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In most cases, speed problems are related to the tariff or malfunctions on the side of the provider or user equipment. However, there are cases when a decrease in speed is due to software settings or malfunctions. In this case, you can try to correct the situation on your own. Let's figure out how to speed up the Internet on Windows 10, what needs to be done for this, etc.

All overclocking options can be divided into the following categories:

removing restrictions in the operating system;
removing restrictions in third-party programs;
fixing errors and updating firmware in the router/modem;
using settings for slow Internet;
network optimization using third-party software.

One of the methods listed will definitely help you make your connection faster and more stable. Next, all methods will be considered in the form step-by-step guides, as well as ways to check speed.

How to check speed

First, measure the speed of your connection using a special service. This is necessary in order to verify the data with your tariff plan. It is possible that the Internet is not limited in any way, but fully corresponds to the declared speed. In this case, you need to use services to measure speed, ping and other parameters.

The most popular option is checking on Speedtest.net. To do this, go to the website http://www.speedtest.net/ through any browser and click the Begin Test button.

Next, automatic selection of the nearest server and speed measurement will begin.

At the end of the procedure, you will see the Download and Upload Speed, Ping data on the screen. Verify the information received with your provider's tariff plan information.

Most providers have similar services. For example, for the Rostelecom provider you need to visit the page https://moscow.rt.ru/service/srvhomeinet/connect_inet/speed_internet and select the desired region.

The Windows 10 operating system has a built-in network scan feature that can be used through the Task Manager. To view network load, do the following:

Call the task manager using the combination Ctrl keys+ Shift + Esc . Go to the "Processes" tab and click on "Network" to organize the list as you use the Internet.

At the top of the list will be all processes that somehow use the network for their work. If you have a slow home Internet, then close some of them. You can view more information about network load in the “Performance” tab. At the bottom of the window, click on the “Open Resource Monitor” button.

The “Network” tab contains all processes related to working on the Internet. You can close them using RMB and the “End Process” button.

After a reboot, the computer will again use these processes, so it will not be possible to completely get rid of the problem with loading the network channel. Let's move on to removing restrictions in the system.

Now let's look at the OS settings and restrictions on a laptop and PC. After Windows installations 10 by default limits the connection speed and reserves part of the channel for system purposes (updates, etc.). To optimize the Internet, you need to remove the restriction bandwidth via computer configuration. After this, the connection should stabilize and the speed should increase slightly.

To remove the restriction, follow these steps:

Open the Run window using the Start menu or Win + R keys. Next, enter the command gpedit.msc and click OK.

The Local Group Policy Editor will appear in front of you. Go to the Computer Configuration – “Administrative Templates Network” – “QoS Packet Scheduler” branch.

On the right side of the window, find the line “Limit reserved bandwidth” and right-click. Then select “Change” from the menu.

In the window, set the “Enabled” option. In the field for changing the network bandwidth limit, set “0” and apply the changes with the “OK” button.

Now you need to check whether your network connection is using the QoS scheduler. To do this, right-click on the connection icon (1) in the tray and select “Network Center”.

Now go to the “Change adapter settings” section.

Right click on your connection and go to properties.

Check the box next to QoS Packet Scheduler and apply the changes with the “OK” button.

Ready! Optimization helped increase speed by about 10%, which was reserved by the system. If speeding up in this way helped only slightly, then move on to the next methods.

Diagnostics using standard means

You can also use the standard diagnostic wizard to check the connection. The program will scan the network and display the status and the need to correct errors.

To run the diagnostic tool, do the following:

Right-click on the tray icon and select “Diagnostics problems”.

Wait for the diagnosis to complete and look at the result.

If no problems are found, proceed to the next steps.

Program restrictions

Some of the software installed by users is connected to the network. Such programs can limit the Internet and make it extremely slow. In addition, they may have speed restrictions. To return the Internet to functionality and improve it, you need to use our advice.

The main program that most users use to speed up their connection is uTorrent. Increasing parameters Internet Speed possible through settings.

Open uTorrent. Right-click on the required download and select “Reception Restriction” from the menu. In the next section, you should set the Unlimited option to speed up the torrent to its maximum.

This can be done while you are downloading a particular file or game via uTorrent. If you have very poor Internet and there is not enough channel for all your needs, then turn off some programs before the download is completed. After the torrent is downloaded, you can again launch Internet-related software (Steam, Skype, etc.). This way you will get the most from the tariff.

Browser settings and cache size

If problems arise when working in the browser (pages take a long time to load, it’s impossible to watch videos, etc.), then use the special features. Let's consider enabling turbo mode in Opera, Yandex Browser and Chrome.

To set up turbo mode in Yandex Browser and Opera, use the instructions provided:

In Opera, you need to click on the browser icon in the upper left corner (1), then select the Opera Turbo button (2).

In Yandex browser, go to Settings. Click on the “Show” button additional settings" In the Turbo subsection, set the position to “Always on” (1). To disable the function, move the checkbox to the “Disabled” position (2).

In this way you can limit the number multimedia files on web pages (pictures, videos) and, therefore, speed up loading of sites.

In the browser Google Chrome you need to install a separate plugin - Data Saver. It will help remove the brakes and reduce the waiting time when loading website pages. To do this, open the extension store in your browser and click the “Install” button.

Now, by clicking on the extension icon, you will receive information about the saved traffic.

If the connection continues to slow down, then proceed to the following troubleshooting methods.

Increasing the cache size for the Internet browser can lead to slowdowns. It is not recommended to allocate more than 100 MB for cache on the system disk. To fix this, you need to go to the browser settings and set the desired value (1), and then clear the cache using the special button (2).

In this way the cache size is set to Mozilla Firefox and Opera. In Google Chrome and Yandex browser, the procedure looks different, since they are built on the same Chromium core:

Open the properties of the desktop shortcut.

In the Object field, add the command:

—disk-cache-dir=”с:\browserсache” —disk-cache-size=ххххх

where xxxxx is the desired cache number in bytes.

Virus check

Malware can also significantly affect the performance of the Internet. To increase speed, you need to scan your system for viruses and remove them. You can use third party programs or built-in Windows Defender 10. Let's scan the system for viruses using Defender:

Go to system settings via Start.

Select the "Update and Security" section.

Next, go to Windows Defender.

Click on the “Open Windows Defender Security Center” button.

Working with a router

If you have a laptop, then most likely you use Wi-Fi router ohm and wireless connection. This type of connection is unstable and the speed may drop at any time if you use Mobile Internet. If the wired provider is connected to the router, and the connection is still slow, then you need to reconfigure the device itself.

