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Hack&Lube · 03-15-2009, 10:05 PM

Thanks for the suggestions fellows, but I have indeed already tried all those options and everything under the sun inside my router config and my wireless adapter config. In terms of Super G, it should be perfectly interoperable between vendors who support it and not that vendor specific. My wireless adapter definetely has options for adjusting turbo. The only thing I haven't been able to do is go into my modem as I unfortunately have one of the newer blue Shaw modems and not the black ones they first came out with when they rolled out the new DOCSIS modems. Shaw says they locked out the ability to access the in-system menu because they didn't want customers playing with it (192.168.100.1 ).

Anyway, the only thing I've been able to find that makes any sort of impact is adjusting the RWin or TCP Recieve Window with this: http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp

Changing the value by using my average ping x 1.5 x advertised download speed / 8 is the value I found you should use for your RWin. It has helped get over the bottleneck that stopped my wireless system from ever going over 4 MBps previously. Now it fluctuates around 5-8 which is improved at least.

03-15-2009, 10:05 PM	#7
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	Thanks for the suggestions fellows, but I have indeed already tried all those options and everything under the sun inside my router config and my wireless adapter config. In terms of Super G, it should be perfectly interoperable between vendors who support it and not that vendor specific. My wireless adapter definetely has options for adjusting turbo. The only thing I haven't been able to do is go into my modem as I unfortunately have one of the newer blue Shaw modems and not the black ones they first came out with when they rolled out the new DOCSIS modems. Shaw says they locked out the ability to access the in-system menu because they didn't want customers playing with it (192.168.100.1 ). Anyway, the only thing I've been able to find that makes any sort of impact is adjusting the RWin or TCP Recieve Window with this: http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp Changing the value by using my average ping x 1.5 x advertised download speed / 8 is the value I found you should use for your RWin. It has helped get over the bottleneck that stopped my wireless system from ever going over 4 MBps previously. Now it fluctuates around 5-8 which is improved at least.