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Hey all I'm new, so sorry if this question has already been answered, but I live in San Diego and have Cox premeir internet service rated at 12Mbps download, and 1 Mbps upload. When I go to put the download value of 12000Kbps in the calculator, an error message pops up saying "That would be nice, please enter a real value". My question is what can I do to work around this, and how can I set up my cablenut settings? Thanks.

It does fill in the boxes when I click ok, but it does not calculate them for 12Mbps download. It only does it for up to a 10Mbps download, even if you put a higher number in the calculator.

Cool, Ill see if it makes a change in those to boxes. Ill also try your file. I think it sucks how im paying for the 12Mbps and only getting 5 to 6 Mbps dl when I test it on this site. Ill let you guys know how the changes work out .

I am running windows xp pro, and i use the speed test on this website. Here are my latest results after applying the cablenut calc tweaks:

:::::::::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..:::::::::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 7179 Kbps about 7.18 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 876 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 1068 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 130 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/03/04 - 10:14pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-STK7UAH6B
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-7SPANJRIB
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2)

I still think my connection can get faster. Is there anything else I can do? I have a cat5 ethernet cable, im using a linksys wcg200 router (has DOCIS 2.0), i only have the tcp/ip box checked under network adapters and there are no boxes checked under lan settings in internet options.

Also, i just tested the speed at [this.site.has.been.blocked.for.spamming] using the L.A. Server (im in san diego), and it said i scored 12.5Mbps dl and 1Mbps upload (ping@ 42ms).

This doesnt look much better at all...

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 5647 Kbps about 5.6 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 689 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/03/04 - 10:30pm
Bottom Line:: 98X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.49 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 17.641 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 79.65 % of your hosts average (Cox.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-GKLEHVMZU
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2)

Thats cool. I appreciate all the help and work you guys have put into this site. One thing I find interesting, and I don't know if its a Cox thing or not, is the fact that when I download smaller files, my download speed gets extremely low (even to the point of 50 kB/s), and it only hits about 1.4 mb/s with larger file downloads (like 30mb and above).

I see. Well when ever the internet pisses me off, at least ill still have my pro computer. Cost me way too much money so i have to justify the cost by using it as often as I can. Thats why I decided to get into tweaking and trying to make everything faster. One step at a time though.

dial up..... i really cant remember the last tim i had that. I remember i had something called CompuServe though. Worse experience of my life (it was connected to AOL!). I thought Cox was the best untill i found out about fios through this site.