Got a tip for speeding up internet, is it safe???

[crashwg]

1. click start and right click 'My Network Places' and choose properties.

2. right click your Local Area Network connection and go to properties

3. near the top right of the new screen, click 'Configure...'

4. at the top of the newest screen, find and click the 'Advanced' tab. On the left look for and highlight 'Link Speed & Duplex'. On the right of that, click the down arrow and choose '100Mbps/Full Duplex'. Now click OK and your hardware will update.

I read this on another forum concerning XBOXs and the transfer speed of games from a PC via crossover cable and I figgured "hmmm, I wonder if that would work for my broadband connection/network???"

So, is it safe?  Will I screw something up?  It seems to be working...

[paigeoliver]

It really isn't going to matter, as I can pretty much promise that your broadband connection is a heck of a lot slower than even t base 10 networking, much less t-base 100.

[Darkstalker]

Yes, it will speed up your connection between your PC and XBox.  The difference between half and full duplex is loosely like comparing walkie-talkies and a telephone.  With walkie-talkies, only one person can talk at a time, unlike a telephone where both people can talk at once.  Basically, with full duplex each system can send and receive at the same time.  You can only use Full Duplex when you have two NICs and a crossover, or a PC connecting to a switch (Not a hub).

This will only help if you are using TCP to talk between systems.  If the connection between the two is UDP, it really won't matter as there is no need for two-way communication.

Assuming that the Xbox and PC HAVE a 100 Mbit capable nic in it, you can set it to 100 Full Duplex with a crossover cable.

Now with your broadband connection, it will help in the TCP traffic between your modem and your PC by preventing packet collisions, but I wouldn't expect drastic improvements in downloads.  Pageoliver pretty much has it right.  Most modems support a 10 Mbit connection only because the broadband connection is well below that speed.  A T1 line is 1.544 Mbit and Cable Modems peak under 4, so even with the SYN/ACK packet overhead involved with TCP traffic, it can still easily pull that off within the 10 Mbit cap.

[DarkKobold]

I prefer to slap a Type R sticker on the side of my computer. Then the internets is blazing fast.

[Darkstalker]

And a spoiler.  Can't forget that.

[pointdablame]

Screw the spoiler... that can almost be argued as useful.

It's all about the neon and spinnaz.  Yo' internet will be blazin' then dawg.



In reality though, no, this won't really make your connection faster.  You did it and now you think its faster, which is sometimes just as good, but it's not really doing a whole lot.

[tep0583]

Don't forget to put your last name on the side of the case in Old English. It'll make you faster AND distinguished.

I second what Paige said. You internet connection is the the bottleneck thee.