Increase the Speed of your Internet connection- Broadband Hack

Previously I was thinking like we cannot increase the broadband speed. The reason is we are getting a fixed bandwidth from ISP so there is no way to improve the speed due to this fixed bandwidth. Later I found one tweaking program while searching in forums called TCP/IP optimizer. After using TCP/IP optimizer I feel a noticeable increase in download and upload speed so I would like to share the same idea with my readers. I would like to let you know at the beginning itself that I am not a part of this program development but I just used this program and experienced improvement in my Internet speed. I know it would be better if I show some results from my PC itself. So I provide screen shots of my Internet connection speed before and after using this program for your reference.

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Many readers asked me about more manual steps to increase their Internet speed rather than rely on third party tools. So I update this article with some manual steps to increase Internet speed.

Manual Steps to Improve Internet Speed



If you are not impressed with the idea of installing a third party software and run on your computer, you can follow the manual steps provided below to improve your Internet Speed.


1. Remove Reservable Bandwidth limit in your computer

Many are not aware of a Windows feature to keep 20% of Internet connection bandwidth as reserve for applications running on the computer. If you remove this bandwidth reservation, you can add the not using 20% Internet speed to the current Internet speed you are enjoying. In order to do this you have to edit group policy edit and change the bandwidth reserve from default 20% to 0%. Follow the steps below to perform this and increase your Internet speed up to 20%.

1. Type gpedit.msc on Run and click OK

2. Select Computer Configuration and go to Administrative Templates

3. Click on Network

4. Double Click on QOS Packet Scheduler

How to Increase Internet Speed

Now the "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" Window opens and you can see it as not configured. If you read the note there you can see "If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the system uses the default value of 20 percent of the connection." We have to enable this and change the default 20% to 0%. This will increase your Internet speed up to 20%.

Improve Internet Bandwidth

Reboot your computer after closing the window.


2. Perform a Power Cycle

Most cases a proper power cycle on your network can improve the Internet connection speed currently you are getting. To know more about this follow the link below.

How to Perform Power Cycle

3. Remove Temp files and cache

It is advised to delete temp files and browser cache in your computer occasionally to speed up your Internet connection.

How to Delete Temp files

4.Make sure no one else is Sharing your Internet Connection

If you are using Wireless Internet connection, it is better make sure there is no Internet sharing with unauthorised users. To ensure this you have to use best wireless key encryption to protect your wireless network from hackers and intruders.

5. Make sure no unwanted Programs consuming Internet Bandwidth

Many users complained about getting slower Internet connection than the ISP offered. After checking their computer, we found many back ground programs consuming considerable protion of their Internet bandwidth. One example is torrent (peer to peer software). After denying the Internet access to those applications, users feel considerable improvement in Internet speed.


6. Make sure Network components are working fine

Faulty network swith, Ethernet cable, modem etc can slow down your Internet connection. So you should check your network devices thoroughly and make sure they are working fine.

7. Make sure no Network worms and malicious programs running

Malicious programs like network worm etc can consume the Internet bandwidth. So you have to run periodic scan to avoid the presence of these type malicious infections.


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Results of Increased download speed after tweaking the system


The pictures I provide below show the Internet speed I was getting (throughput) before installing TCP/IP optimizer and the current Internet speed I am getting.

The Speed I was getting before installing the TCP/IP optimizer

This picture shows my old broadband speed before installing the optimizer.

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The two things we need to notice are download speed and upload speed.
Download speed: 0.46
Upload speed : 0.24

Improved Broadband speed after installing TCP/IP optimizer

This is the screen shot of the Internet speed test after installing optimizer in my PC. I found a huge improvement in my broadband connection speed.

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You can understand the improved broadband speed from the details below.

Download speed: 1.00

Upload speed : 0.44

The result shows now my computer has almost double the speed compared to the previous broadband speed. How it is possible? Anyway I am getting the same connection from the ISP with same bandwidth. So the change is not from the ISP side but from my computer side. So what would be the possible reasons for the improved broadband speed ?

The possible reasons for the better broadband speed:

1. It changes the Windows registry value for the optimum performance.

2. TCP Optimizer works by tuning up all the important TCP/IP parameters (MTU, RWIN,QoS,ToS/Diffserv prioritization). It optimizes the TCP/IP suit for better MTU and so the stateful connections(eg:video streaming, downloads) will be faster.

Further Reading and Resources

To check your Internet connection speed click on the link below. Check your Internet Connection Speed

To download TCP/IP optimizer click on the link below.
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

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45 comments:

nivetha said...

Thanks for Your information about the increase the internet speed.Its really very useful to increase my internet connection.I check my internet speed in the site www.ip-details.comIts really incresed for Your tips.Thank U.

Siju George said...

Thank you for your comment. I saw the site ip-details.com and it is really good. The result is almost right :-)

Anonymous said...

if you wanna optimize your internet performance, i suggest downloading dsl speed, it can boosts internet connection, thereby speeding up your computer

Saurabh said...

Nice post ...Initially I learned about tcp hacks at http://www.sudobits.com but there it was explained using an encrypted file that lies on ISP...but I want to know actually how it happens?

Dilhan said...

Thank..il try this .. but u told to change the registry values ... sooo, how can i do it ? plz help ....

Siju George said...

We don't need to change registry settings manually for improving the broadband speed. This TCP optimizer will automatically change the registry value.

Note: I am just introducing this software only. The installation and further result is at your risk only :)

Han said...

I did exactly as you said . Now I have 30% more broadband speed. Thank you man

jitendra said...

really your tips are valuable.i followed your advice,and get a hike in my internet speed.
thanks a lot.

