[xtrm]

Yeah I already wanted to play around with the NIC settings, but there isn't nearly as much to play around with compared to your screen, and nothing that really sounds useful, only wakeup on lan stuff etc.

I do have:

Early Tx Treshold (15)
Link Down Power Saving (disabled)
Link Speed/Duplex Mode (auto mode)
Network Address (n/a)
Receive Buffer Size (64k bytes - the highest)
WakeUp on APR/PING (enabled)
WakeUp on Link Change (disabled)
WakeUp using APM Mode (disabled)

I will maybe get a new mainboard anyway with onboard LAN on it, then I will see if there will be any change.

[xtrm]

I have some news. Last night I encountered my problem again, I had eMule running to test if there was any improvement after playing around with my TCP/IP settings, and when it happened, I closed all windows, disconnected from the net, opened TcpView and closed all connections that were closable. Then I reconnected - and hosts were found, but the speed was like...I don't know, 56k would seem like a rocket compared to it. I made a speedtest from another Austrian ISP and it told me 10 (!) kbit/s (I usually have around 2000 kbit/s). And the best thing is - the browser is loading to no end, but the connection does not show any activity at all, only once in a while some kbytes. Just check the speedtest pic here. And the best best thing is - my upload is as fast as usual, or better, even faster than usual with 37-38 kb/s (usually about 32 kb/s). I really don't get anything anymore now. It's really funny to see each post in this topic appear one by one. I never had a 34k modem, but I can now imagine how it must have been .

[xtrm]

Just a quick update, I have a new modem now (alcatel/thompson speedtouch 546 v6), the problem persists.

[Ponch]

There is something called TCPOptimizer, but I think it was from Speedguide also. I once solved a speed problem with it on 98. And I admit I haven't read the entire thread .

[xtrm]

then you'd better read it lol