Through a Wi-Fi router you can:

change the firmware;
reconfigure the connection again.

This can be done online using a browser. Therefore, you do not need special skills or knowledge to work with iron.

All router firmwares differ in interface, but the essence remains the same. Let's look at the update using a device from ASUS as an example:

First you need to log in to your ASUS account using the device’s IP address. In this case it is 192.168.1.1. You need to enter it into the address bar of your browser, and then log in using the username and password that the provider gives you when concluding the contract.

Next, go to the “Administration” tab (1) and select the “Firmware Update” section (2).

You must download the firmware file in advance from the official website of the router developer and upload it using the “Select file” button (1). To start the update, click on “Submit” (2).

Wait for the software to update and reboot your device.

Now let's look at how to raise the Internet using re-configuration:

The first step is to reset old settings. To do this, go to “Administration (1) – “Restore/save/load settings” (2). Here click on the “Restore” button (3).

Wait for the factory settings to be restored and log in to the system again. Next, go to the “ Quick setup» and follow the instructions.

If this does not help, then use the services of your provider’s wizard. It is possible that the problem lies in the router itself and it needs to be replaced with a new one.

Additional programs

The last option to regain fast Internet is to use the optimizer functionality.

One such program is Internet Speed Booster or cFosSpeed. You can download cFosSpeed from this link. With its help, you can optimize the Internet for games, streaming video or torrents. Install the utility and run the following actions to set priority:

Right-click on the tray icon and select “Options” - “Settings”.

Next, go to the “Programs” tab (1). All programs are divided into categories. For example, go to “Games” and use the slider to change the priority for an online game from low to high (2). Now the connection will be directed to work with the game.

Protocols are prioritized in the same way.

In the General Settings section you can set automatic priority active application. When you minimize a game or program, the Internet speed will increase in other applications.

Bottom line

Each of the methods presented in the instructions can help increase Internet speed on Windows 10 in a certain situation. If all methods are ineffective, then contact your provider's support service for advice and assistance.

Video

For greater clarity, we suggest watching a video that corresponds to the topic under consideration.

The desire to speed up work on the Internet is a necessity that the user is driven by the lack of speed and extended request processing time (ping). There are a number of ways that allow the user to optimize Internet speed in Windows 10.

Why is my home internet slow?

No matter what you put on the water tap, the water will not flow faster, but if the street branch is “thrown” onto a new water pipeline, the pressure will always be there. Internet acceleration works in a similar way: it is not an increase in the speed of your connection without the knowledge of the provider, but the use of faster connections between the servers of your provider and the same mail.ru.

The Internet is servers and data centers connected to each other by wired and wireless channels connections of different capacities. It doesn’t matter which way you go to access Yandex mail or distribute Zhanna Friske’s collection from your PC to other people via BitTorrent - DNS servers (domain name servers) with different IPs, automatically selected by default, will take care of this. It is useful to indicate the highest speed ones known to you - data transfer will be faster.

Manual DNS-IP selection is the easiest way to speed up the processing of user requests. Thus, Google, a giant company with huge annual income, does not buy servers and data centers, but produces them itself. Its DNS - 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 - are indicated as priority DNS.

How to speed up the Internet on Windows

Many instructions in Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 are very similar. The emphasis in the description is on Windows 8/10.

Changing the network bandwidth limit in Windows 10

It was in the top ten that Microsoft developers installed a software reduction in Internet speed by 20%. That is, having purchased an unlimited package of 35 Mbit/s, you will encounter a “ceiling” of 28 Mbit/s. This is done to track the statistics of your PC by Microsoft, collecting information about software errors to improve and fix future versions of Windows (11, 12, etc., which may be released by 2019–2021). To disable this limit, do the following.

Give the command “Start - Run” and enter gpedit.msc (from the English Group Politics Editor - group policy adjuster). The “Group Editor” will launch Windows policies" Advanced configuration of the Group Policy Client service is currently only available in Windows 10 Professional.
Give the command “Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Network - QoS Packet Scheduler - Limit Reserved Bandwidth”.
Don't forget to enable advanced view for this setting. Now open the “Limit Reservable Bandwidth” function window by double-clicking on it and set the marker to “Enabled”, and enter a zero value in the number field.
Make sure that the network service “QoS Packet Scheduler” (Quality of Service) is working. Give the command “Control Panel - Network and Sharing Center - Change advanced sharing settings - (your adapter) - Properties.” The QoS scheduler component must be active.
Close all windows by clicking OK and restart Windows. Download a movie or music selection from the app Download Master, uTorrent or similar, after setting the application you are using to maximum speed. It is better to check the peak speed on your Internet tariff in the early morning hours, when your channel performance is best. You will definitely see the difference. If you have reached the speed limit set on your tariff, then disabling the reserved speed will take effect.

Not only good intentions prompted Microsoft to “score” this 20%: apparently, they decided that in the age of 100-megabit Internet packages, people would not immediately notice that they only have 80 megabits instead of 100. Fortunately, everything is switchable. If something happens, craftsmen will freely and disinterestedly modify the original Windows 10, turning off all the “suction” that prevents people from working.

Viral activity affecting the connection

You often come across software pests:

"Trojans" that download the lion's share of the speed of your Internet channel;
adware involved in the distribution of porn, advertising of online casinos, fake Chinese watches and iPhones, and other evil spirits that are absolutely unnecessary for a normal person;
self-extracting archives and installers disguised as Android firmware and other “utilities”, demanding money via SMS and filling up Windows with a bunch of unnecessary junk, and they are downloaded from fake file hosting services (letitbitka.ru instead of letitbit.net, etc.);
javascript elements on the pages of popular blogs, generating endless requests for non-existent domains that would never open on their own, and loading self-deleting files.

Try to use several different antiviruses separately. Among them are 360 Total Security, Avast, Panda, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, NOD32 and similar. After completing a deep scan with one of them, you can launch one or two more antiviruses one by one. The main thing is not to enable several antiviruses at the same time: this is fraught with program conflicts.

Optimizing file sharing speed on your computer or mobile device

If you download and distribute tens of gigabytes of multimedia and programs every day, you always need to clearly know how much of your unlimited bandwidth you allocate to file sharing. If there is a lack of speed, don’t be lazy to check what values you have set in “downloading” applications - for example, when distributing recently released movies and music albums to other people via uTorrent.

An important video conference or online meeting in your company is disrupted? Are you a reporter and are you having trouble sending your video footage? Are you trading gold on Forex, but the speed of your cellular provider is low due to the overload of the nearest tower, causing trades that need to be opened right now to fail? And so on and so forth… The downloads will have to wait. Reduce the speed of background programs or close them.

