We’ve just changed our connection at my office. We’ve had a big drop on our speed connection.
Everybody knows that the broadband companies do not deliver the promised velocity of their connections, so how can you speed up your connection.
If you’re using Windows XP there’s a good trick to guarantee at least 20% faster broadband speed.
Basically Windows XP has a QoS Scheduler that reserves around 20% of your bandwidth for internal system use.
As I said, it’s impossible to get 100% of the promised speed, the system is “stealing” 20% !!
If you want to deactivate this bandwidth reserve follow the steps below:
- Start > Click “Run” and type gpedit.msc, click OK.
- Click “Computer Configuration” > “Administrative Templates > Network
- Click “QoS Packet Scheduler” > and Double Click on “Limit Reservable Bandwidth”
- After you’ve double clicked, you’ll see a pop up. Click on “Enabled” and type 0 (zero) in the Bandwidth limit. Click Ok
- Now go to “Control Panel” > “Network and Internet Connections” > right click on your connection and Chose “Properties” and then click on the box “QoS Packet Scheduler”
- Restart your computer.
That’s it, done, now you’ve got 20% more bandwidth!
Cheers
Lucio Dias Ribeiro
5 responses so far ↓
1 Renee // Oct 17, 2007 at 3:09 am
Hi Lucio,
Thanks for it.
I’ve got my broadband with Optus, and I can’t rememebr the website, i could monitor minute by minute the bandwidth from them.
It’s really crap, they don’t even deliver at least 60% of most of the time.
What do you suggest?
Ring them up?
Thanks
Rene
2 Fuzzyjedi // Oct 18, 2007 at 12:13 am
Yeah, so, setting the QoS Packet schedualer to 0 or disabling it isnt smart. if you work in the IT department at your work you need to be fired for being stupid. If you dont, then you need bo fired for being stupid and screwing up computers. Turning that off or setting it to 0 will screw up a PC faster then anything. Smart one
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4 Lucio Dias Ribeiro // Oct 19, 2007 at 1:52 am
Hi Rene,
Yes, I’d suggest you to ring them and complain.
FuzzyJedi
Thanks for your comment, I understand that QoS is a function at the network protocol level that allocates bandwidth to competing online connections. Residing in the transmitting machine, it determines how many packets are handed to each connection (each flow) at a given time. A packet scheduler makes its determinations by observing the packet flows from the applications or by request from a quality of service (QoS) protocol such as RSVP or Diffserv and I don’t see why it’ll be screwing up.
Please, let us all know the reason for it, I’ll be more than happy to delete my entry and publish yours (that’s all about constant learning)
Thanks again,
Cheers
Lucio
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