Increase Broadband Connection Speed in Windows XP/2003

This tip is designed for increased BROADBAND speed in Windows XP while using standard Network Interface cards (NIC) that are connected to ADSL modems, or when using any directly-connected USB ADSL modem.

To speed up the Internet connection speed we need to configure a special buffer in the computer's memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the NIC or the USB modem.

This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher.

Step #1 - Identify the IRQ used by the NIC/USB modem

Follow these steps:

1. Open the System Information tool by running MSINFO32.EXE from the Run command.

2. Expand System Summary > Hardware Resources > IRQs.

3. Look for the listing made for your NIC (in my case - a Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter). Note the IRQ next to the specified line (in my case - IRQ21).

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Increase Internet Connection Speed in Windows XP

Note: You might also want to read the Increase Broadband Connection Speed in Windows XP/2003 tip for more info.

QoS Packet Scheduler is a method of network bandwidth management that can monitor the importance of data packets and depending upon the priority of the packet, give it higher or lower priority or bandwidth levels. It's not very useful unless you're using apps which are QoS-aware or running a server, so you can gain some network overhead back by turning it off.

Note: This following tip will not work on XP Home Edition.

1. Make sure you're logged on as actually "Administrator". Do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.

2. Start > Run > type gpedit.msc (not available in home version).

3. Expand the Local Computer Policy branch.

4. Expand the Administrative Templates......

TCP Optimizer - Optimize Dialup, DSL and Cable all from one interface

 

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TCP Optimizer download

 

A program for tweaking broadband-related Registry settings.

The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. Just download and run, there is no installation required.

The program makes it easy to find the best MTU and RWIN values, test latency and tweak all the important broadband related registry parameters. The Optimizer can be helpful with tuning any Internet connection type, from dialup to Gigabit+ :)

If you need help with the program, check the TCP Optimizer documentation, read our broadband tweaking articles, the Optimizer FAQ, and/or visit our Forums. As an alternative, you can try one of our generic Registry patches instead.

Optimize Dialup, DSL and Cable all from one simple to use......

Now here's a marriage of convenient ideas - the Microsoft Surface and Nintendo Wii Balance Board have merged into this pressure-sensitive surface computing. In the video above, you will see a simple application that allows users to create bubbles of different sizes, where one can roll them around the table simply by pressing on the edges of Surface. With the inclusion of pressure sensitivity, you will be able to make the Surface experience all the more enjoyable, further augmenting an already advanced platform. I wonder what are the kinds of games that one can make out of this combo.

Peer exchange (PEX) is a feature of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol which, like trackers and DHT, can be utilized to gather peers. Using peer exchange, an existing peer is used to trade the information required to find and connect to additional peers. While it may improve (local) performance and robustness—e.g. if a tracker is slow or even down—heavy reliance on PEX can lead to the formation of groups of peers who tend to only share information with each other, which may yield slow propagation of data through the network, due to the few peers sending information to those outside the group they are in.

Clients supporting peer exchange

Each of these clients implement an incompatible version of peer exchange:

• Azureus and clients based on it (The Azureus PEX is only compatible with the Transmission client. PEX with other clients has been implemented from Azureus 3.0.4.3 onwards)
• BitComet
• Bitflu
• BitTorrent
• Deluge
• FlashGet
• KTorrent has implemented full......

BitTorrent protocol encryption

Protocol encryption (PE), Message stream encryption (MSE), or Protocol header encrypt (PHE) are related features of some peer-to-peer file-sharing clients, including BitTorrent clients. They attempt to make traffic harder to identify by third parties including internet service providers (ISPs).

MSE/PE is implemented in Azureus, BitComet, BitTornado, Deluge, Halite Client, KTorrent, Mainline, µTorrent, Transmission (v0.90) and rTorrent. PHE was implemented in old versions of BitComet. Similar protocol obfuscation is supported in up-to-date versions of some other (non-BitTorrent) systems including eMule.

Purpose

Peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic makes up more than a third of total internet traffic. Some ISPs deal with this traffic by increasing their capacity whilst others use specialised systems to throttle (i.e. slow down) BitTorrent traffic. Obfuscation and encryption make traffic harder to detect and therefore harder to throttle. These systems......