Anonymous said...

can u please tell us wht are all d changes we need to do in tcp optimizer to increase d speed????

Anonymous said...

so how do you use the TCP optimizer?

Siju George said...

We can download the Optimizer from
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

Then install this in our computer. The software itself will make optimum changes in your computer to use Internet connection more effectively.

Anonymous said...

Why you in 1st screen use Firefox (slow speed) and Chrome in 2nd screen ("fast" speed) ? We know that Chrome is more faster than Firefox, so I don't trust this program that touch something in my PC !!!

Siju George said...

That happened accidentally that I opened the speed test window in a different browser (I never imagined this point while testing the software). Any way in my personal experience, I got a hike in speed (both in Firefox and Chrome). Personally I congratulate you for showing it.

akash3221 said...

there was a change after i went through with this program of yours.
MY SPEED DECREASED FROM 489 KBPS TO 309 KBPS.
at first i thot i must hav done somehting wrong, filled he info wrong, but after readin the whole documentation of the software i went as it was stated in it. then also my speed insstead of INCREASING got DECREASED.
I WONT SUGGEST IT TO ANYONE

aditya said...

bad i dont see anychange in my speed dont dissapoint us

Anonymous said...

If you Tata photon plus is not providing sufficient speed then right click on my computer, go to properties,the click on hardware and then device manager, a device manager window open up and then change port setting by clicking on ports, you will get a port name Huawei mobile connect, just right click on that or those port(s) and go to properties then click port setting and set bits per seconds to 115200 then click ok and restart your computer. You will surprised with the internet speed. ENJOY SURFING.

Anonymous said...

It didn't work!!


SPEED DECREASED


WTF

Siju George said...

You should reboot your computer after installing TCP/IP optimizer. Then only you can see the speed difference.

I tried this software today too, and I got improved speed.

Min Htet Zaw said...

Hey guys, this is all fake, see his pictures when he is using google chrome to check his speed,

In 1st pic : many tabs + one more google chrome, i think he might be downloading something which made his speed decrease in wwww.speedtest.net

In 2nd picture before taking the speedtest, he already has closed all the tabs + the other google chrome!


WHAT A LOSER!!!!

Siju George said...

Hi Min Htet zaw,

I understand your doubt is genuine and I will show you more convincing proof. BTW have you tried this software ?

Abdulla said...

Thanks Siju. My Internet speed increased 20 percent more than regular speed.

Anonymous said...

Thanks considerable change in Internet speed.

Ray said...

Thanks I am seeing an improvement in my Internet speed.

Mufaddal said...

thnx yaa it really works can u post easy method of PC hack

Mufaddal said...

thnx yaa it really works can u post how to PC in a very easy method

Anonymous said...

hello sir,
mine is 10GB monthly data usage plan.
I'm getting superb speeds untill I complete 10Gb data.After that I'm getting slow download speeds especially in utorrents 3.0. I didnt change anything at all in utorrents.
Your tcp/ip optimizer also failed in this case.. Is there any better Tweak which can give download speeds especially for utorrents..

(my avg download speeds before usage of 10 GB is 90kB/s.. after usage of 10GB is 15kB/s)

Sonu said...

Hi Guys,

I have another problem. TCP Optimizer is only showing my LAN/WAN Interfaces but no PPP interface which Huawei Modem uses in Photon+. How to resolve it?

Siju George said...

@Anonymous

It seems your ISP is restricting your Internet speed after crossing the 10GB limit. Please contact ISP and check if there any settings like that from their end.

@ Sonu

I doubt this issue is because Photon plus is dial up and connected by a USB port instead of LAN port. I will get back you later after checking the issue.

Anonymous said...

duh!!! JUST USE IDM guys..
Internet Download Manager search on google. :))

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Neel_007 said...

plz tell me yaar i didnt feel any different ...
And tell me how to use it..
In choose setting what kind of setting to do
reply me @
dhvanil_2007@rediff.com

Siju George said...

If your system settings were default optimized for the max speed, you may not find any difference after running this optimizer. For further information please visit the link below

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

Anonymous said...

hey its wonderful ....it worked for me :)

Outrider said...

cochehey i am using ubuntu.....can u tell me an alternative for TCP optimiser.exe ?? can u help plzz....

Siju George said...

Please check the link below to have any alternate optimizer for Linux.

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

Neelam said...

I did all the steps you mentioned and after restart I see a change in my Internet speed. I cannot say it is a big change but I feel my Internet is faster than before. Any way thanks for putting some light on this.

Anonymous said...

Hey I did the power cycle thing, very impressive now almost double my Internet speed. I know it has not done anything but may be disconnecting and reconnecting the cable did the work. Any way I would never try it if it was not mentioned in your blog. Thanks for pointing this step.

Ravi said...

Will this increase my download speed ? I mean can I get higher broadband download speed ?

Rajarshi said...

such a simple tweak made a lot of difference..thanks for sharing! :)

Anonymous said...

thanks for your information but it is not working on my computer my speed is 300kps before following your instruction my net speed is 32kps and after installing speed is 30kps not exceeding more than this.please suggest me on this.

Siju George said...

Which all steps from above you have performed on your computer?

Suman Banerjee said...

Bro, my internet speed decreased. It was 0.58MBPS before. Now it is 0.39MBPS!!!!

Siju George said...

Hi Suman,

Which all steps you performed?

Shanti said...

Hello , That registry trick didn't work for me. But other tricks helped me.

Anonymous said...

kwamelal;
thanks a lot.after i finished with the tweaking,i opened my browser and the speed was effective but after a while it changed back to normal