Further speedup broadband cable Internet connection

READ DISCLAIMER FIRST AND THEN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BELOW IF APPLICABLE:

A. in the "My Network Places" properties (right click on the desktop icon

and choose properties), highlight the connection then at the menu bar

choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the

lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS

networks. Click OK

B. Continue as indicated below steps:

1. from the Windows XP CD in the support directory from the support cab,

extract the file netcap.exe and place it in a directory on your hard drive

or even in the root of your C:\ drive.

2. next, open up a command prompt window and change directories to where

you put netcap.exe then type "netcap/?". It will list some commands that

are available for netcap and a netmon driver will be installed. At the

bottom you will see your adapters. You should see two of them if using a

3Com card. One will be for LAN and the other will be for WAN something or

other.

3. Next type "netcap/Remove". This will remove the netmon driver.

4. Open up control panel / system / dev man and look at your network

adapters. You should now see two of them and one will have a yellow ! on

it. Right click on the one without the yellow ! and choose uninstall. YES!

you are uninstalling your network adapter, continue with the uninstall. Do

not restart yet.

5. Check your connection properties to make sure that no connection exists.

If you get a wizard just cancel out of it.

6. Now restart the machine and go to your connection properties again and

you should have a new connection called "Local area connection 2".

highlight the connection then at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then

"Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the

bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.

8. Choose connection properties and uncheck the "QOS" box

9. Restart the machine and enjoy the increased responsiveness of IE, faster

page loading, and a connection speed boost

It seems that Windows XP installs two separate versions of the NIC card.

One you do not normally see in any properties. Remember the "netcap/?"

command above showing two different adapters? The LAN one is the one you

see. The invisible one slows everything down and its like your running two

separate cards together, sharing a connection among two cards. This method

breaks This"bond" and allows the NIC to run unhindered.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This tweak assumes that you have let Windows XP

create a connection on install for your cable modem/NIC combination and

that your connection has tcp/ip - QoS - file and print sharing - and client

for Microsoft networks ,only installed. It also assumes that winxp will

detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it. If it doesn't do not try

This as This may not work.