View and audit traffic through Windows Task Manager

Do the following.

Attention! Be careful with system processes(explorer.exe, winlogon.exe, wininit.exe, smss.exe, lsass.exe, copies of svchost.exe with different parameters and similar processes - as well as processes of your hardware drivers, for example, atiex.exe, conexantdrv. exe, etc.). Closing any of them can disrupt the behavior and operation of Windows, and then only a short press of the power button, pre-programmed to shut down Windows, will allow you to exit the failed session. To avoid difficulties, look at the lists of processes more often and Windows services; If possible, study these lists: it will be easier to determine, when a PC is infected, where the virus is and where the system processes are.

Enabling turbo mode in browsers

This is a mode in which images, animations, photos and videos are compressed on web pages. It is in any modern browser. Suitable for people with "castrated" unlimited tariffs, which have a bunch of notes in the description, for people with laptops that connect to the Internet via USB modems, and even cellular internet- a phenomenon that is extremely unstable and capricious.

So, if you have Yandex.Browser, the “Turbo” mode is enabled on the settings page. Click on the button in the form of three stripes in the upper right corner of Yandex.Browser; General settings will open, in which there is a control for turbo mode.

Increase speed on Wi-Fi

The declared speed of 150/300 Mbit/s is a deception: cheap Chinese routers have weak processors and RAM. For real speed of at least the declared 54 or 100 megabits, do not skimp on more expensive and high-speed equipment.

Turn off WPA(2) encryption - this wastes the processor and RAM buffer resources of the router. For security, enable the MAC filter - this will prevent strangers from connecting to your network.
Enable modern speed - 802.11n/ac (150/1200 Mbps).
Regularly update your router's firmware to the latest version until the manufacturer stops software management of your device.
Do not turn on the maximum power of the router - this is excessive heat, which means a decrease in performance and data exchange speed.
Use a Wi-Fi band of 20 rather than 40 MHz.
Do not install the router behind a computer desk, PC system unit or other metal obstacles. It is advisable to raise it higher and install it in the center of the house or apartment.

For example, we took the ZTE-MF90+ mobile 4G router (seller - VimpelCom OJSC, 04/13/2016). The 20 MHz band was “hard-wired” from the start; firmware was not installed on ZTE proprietary software; it was unlocked for SIM Yota.

The network has been made open.

Add MAC from iPhone 4s (A1387).

Energy saving and network radius are optimized.

How to view/change network settings in the Windows Registry

Give the command "Start - Run" and launch the registry editor by entering key phrase regedit.exe (or regedit). The guide is aimed primarily at 3G/4G modems: specifically in cellular networks There is often a lack of speed due to the abundance of subscribers.
Create a file MODEM921600.REG, open it in Windows Notepad and enter the following text: “REGEDIT4

"Properties"=hex:80,01,00,00,ff,00,00,00,ff,00,00,00,07,00,00,00,0f,00,00,00,\
77,07,00,00,00,10,0e,00,00,fa,00,00.” Save and run this document. The registry editor will rewrite the data from it.
Restart Windows, go to the properties of your modem. You will now have port speeds of 230400, 460800 and 921600 bps (previously the maximum was 115.2 kbps).
Give the command "Control Panel - Network - (your modem) - Properties - Advanced."
Make sure you have the following settings:
- “P2P protocol” - Enabled;
- “IP packet size” - Largest (MTU will reach 1500);
- “Keep a log” - No;
- “Enable IP header compression” - No;
- “Modem type” - NDIS.
Save your settings and restart your connection.

After performing these manipulations, the Internet speed should increase.

Reducing Internet cache size

If you use the HandyCache application, do not forget to clean out the \Cache subfolder in its folder.

In browsers, the cache size is also limited: it is recommended not to allocate space on drive C: larger than 100 MB for Internet cache. For example, to get to managing the cache size in Mozilla Firefox, give the command “Settings - Advanced - Network”.

Other methods to speed up web surfing

Other measures include:

antenna modification Wi-Fi adapter and router, ensuring line of sight;
the use of more powerful and “long-range” routers with multiple antennas and high-speed processors and RAM;
using several different connections to the network (both of the same type and “at random”) in the “bridge + repeater” mode in order to increase throughput;
using several LAN/WAN connections in one hub or router with LAN-Cat5e connectors, creating local network with several “Internet sources” of any configuration.

Several independent connections to the Internet, combined into a network bridge, will only give an increase in speed in normal web surfing (without HTTPS and “packaging” traffic through port 443), including downloading files through download managers and torrents). On single-stream data, for example, Internet radio and YouTube, you are unlikely to gain anything from the bridge - there will be a “single” speed.

For example, the incoming speed is perfectly summarized using the Connectify Dispatch application. So, you can combine 4G modems: say, three such modems, equipped Yota SIM cards With free speed 128 kbit/s on the Yota “modem” tariff will give a total speed of up to 384 kbit/s (3*128), which will be best felt when downloading/distributing torrents.

A quick guide to speeding up the Internet in Windows 7/8/10: video

Speeding up the Internet is an urgent, but not too difficult task. Use any of the tips below. Good luck to you!

Overclocking Dial-UP

How many times have you had to remember obscene epithets about your Internet connection? The usual thing. However, when it comes to online games (in particular their Internet implementations), latency-sensitive game traffic sometimes becomes the straw that overflows the cup of patience, and we begin to seriously think about an expensive “dedicated line”. However, with skillful configuration, even the latest noname modem can be comparable in speed to expensive “external” modems with excellent reception/transmission characteristics.

What is in our power is to ensure high-quality wiring from the modem to the panel. And this is very important, because even small interference or “unreasonable” resistance can significantly reduce the speed of the Internet connection due to the appearance of erroneous packets, the correction of which will require additional overhead costs. As a cable subsystem (we will express it in terms of SCS - structured cabling system) it is recommended to use " twisted pair» - UTP category 5, unshielded. Shielded " twisted pair» is not usually used for telephone wiring, but if you have no choice, then it must be grounded. It should be recalled that any physical impact on the cable may lead to a change in its characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to lay the line under the baseboard or in boxes, avoiding strong bends.

Wiring in the apartment must be carried out in accordance with the drawing. The main thing to take away from the diagram is that phone line must be connected directly to the modem. All telephone sets are connected to the line via a modem, and now the Internet will have the highest priority compared to “talk devices”. But this is not the most important thing. Our task is to eliminate any additional resistance that telephone sets create. All cable joints, the number of which should be minimal, must be soldered.

