Does this look okay?

DSL Status:   Up    
      DSL Modulation Mode:   GDMT    
      DSL Path Mode:   FAST    
      Downstream Rate:   8128 Kbps    
      Upstream Rate:   448 Kbps    
      Downstream Margin:   9 db    
      Upstream Margin:   26 db    
      Downstream Line Attenuation:   17    
      Upstream Line Attenuation:   8    
      Downstream Transmit Power:   0    
      Upstream Transmit Power:   0    
             
PVC Connection
                 
      Encapsulation:   RFC 2364 PPPoA    
      Multiplexing:   VC    
      QoS:   UBR    
      PCR Rate:   0    
      SCR Rate:   0    
      Autodetect:   Disable    
      VPI:   0      
      VCI:  38      
      Enable:   Yes    
      PVC Status:   Applied

Of the ones tht mean anything to me, seems fine to me.

Cool, Im trying to tweak my connection - Im convinced it could be a little quicker.

Have u tried something like this
http://ifreedownload.blogspot.com/2007/08/benutec-network-mechanic-v25.html
?

Just given it a go, didnt seem to make a difference.

Speedtest.net is being a pain for me atm, so tried a different test, encouraging results! : http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/11908165271251212793.html

What i got on that test
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/119083724653058722039.html

You could try the swedish test

http://www.tptest.se/documents/tptest/klient/tptest5_0_2_setup.exe

Tried to get it to work, but I couldnt figure out which ports to open, the manual was in what I assume is Swedish  

Tried 80 & 1641.

Hmmm I just installed and it worked did not need to open any ports, just push starta test.

In this one you can choose servers I belive
http://www.tptest.se/documents/tptest/klient/tp312swe.exe

I am using 5.0

Could it be working on swedish nets only ?

Saw something on google.about tptest server on port 1634

edit

I looked closer on 5.0 and if you go arkiv/avancerat and then the "verktyg" tab (tools) and hit "uppdatera" you vill get a list with severs and ports

In regular mode there jis just a start test button.

This is what I get :

It sais: (the big red) No measuring values, (the popup) The measuring took to long time and was terminated.

I do not know why,  perhaps it is just supposed to work in sweden.

Ah well, cheers for the help anyway.  :-)

Ok here are my tips for a getting a good connection:

* Firstly ignore anything like Benutec Network Mechanic, they will hurt your connection more than they help. Altering MTU sizes for instance shouldnt be done unless you know whats further upstream - which you dont.


* Go to your ISPs site and find out their recommended settings for your router, and use them! Sometimes you might need to ring them to find out things like the modulation type.


* Next head over to OpenDNS and manually set the DNS servers on your machine to the ones on there. Dont set it on the router - most routers do some DNS proxy thing and its normally crap The reason for this is that most ISPs DNS servers are rubbish. NTL/Virgin are particularly poor.


* Ignore anything you get from speed tests. Find some big files to download and set them going - wait for the speed to settle down and then that will give you a good indication of your line speed. Obviously try 3 or 4 big files from various different locations.


* If you are experiencing some slow down to particular sites then do a tracert (traceroute on linux) and find out which hops are the slowest.


* Consider changing ISPs, then main thing that matters is who they peer with. Avoid anyone that peers with telewest, they are notorious for routing loops. (Again doing a tracert will tell you this)


Thats all for now
Cornet

Oh one last thing, if youre up for it, ditch your router - buy a plain ethernet adsl modem and connect to a linux box and use that as your router. Install a caching proxy server (squid) and run your own DNS (using Bind).

Quote from: cornetOh one last thing, if youre up for it, ditch your router - buy a plain ethernet adsl modem and connect to a linux box and use that as your router. Install a caching proxy server (squid) and run your own DNS (using Bind).

Very good idea I use ipcop which uses linux on a PII 350 works a charm

Quote from: cornetOh one last thing, if youre up for it, ditch your router - buy a plain ethernet adsl modem and connect to a linux box and use that as your router. Install a caching proxy server (squid) and run your own DNS (using Bind).

There is a free DNS server for windows as well I used to run it quite successfully Believe its called "Acrylic". Rather easy to set up and did improve DNS times, took IRC login times from about 30 seconds, down to say 20.

http://mayakron.altervista.org/support/browse.php?path=Acrylic&name=Home

Can be found on Sourceforge.