Ethernet problems

[Tjorriemorrie]

Thanks Mr Benoni. Lets confuse poor ol tjorrie. i had to google nic...all i know is the cable plugs into the mobo. so what now? must i glue a lightswitch to my mobo? and then customise the switch with a timer linked my my watch?

j/k I just don't know. it says nvidia ethernet adapter. i only gave myself 1 for network intelligence when i created myself. haven't levelled up since.

 

[DagegeN]

Thanks Mr Benoni. Lets confuse poor ol tjorrie. i had to google nic...all i know is the cable plugs into the mobo. so what now? must i glue a lightswitch to my mobo? and then customise the switch with a timer linked my my watch?

j/k I just don't know. it says nvidia ethernet adapter. i only gave myself 1 for network intelligence when i created myself. haven't levelled up since.

hehe

well the cable i got with the iBurst modem worked for me ... modem - pc ... and also working for modem - router

/me smacks krocka-tjorrie on the head ... iBurst your Network intelligence bubble hehehe j/k

 

[JTech]

When I got iBurst there was no cable in the box, I got mine a long time ago, before they included the cable. I use a straight (non-crossover) cable into my router.

 

[Tjorriemorrie]

dont get me wrong guys pls .. im no fundi .. but i can only share the info that helped me into solving my problems
See the thing is i had hectic packet losses and i am very far from a tower and my modem kept hanging and had to reset everything every 5 mins ...

so i played around with the MTU settings and i found that for me 1292 is the best setting for performance and packet loss

http://www.ge-consultantlink.com/Docs/mtu_app.pdf

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/tweak2.htm


hope these will help you

I got to this:

Default settings

Default MTU
1500 - Windows machines

Default RWINs
8192 - Windows 95/98/98SE/NT
16384 - Windows ME/2k
Windows XP dynamically calculates the RWIN

Is it necessary to adjust if windows "dynamically calculates" it?

 

[Tjorriemorrie]

Anyways, f--- ethernet. I couldn't connect via pppoe since friday. back on usb.

what's the hours that the technical paper-against-the-wall people will be able to help me? and must i use the helpdesk number to get to them? I can only get to my utd after work...