To avoid interference and interference, the cable should be laid no closer than 50 cm to the power lines if they run parallel. When they intersect at right angles, then this is permissible. It is also advisable to ground the system unit.

Provider, respond!

Now we have the “ideal” cable system and we need to move on to choosing a provider. This is perhaps one of the key points of Internet optimization. When a provider administers its own game server, then when connecting to it, it doesn’t matter to us what channel it has with the “outside world”. In another situation, and this is the most common, this is almost the most critical parameter. Of course, it must be taken into account along with the number of users connecting to the provider and sharing the Internet bandwidth among themselves. Information about providers can be viewed, for example, on the website www.provider.net.ru.

As mentioned above, gaming traffic is very sensitive to delays. For example, a familiar situation when you load some Quake 3 Arena, find like-minded people (gamers like you) and cannot even hit the enemy from two meters due to the fact that until the information about your shot reaches the “enemy”, he will have time to escape. In this regard, when choosing a provider, you need to pay attention to such a parameter as MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit). This is the maximum block of data that is transmitted over the network and a packet larger than the provider's MTU will be fragmented, which will take more time to deliver useful information, and that is provided that the provider allows fragmentation of IP packets (it should be noted that, as a rule, , it is allowed). Current providers use switching equipment that is capable of independently adjusting the MTU size according to a given algorithm, which is adaptive. Therefore, it turns out that only the user can set a hard MTU. By the way, the user usually also has dynamic MTU selection enabled by default, but we will set it manually.

As for choosing a provider, which is not entirely related to optimization, but rather simply to the possibility of reliable operation on the Internet, you need to pay attention to the status of the company, how many corporate buyers use its services, whether there are backup servers (mail, DNS, etc.) , what equipment is installed and how wide the modem pool is. In general, all of this determines how stably and quickly your Internet requests will be processed.

OS internals.

“Shura, launch Berlaga” (O.I. Bender)

It's time to climb into the holy of holies of the OS - the system registry - and configure local Internet settings. There can be a huge number of parameters, especially if you take into account the tasks for which the application level is implemented independently, and not using OS tools. But we will consider the most basic parameters and those that can significantly affect online games and Internet speed. In Windows XP, developers tried to take into account such an important area of modern networks as ensuring quality of service (QoS - Quality Of Service). The fact is that Internet channels are sometimes overcrowded, and delay-sensitive traffic (for example, voice or video) must be given higher priority than regular data. This is exactly what QoS technology does. Windows Developers XP began to reserve 20% of the Internet channel bandwidth to ensure proper quality of service (implementation of QoS RSVP - resource reservation protocol). By the way, it is worth saying that QoS protocols do not work well on the Internet yet, and they are unlikely to be used in the foreseeable future, at least in RuNet. Nowadays, in many teleconferences there is a myth that 20% of the bandwidth is reserved in any case and the percentage should be reduced to 0 or QoS should be completely disabled. An article was published on the Microsoft website indicating that quality of service protocols only work with applications where this is implemented in software (during development, software interface QoS API). We can say with complete confidence that we will not find such applications on a home computer, because the development of such software products is just becoming widespread, and these projects are mainly aimed at supporting IP telephony or expensive distributed ERP systems (or enterprise resource management systems ), such as, for example, SAP R/3. If you do not want the QoS RSVP protocol to work on your PC, you can set the reserved bandwidth to 0% or disable it altogether this service. Recruiting at command line gpedit.msc, go to Computer Configuration – Administrative Templates – Network – QoS Packet Manager, select Limit reserved bandwidth. Double-clicking will bring up a window where you need to enable quality of service and limit bandwidth to 0%. Next, you should make sure that the QoS protocol is enabled. To do this, click right click on network, then Properties, go to the Internet connection properties, Network tab and find the QoS Packet Scheduler there. If the protocol is not there, then it needs to be installed. After performing these operations, restart your computer. If you want to disable the service, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services >

Now let's talk about the previously mentioned maximum data unit (MTU). The maximum packet in our switched networks is usually a block of data of 1500 bytes. When using the Internet for games, you need to keep the MTU small. The fact is that the larger the packages, the more time and overhead it will take to deliver them, and gaming traffic cannot afford such a luxury. Therefore, setting an MTU of 1500 bytes is excluded. On the other hand, if this parameter is too small, then a minimum of “useful” information will be transmitted, and a maximum of service data in the form of protocol headers and clock signals. This is also an extreme that should be avoided. The Internet MTU (when PPP is running) of 576 bytes is often called the de facto standard. Therefore, we will not be the first to suggest using this particular figure for games. To do this, run regedit.exe and look for the following registry branch - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\[Adapter ID]. There may be several adapters, and not all of them are real. We create an MTU dword parameter for each and specify a value equal to 576 in decimal system Reckoning. There is also a parameter MSS – Maximum Segment Size. This is the size of the data segment, which, together with the protocol headers, constitutes the MTU. The size of the headers is fixed and in general is 40 bytes. Therefore, it is not necessary to set the MSS size, because with MTU=576 bytes, MSS is 536 bytes. If you still want to set the MSS value manually, then create an MSS key in the same registry branch.

There is an algorithm by which two nodes can choose the MTU value themselves after exchanging their MSS values. This method is called Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery - The maximum size of a transmitted packet for a given path. To enable it, create the EnablePMTUDiscovery key in the registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters and assign it the value “1”; if we disable this algorithm, then assign it “0”. The PMTU Discovery method has an extension that allows you to identify those routers that do not notify the host about the loss of packets if this occurs because they cannot be fragmented (these routers are considered stub routers and are not used in the future). T.N. The Black Hole Detect algorithm is enabled by creating the EnablePMTUBHDetect key with the value “1” in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters branch. It is advisable to turn off both of these methods, because their operation can significantly slow down the process of messaging on the network.

The next important parameter is the so-called “sliding window”. Let's define the terms. We will call a “sliding window” a certain data buffer that is located at the receiving station and is filled by the source station with packets, confirmation of receipt of which can be sent by the receiving station at any time, but no later than the data buffer overflows. Thus, packets sent by the source when the receiver window is full will be discarded. In connection with the above, we determine that it is advisable to increase the window size for reliable lines, and decrease it for bad ones. Again, the de facto standard for the PPP protocol (by which we work on link level on the Internet) is a window size of 4288 bytes. If you have more or less reliable communication lines with the provider, then the specified size can be increased, but remembering that the window size must be a multiple of MSS (for example, 5360 or 8040). This is done to ensure that the window buffer is filled only with useful data and is not reserved for smaller packets that it is not capable of receiving. We look at the registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters - the TcpWindowSize parameter (if not, create it manually). If you have a “super-ideal” Internet channel and want to increase the “sliding window” to 64 KB or more, then in the registry you need to create a dword key “Tcp1323Opts” with the value “1” at the address HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\Tcpip \Parameters.

