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    Posted by thinkdj on July 4th, 2007
    73 Comments | 10,915 pageviews

    Internet speedOk, so how many of you have taken a broadband connection and curse your ISP that it isnt delivering the kbps it promised ?

    Did you know that our OS and even the browsers are optimized for Dial-up connections by default ?

    Here are some tweaks that will make your broadband experience worthwhile .. some will make pages load lightning fast. Just tweak around with em till all goes fine , all right ?
    Nevertheless to say, Windows itself isn’t configured aptly for Broadband.

    1) Tweaking the Windows TCP Stack Settings
    This step is for advanced users and it is quite OK if you skip this and goto step 2 :D as this produces only a small improvement in speed. Alternatively, you can use some 3rd party software which will let you know if your TCP settings are configured for broadband. (E.g : Tune Up Utilities System Optimizer )

    Tweaking your TCP Stack

    I suggest you run the tweak test (JAVA required) from dslreports, which will recommend you with just the right values to be tweaked.
    http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks : Run the Tweak Tester II

    Next, download DrTCP and tweak your settings for the LAN card (MTU,TCP Receive Window size). Disable and Enable Networking (XP) or reboot the PC (95/98) for the changes to take place. If you are having ANY trouble getting back online, restore the default values and repeat the procedure.

    2 ) Tweaking the Browsers’ Settings

    • Internet Explorer performance is greatly dependent in part on the number of simultaneous connections that can be made for a current page. By default, the value is 4. This means only a maximum of 4 simultaneous connectons will be made per server.

    Start – Run – Regedit
    Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
    Name: MaxConnectionsPerServer
    Type: REG_DWORD
    Value: 20 (Hex)
    Name: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
    Type: REG_DWORD
    Value: 20

    If these keys dont already exist, create them.

    • Firefox

    Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down (or press n) and look for the following entries:

    network.http.pipelining
    network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
    network.http.proxy.pipelining

    Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

    Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true” [Double click on the row]

    Also, set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make a max.of 30 requests at once.

    Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”

    Finally, find “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time (ms) the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

    Here’s the video explaining step 2


    Lightning Fast Browsing Trick For Internet Explorer And Firefox

    3) AdBlock (Firefox)
    The ‘add-ons’ in Firefox is a boon to users. That is one great advantage of open software.
    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/10/

    Install the add-on and restart firefox. Now right click on those annoying ads and click “Adblock Image” or “Adblock iFrame” etc to begin the mojo.
    Dont forget to add the wildcard “*” for annoying ad sites ..
    Eg : Instead of blocking http://adultfinder.com/promoads/?clkid=87JHDI7J349torrettz.com, add http://adultfinder.com/* to the filter ..

    And … here’s the picture of my rate of success ..

    Before

    These are the screenshots (of the maximums i got) before and after the tweakAfter

    Oops ! Almost forgot .. If you’d like to do some bandwidth testing, try
    http://www.speedtest.net/ – Great bandwidth test ( Flash 8 ) .. Host of server locations from around the world to choose from.
    For a quick test with just a 128KB data block, try our BSNL’s test or McAfee Speedometer
    Happy Surfing

    cheers

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    22. Mike says:

      I started reading about blog and found it is nice to see people discussing issues but some blogs like on http://whatsonweb.blogspot.com does not provide correct information.

      Is there any law to control that ???

    23. thinkdj says:

      In some cases, nglayout.initialpaint.delay would not be enabled. Right click in about:config .. NEW > String .. and name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set it’s value from 750 to 0

      * Internet Explorer performance is greatly dependent in part on the number of simultaneous connections that can be made for a current page. By default, the value is 4. This means only a maximum of 4 simultaneous connectons will be made per server.

      Start > Run > Regedit
      Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
      Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Internet Settings
      Name: MaxConnections PerServer
      Type: REG_DWORD
      Value: 10 (Decimal)
      Name: MaxConnections Per1_0Server
      Type: REG_DWORD
      Value: 10 (decimal)

      If these keys dont already exist, create them.
      make two DWORD values [Right click, New> DWORD Value]

      MaxConnections Per1_0Server : Decimal value 10
      MaxConnections PerServer : Decimal value 10

      This will solve your problem ..

    24. MaverickBlue says:

      right on , drake :D
      i was a bitt late on posting :P

    25. MaverickBlue says:

      Hey Nick !

      If it doesnt exist, right click NEW > Integer
      Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and value 0

      cheers !

    26. Drake Mallard says:

      Nick,

      If that variable doesn’t exist in your Firefox, you can create it.

      Just right-click anywhere in the config screen and select New->Integer.

      Type nglayout.initialpaint.delay as its name and set it to 0.

      And you’re done.

      DM

    27. Nick >. says:

      nglayout.initialpaint

      doesn’t exist, spent at least 20 minutes looking for it.

    28. MaverickBlue says:

      cheers to you too man ! It works great

      FF
      Type about:config in address bar and find nglayout. initialpaint. delay and set its value to 0. This value is the amount of time (ms) the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

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