
Max. Duplicate ACKs: leave this blank
TTL: 128
MTU: 1500

Please note that these are only suggested settings, the ones that users of dslreports.com find work best for their connections. Your connection might be a bit different, you may get better results using different settings.

Don't be afraid to experiment -- you can't mess anything up! Just remember to reboot your computer each time you change the settings so that you can see the effects. Another method and the one I use is one of the software programs available. Don't be satisfied with where your online access speed it at. You can increase the speed of your DSL or cable modem connection. It just takes a few tweaks.