The TTL (Time To Live) value indicates the period of time during which a certain packet (or, for example, a route), which the local PC knows about, will “live”. Those. Until this time expires, the computer will think that the packet it sent has not yet reached its destination, although it may have simply been discarded by the recipient, for example due to a buffer overflow. This is where the opportunity to increase speed is hidden. The fact is that by default this value is large and needs to be reduced. On the other hand, if it is too small, then all packets will be considered lost and will be sent again and again. This obviously will not increase the speed of your channel. Therefore, the TTL value must be changed and selected to suit your needs, balancing between two extremes. It is recommended to set the DefaultTTL key value to 128 in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters registry key. By default, it is assigned 255, which is clearly an overestimated number. Windows 2000/XP systems have the ability to selectively transfer corrupted data. That is, if several packets are transmitted in a row and one of them does not reach the recipient, then the sender resends only the damaged packet, and not the entire series of packets. This, of course, also affects the speed, therefore, to enable this algorithm, we create the dword key “SackOpts” with the value “1” in the registry at the address HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.

There is one more parameter that is not used on NT systems, but many gamers are on 9x/Me, so it should be mentioned. NDI Cache (Network Device Interface - cache network device) – used by the operating system to store packet routing information. The default is 0. And you can change it in the registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\NWLink\Ndi\param

s\cachesize. It is necessary to change the Default key to the desired value (16 is recommended). In addition to what has been described for optimizing your Internet connection manually, there are many programs that can automate this process. However, there are now a huge number of them, and you shouldn’t trust them all blindly. Because they can “optimize” your Internet connection in such a way that the Network will easily disappear or will work at such a speed that it will only satisfy ICQ users, and even then not to the fullest. And web surfing or, God forbid, the use of ftp archives will become impossible. Therefore, after analyzing a large number of programs, it is recommended to use Modem Booster first. The program is suitable for both “knowledgeable” users and those who do not have the slightest idea about the operation of protocols, but are also eager to improve the performance of the Network. You can download it, for example, from the site http://news.proext.com. It works in two modes - either you manually set the values of key network parameters, or you press only one “Start” button and your Internet connection will be optimized automatically within 2-3 hours. It is suitable for almost all operating rooms

Windows systems – from 98 to XP.

The Internet Tweak utility has greater flexibility. It also supports all Windows operating systems and has over 180 customizable settings. It is possible to change settings popular browsers(Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator), email clients, and optimize hidden options operating system. You can download it at http://www.magellass.com/files/inttweak.exe. The utility is shareware.

Named Moped.

"Now it will take place

removal of the body of the deceased" (O.I. Bender)

Looking at the last epigraph, I wanted to advise the reader to throw away (the same as give away) his good old Winmodem and buy some Zyxel (Russian - “zuhel”). Moreover, as we understand, the more expensive Zyxel is, the better and faster our connection to the Internet will be. Of course, looking into our wallet, where we’ve already put aside an honest ten piece (or something like that) for a new issue of Upgrade Special, we immediately discard this seditious thought, and, rolling up our sleeves, we try to squeeze the maximum out of our “peasant horse”. First you need to make sure that you have installed the most latest version drivers. The fact is that almost all levels network model in winmodems they are implemented in software, and the speed and some other communication parameters directly depend on the software.

Now let's get into the settings of your engineering miracle. Start > Settings > Control Panel > Phone and Modem, then select the Modems tab, where we see the installed modem. We go to Properties and here we again see the Modem tab. Set the Port Speed parameter for the modem to 115200 (or higher, if your modem is capable of higher speeds). What is set here is not the speed of the connection between the modem and the provider, but the speed between the virtual port of the computer and the modem to which it is connected. That. this value should be the maximum, however on older devices with at low speeds(33600 and below), setting this port speed may cause errors.

On the Diagnostics tab, you must disable Logging. This will additionally load the processor and additional downtime may occur. In the Additional communication parameters tab, you need

set the region to Russia, although some modems can only work if the country is set to USA. The Additional parameters... button takes you to the settings of FIFO receive/transmit buffers (not to be confused with the “sliding window”). The size of these buffers should be as large as possible if we want to achieve greater speed. The Change Defaults... button hides the settings shown in the figure below. It is recommended to set everything as shown in the screenshot. At least as far as the data line connection parameters are concerned. It is important that compression is enabled, and hardware flow control is enabled, requiring minimal system resources.

We leave additional communication parameters unchanged. The function of manually initializing the modem string may also be interesting. To do this, you need to close the last customizable window and return to the previous one. At the top we see a line with the title “ Additional commands initialization". Now let's figure out what it is. Each modem has a protocol that it uses, as well as commands that it supports. These commands are used to control the modem using the operating system. And the speed of the device will depend on how it is initialized, and by and large, not only that. As for the line itself, it is impossible to give any general advice. For each modem you need to select your own line, and in this case you need to surf the Internet and look for documentation on the modem. By the way, if your device can be reflashed, then you should also monitor the release of the latest firmware versions. This is done using a special firmware program for specific model devices and of course the binary code, recorded as a file. There is also the so-called Rollback firmware so that you can return everything to its previous state if problems arise. For many modems there are special programs for settings. For example, for modems on a Rockwell chip, software can be found at http://www.rampitec.spb.ru/modem.htm.

Well, the last thing I want to say about setting up the modem, or rather again implementing the application level, is the protocols used. For the channel you must use PPP, for everything else the TCP/IP protocol stack. IP header compression must be enabled, the DNS server (primary and backup) must be specified, and WINS and NetBIOS must be disabled if it is in the settings. All this is done in the Start menu > Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections, then Properties of the selected connection and the Network tab.

What about Quake and Co.?

Now let's talk about the very games that cause us to quarrel with our family, fast (excluding chips, crackers, seeds and beer), ignore study/work and develop a passion for weapons, mass murder, profanity - in general, for everything beautiful.

By default, we consider Counter Strike (Half Life) and Quake to be the most popular 3D shooters of all time. It’s for them that we’ll look at optimizing the Internet connection.

Thanks to the popularity of these games and the great interest in them among the progressive half of humanity, special programs are beginning to appear to optimize the dial-up connection when playing with Internet colleagues. For CS you can download AntiPing (a little incorrect name, it would be more correct to say AntiLag) at http://money-home.narod.ru/antiping.rar. This configuration file, which needs to be copied to the directory where the game is installed, and the corresponding command must be entered in the console (the description in Russian is in the same archive). Detailed description console commands and new improvements in the latest CS patch can be viewed on the website http://counter-sport.by.ru/netgame/netgame.shtml. There are also all the cheat codes and tips for optimizing the Internet game.

Many utilities have also been released for Quake 3 Arena to improve performance (and not just Internet connections). The most popular program today is Q3A – Total Control v0.6. You can download it at http://planetquake.com/borderfield. During installation, the program itself finds the installed version of Quake 3 Arena. Next, we launch the utility and in the Tools > Dial-Up Optimizer menu we see the window shown in the screenshot.

As you can see, there are all the parameters described by us, and the value of which was supposed to be changed manually.

And finally...

As you can see, there are many ways and approaches to optimizing the Internet connection for playing online. This includes the use of special programs that manually or automatically set the required values for the “communication” parameters, and alteration of the registry for your operating system and Internet channel using the regedit.exe utility, and changing only two or three main registry keys, which will give a noticeable increase in transfer speed data. In any case, initiative should be rewarded. Therefore, do not be afraid to experiment, especially if the registry was exported on time. Well, as one famous movie character used to say - “may the Force be with you”!

Optimizing your Internet connection

How many times have you cursed your slow dial-up and started saving money for a dedicated line! Meanwhile, with skillful configuration, even the latest noname modem can compare in speed with expensive ones external models. It is recommended to optimize your Internet connection in several stages. We will start, of course, with the physical connection medium (FSS), or simply with the cable wiring.

The wiring from the modem to the panel simply must be of high quality. Even slight interference or unreasonable resistance can significantly reduce the speed of your Internet connection. The reason is the appearance of erroneous packets, the correction of which will require additional overhead.

As a cable subsystem, it is recommended to use unshielded twisted pair - UTP category 5. Shielded twisted pair cables are not usually used for telephone wiring, but if you have no choice, be sure to ground them. It should be recalled that any physical impact on the cable may lead to a change in its characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to lay the line under the baseboard or in boxes, avoiding strong bends.

Wiring in the apartment should be carried out in accordance with the drawing. All telephones are connected to the line via a modem, and now the Internet has priority over “talk devices”. But this is not the most important thing. Our task is to eliminate any additional resistance that telephone sets create. All cable joints, the number of which should be minimal, must be soldered.

To avoid interference and interference, the cable should be laid no closer than 0.5 m to the power lines if they run parallel (intersection at right angles is acceptable). It is also advisable to ground the system unit.

PROVIDER, RESPOND!

Now that we have the ideal cable system, we can move on to choosing a provider. This is perhaps one of the key points in optimizing your Internet connection. If you use a game server from your own provider, then it does not matter what the width of its communication channel with the “outside world” is. Otherwise, this is perhaps the most critical parameter. Of course, it must be taken into account along with the number of users connecting to the provider and sharing the Internet bandwidth among themselves. Information about providers can be found, for example, on the website www.provider.net.ru.

Gaming traffic is very latency sensitive. Many people are familiar with this situation: you load some Quake 3 Arena, find like-minded people and... you can’t hit the enemy from two meters, because while the information about your shot reaches the “enemy”, he manages to hide. In this regard, when choosing a provider, you need to pay attention to such a parameter as MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) - the maximum block of data that is transmitted over the network.

A packet larger than the provider's MTU will be fragmented (as a rule, such fragmentation is allowed), which means it will take longer to deliver useful information. Current providers use switching equipment that is capable of independently adjusting the MTU size according to a given algorithm, which is adaptive. Therefore, it turns out that only the user can set a rigid MTU. Usually the user has dynamic MTU selection enabled by default, but we will set it manually.

When choosing a provider, you also need to pay attention to the status of the company, the number of corporate clients, the availability of backup servers (mail, DNS and others), equipment and modem pool. This determines how stably and quickly your Internet requests will be processed.

OS INTERNALS

It's time to get into the holy of holies of the OS - the system registry - and configure local Internet settings. There can be a huge number of parameters, especially if you take into account tasks for which the application level is implemented independently, and not using OS tools. But we will look at those that can significantly affect online gaming and connection speed.

QoS technology

In Windows XP, developers tried to take into account such an important area of modern networks as ensuring quality of service (QoS - Quality Of Service). The point is that delay-sensitive traffic (for example, voice or video) must take priority over regular data. This is exactly what QoS technology does.

Windows XP developers began to reserve 20% of the Internet channel bandwidth to ensure proper quality of service (implementation of QoS RSVP - resource reservation protocol). By the way, it is worth saying that QoS protocols do not yet work well on the Internet and are unlikely to be used in the foreseeable future, at least in the RuNet.

An article was published on the Microsoft website indicating that quality of service protocols only work with applications that were developed using the QoS API. We will not find such applications on a home computer, since they are designed mainly to support IP telephony or expensive distributed ERP systems (enterprise resource management systems), such as, for example, SAP R/3. If you still do not want the QoS RSVP protocol to work on your PC, you can set the reserved bandwidth to 0% or disable this service altogether.

Type gpedit.msc in the command line, then in “Computer Configuration” > “Administrative Templates” > “Network” > “QoS Packet Manager” select “Limit reserved bandwidth”. Double-clicking will bring up a window where you need to enable quality of service and limit bandwidth to 0%.

Next, make sure that the QoS protocol is enabled: “Network Neighborhood” > Right Click > “Properties” > “Internet Connection Properties” > “Network” > “QoS Packet Scheduler”. If the protocol is not there, then it needs to be installed. After completing these operations, restart your computer. If you want to disable the service, go to “Start” > “Settings” > “Control Panel” > “Administration” > “Services” > QoS RSVP and in the properties set the startup type to “Disabled”.

Let's first go back to MTU. The maximum packet in our switched networks is usually a 1.5 kB data block. When using the Internet for gaming, it is better to keep the MTU small. As already mentioned, the larger the packages, the longer it will take to deliver them, and gaming traffic cannot afford such a luxury.

Therefore, setting an MTU of 1.5 kB is excluded. On the other hand, if this parameter is too small, then a minimum of useful information will be transmitted, and a maximum of service data in the form of protocol headers and clock signals. This is also an extreme that should be avoided. The optimal and actually standard MTU value for the Internet (when the PPP protocol is running) is 576 bytes.

To set this value, run regedit.exe and look for the following registry branch – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\[Adapter ID]. There may be several adapters, and not all of them will be real. For each, we create a dword parameter MTU and specify a value equal to 576 in the decimal number system. There is also a parameter MSS – Maximum Segment Size. This is the size of the data segment, which, together with the protocol headers, constitutes the MTU.

The header size is fixed and is generally 40 bytes. Therefore, it is not necessary to set the MSS size: with an MTU of 576 bytes, the MSS is 536 bytes. But if you still want to set the MSS value manually, create an MSS key in the same registry branch.

There is an algorithm by which two nodes can choose the MTU value themselves after exchanging their MSS values. This method is called Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery (PMTU Discovery). To enable it, create the EnablePMTUDiscovery key in the registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters and assign it the value “1″ (if this algorithm is disabled, “0″).

The PMTU Discovery method has an extension that allows you to identify those routers that do not notify the host of packet loss if this occurs because they cannot be fragmented (these routers are considered stub routers and are not used in the future). The so-called “black hole detection” algorithm (Black Hole Detect) is enabled by creating the EnablePMTUBHDetect key with the value “1″ in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters branch. It is advisable to disable both of these algorithms, since their operation can significantly slow down the process of messaging on the network.

The next important parameter is the so-called “sliding window”. This is a kind of data buffer that is located at the receiving station and is filled with packets by the source station. Confirmation of their receipt is sent by the receiving station at any time, but no later than the data buffer overflows. Thus, packets sent by the source when the sink window is full will be discarded. This means that it is advisable to increase the window size for reliable lines, and decrease it for bad ones.

The de facto standard for the PPP protocol (by which we work at the link level on the Internet) is a window size of 4.288 kB. If your communication lines with the provider are reliable enough, then the specified size can be increased, but do not forget that the window size must be a multiple of the MSS (for example, 5.36 KB or 8.04 KB). This is done to ensure that the window buffer is filled only with useful data and is not reserved for smaller packets that it is not capable of receiving.

We look at the registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters - the TcpWindowSize parameter (if not, create it manually). If you have an ideal Internet channel and want to increase the “sliding window” to 64 kb or more, then in the registry you need to create a dword key “Tcp1323Opts” with the value “1” at the address HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.

The TTL (Time To Live) value indicates the period of time during which a certain packet (or, for example, a route), which the local PC knows about, will “live”. In other words, until this time expires, the computer will think that the packet it sent has not yet reached its destination (although it could simply be discarded by the recipient, for example, due to a buffer overflow). This is where the opportunity to increase speed is hidden. On the one hand, the default value is too high.

On the other hand, if it is too small, all packets will be considered lost and will be sent again and again. This obviously will not increase the speed of your channel. Therefore, when choosing the TTL value, you need to balance between two extremes. It is recommended to set the DefaultTTL key value to 128 in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters registry branch (by default it is assigned a clearly inflated value of 255).

Windows 2000/XP systems have the ability to selectively transmit damaged data: if several packets are transmitted in a row and one of them does not reach the recipient, then the sender resends only the damaged packet, and not the entire series of packets. This, of course, also affects the speed, therefore, to enable this algorithm, we create a dword key “SackOpts” with the value “1” in the registry at the address HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.

There is one more parameter that is not used in NT systems, but still deserves mention, since many gamers “sit” on 9x/Me. NDI Cache (Network Device Interface - network device cache) is used by the operating system to store packet routing information. By default, its value is 0. If necessary, in the registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\NWLink\Ndi\params\cachesize the Default key can be assigned the desired value (16 is recommended).

Automatic optimization

You can optimize your Internet connection not only manually, but also automatically, using special programs. There are a huge number of them now, but you shouldn’t trust them all blindly. Some of them can disrupt your Internet connection in such a way that the Network will easily disappear or will work at a speed that is not capable of satisfying even ICQ users.

We recommend paying attention to the Modem Booster program. It is suitable for both knowledgeable users and those who do not have the slightest idea about how protocols work, but still want to improve the performance of the Network. You can download it, for example, from the website news.proext.com. It works in two modes - either you manually set the values of key network parameters, or you press only one “Start” button and your Internet connection is automatically optimized within 2-3 hours. It is suitable for almost all operating rooms Windows systems– from 98 to XP.

The Internet Tweak utility has greater flexibility. It also supports all Windows operating systems and has over 180 customizable settings. The user gets the opportunity to change the settings of popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator), email clients, and also optimize hidden OS options. Download this shareware free utility available at www.magellass.com/files/inttweak.exe.

EDUCATION OF THE MODEM

Now let's get down to the good old Winmodem and try to squeeze maximum speed out of it.

First, you need to make sure that you have the latest driver installed. The fact is that almost all levels of the network model in “winmodems” are implemented in software, and the speed and some other communication parameters directly depend on the software.

Let's go into the settings of this miracle of engineering: “Start” > “Settings” > “Control Panel” > “Phone and Modem” > “Modems”. We see the installed modem, go to “Properties” and here again we see the “Modem” tab. We set the “Modem port speed” parameter to 115,200 bps (or higher - if, of course, your modem is capable of this).

What is set here is not the connection speed between the modem and the provider, but the speed of data exchange between the virtual port of the computer and the modem to which it is connected, and its value should be maximum. However, it should be noted that on older devices with limited capabilities (33,600 bps and below), setting this port speed may cause errors.

These optimizations are designed to increase speed slow connection, and if your Internet speed is 1 Mbit or more, this is unlikely to help you (where else :)).

Settings

In the same Device Manager, go to the settings of the COM port on which your modem is installed, go to the Port Settings tab and set the maximum speed. Then click the Advanced button and in the next window increase the buffer to the maximum.

Now let's configure your modem's cache. IN Windows folder There is a system.ini file, open it and enter the line Com1Irq4Buffer=1024 into the section if your modem is on COM1, and enter Com2Irq3Buffer=1024 if it is on COM2.

In Start\Run, enter gpedit.msc. In the Computer Configuration section, select Administrative Templates, then Network, and then in the right pane, select “QoS Packet Manager” and double-click on it. Select the “Limit reserved bandwidth” option and double-click on it again. In the window that opens, turn on Enabled, and then specify the channel limit as a percentage equal to zero, click “OK” and exit the program. Or you can simply disable the QoS service

Programs

There are special programs to increase Internet speed. But you shouldn’t use a dozen of these programs at once; I can recommend two - AusLogics BoostSpeed and Throttle. I have these programs on my website. Use in this order: first treat your computer with Throttle, then using BoostSpeed in manual optimization mode, disable RFC 1323 Settings and enable Selective Acknowlegement with Black Hole. Well, then bring it to the final form manually.

You can find out how to work with it. All basic network access speed settings are located at HKEY_LOCAL_MASHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ Tcpip\ Parameters. All changes to the listed parameters must be made in the decimal system, not in hexadecimal! If you are missing any parameter, you can create it yourself as a DWORD

DefaultTTL- packet lifetime, set it to 256 - just in case))

GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize - maximum size package, put 32768 on dialup 56k

MTU- the size of the received MTU packet, on a 56k dialup the optimal value is 1536 (you can try the value 576)

TcpWindowSize- Tcp packet size, set it to 16384 (you can try the value 8192, but just don’t set it higher than GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize), if you have a 56k dialup

Tcp1323Opts- 0 (off) - completely unnecessary function- measures in advance the transmission time of each packet, ftopka...

EnablePMTUDiscovery- 1(incl.), EnablePMTUBHDetect- 1 (on) - these options determine path fragmentation and look for “black holes”, slightly increase speed

KeepAliveInterval, KeepAliveTime- these parameters determine the time after which keep-alive packets will be sent, which are not needed by anyone, but eat up part of the traffic. Therefore, we set zeros in both cases to disable these parameters.

DeadGWDetectDefault- 0 (off) - disables preliminary search for broken routers, which usually slows down the Internet.

When you enter any website, the name of the site is “translated” into its IP address. All this is stored in the DNS cache, that is, the information is taken from the cache, and does not “translate on the fly.” You can increase the size of the DNS cache, thereby increasing the speed of surfing the Internet. To do this, you must create and run a reg file containing the following text:

"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

By the way, the periodic DNS cache needs to be cleared. This is done like this: Start\Execute\ and enter ipconfig /flushdns

Slow connection speed occurs when there are a large number of files in one directory. This problem is solved this way: Create a reg file with the following content:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

"SizReqBuf"=dword:0000ffff

Now run the created file.

The bane of any surfer is banners and other advertising. If you use the Opera 9.x browser, you can download my anti-banner, otherwise you can download the BoostSpeed or AdMuncher program, it has banner blocking.

To increase the speed of the Internet via a telephone line, replace the “noodles” between the computer and the input box on the site with a 4-wire wire for telephone sets, connecting it: signal-ground-signal-ground. Speed will increase by 25-60%

Add a few commas after the numbers to the provider number (select the optimal number experimentally). Now, after dialing a number, your modem will pause (two seconds for each comma). The modem answering the call will at this time try to establish a connection at high speeds and, if it does not receive an answer, will begin to attempt communication at a lower speed. And then your modem, after waiting for the specified pause, will give an answer.

If the external modem is not placed on the system unit, but the system unit itself is grounded, then the speed increases by 10-15 percent.

If, when turning on the computer, you forgot to turn on the external modem, then it is not at all necessary to reboot for it, the modem, to be detected by the OS. Just go to My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> Update hardware configuration. operating system will find your modem. Or you can download the program

High-speed Internet access is important for an active user. Therefore, every user should know how to speed up the Internet in Windows 10. Today we will touch on this topic, having considered everything possible methods increasing the speed of data exchange.

Easiest to replace tariff plan to a more expensive one and, accordingly, providing increased speed of access to global network. Due to many reasons, not everyone has such an opportunity and not always ( new plan starts next month, financial problems).

The second way to get a normal quality Internet connection is to switch to another provider. Often, different service providers offer significantly different service packages for the same price.

For residents of private apartments, the use of a fiber-optic connection is currently relevant; for residents of areas remote from the city, the best solution is wireless Internet. In the second case, weather factors (rain, fog, snowfall) and the presence of obstacles (trees, walls) greatly affect the quality of signal transmission.

Windows 10 Settings

With default settings in "ten" maximum speed Internet channel is reduced by 20% (most likely, they are used to receive updates and transfer confidential Microsoft information). Editing the corresponding registry key, for example, through the “Local Group Policy Editor” (not relevant for the Home version) will help change the situation.

1. Launch the utility by executing “gpedit.msc” in the search bar or command interpreter window (Win+R).

2. In the “Computer Configuration” section, expand the “Administrative Templates” branch.

3. Go to the “Network”.

4. Go to the “QoS Packet Scheduler”.

5. Double-click on the “Limit reserved bandwidth” parameter.

6. Go to “Parameter Properties” and activate the option.

7. Enter “0” as a bandwidth limit and save the new system configuration.

The only thing left to check is whether the QoS packet scheduler is being used by the active network connection.

Call “Control Panel” (Win→X).
Go to “Network Connections”.
Click on the item “Configure connection parameters”.
Go to the properties window of the active network connection and check that there is a checkbox next to “QoS Packet Scheduler”.

Slow file sharing speed

Downloading files through a torrent client or download manager can take a long time due to the settings of the applications themselves or the lack of a sufficient number of distribution sources (in the case of working with peer-to-peer networks).

First of all, regarding torrent clients (Bit-, qBit-, uTorrent), you need to check the presence of a sufficient number of seeds (seed availability). The second point is the limitation of the reception/transmission speed in the application or for distribution. It can be removed in the settings of the program itself.

We open our client to download files via a torrent tracker.
Call the program's context menu via the tray icon (near the clock).
From the list, alternately select the commands “Loading/receiving limitation” and “Uploading/distributing limitation” and set their values to 0 or “Unlimited”.

If your network connection speed is slow, it is possible that an application running on background, actively uses the outgoing channel. This could be an update download or antivirus databases, the work of the download manager.

Open the “Task Manager” using the Win→X menu or the Ctrl+Shift+Esc combination.
Switch to “Processes”.
Click on the name of the “Network” column to sort the list.
We find programs that are actively transmitting/receiving data and terminate them or limit their bandwidth.

Using Turbo mode

Some browsers can compress traffic, which speeds up the loading process of Internet pages. Such programs include Opera and Yandex browser. For other Internet browsers, you should install the appropriate plugins. In Opera, for example, Turbo mode is activated through the main menu: click on the browser icon and check the “Opera Turbo” option.

In the Yandex browser, you should visit the settings, click “Show additional settings”, and in the “Turbo” block move the checkbox to the “Always on” position.

When using a WiFi router

The problem may also concern wireless router. If the speed does not match the declared speed, you should update the firmware and drivers for the router by downloading them from official resource device support. Additionally, you need to make sure that between the router and wireless device there are no barriers that significantly dampen the signal level (walls, metal objects), or sources of electromagnetic radiation.

Increasing Internet speed in Windows 10 is correct setting download managers, disabling the 20% limit and following the rules for operating the router.