Given that a lot of things do use network resources...
Next time you are at the command prompt, enter both netstat and netstat -b and tell me how many programs have an established connection, it will not be that many.
Next time you are at the command prompt, enter both netstat and netstat -b and tell me how many programs have an established connection, it will not be that many.
Not many, but some people do leave things like Skype and Steam on all the time. The little that they take would matter to a person that has under 10 kb. Technically AVAST! takes some too if you don't tell it to keep asking if there's an update.
You have a lot of really random connections, but mostly because you're surfing the web. For example:
87.248.196.198: Limelight Networks, Italy
208.88.178.49: FriendFinder Networks, Sunnyvale California
80.239.224.50: Akamai International B.V. / TeliaSonera AB, somewhere in Europe
64.15.115.90: YouTube, Mountain View California
65.254.218.140: Curse, Huntsville Alabama (Minecraft Forums?)
138.108.6.20: A.C. Nielsen Company, Schaumburg Illinois
69.58.188.38: Bitly, New York City
Not many, but some people do leave things like Skype and Steam on all the time. The little that they take would matter to a person that has under 10 kb. Technically AVAST! takes some too if you don't tell it to keep asking if there's an update.
Skype and Steam use almost nothing in terms of bandwidth. Even all the connections CentrallyProcessed posted would be less than 500kb.
All you can do to boost internet speed is to get a better connection from your ISP, or get a better ISP.
Wow, less than 500kb/s. That's no problem if don't have my home connection.
No, less than 500kb in a session. 99% of that traffic is just single packet pings or less.
Programs don't use nearly as much bandwidth as you seem to think.
If you don't know don't post.
Stop complaining about your internet and get a better connection/find a better ISP. I highly doubt you get such low bandwidth, unless you are on dialup.
No, less than 500kb in a session. 99% of that traffic is just single packet pings or less.
Programs don't use nearly as much bandwidth as you seem to think.
If you don't know don't post.
Stop complaining about your internet and get a better connection/find a better ISP. I highly doubt you get such low bandwidth, unless you are on dialup.
Given that you're going to continue to post ambiguous posts and then be smug about it, how long is a session?
Right, programs never ever update and sap bandwidth from you when you're trying to do other things. Especially not Steam games. Or AVAST! antivirus database updates.
Son, I wasn't complaining about my internet. I was saying that if the OP meant less than 10 mb/s, then he just needs to deal with it. No, we don't have dial up. Yes, I do get 90kb/s, and sometimes it's even lower than that.
Given that you're going to continue to post ambiguous posts and then be smug about it, how long is a session?
Right, programs never ever update and sap bandwidth from you when you're trying to do other things. Especially not Steam games. Or AVAST! antivirus database updates.
Son, I wasn't complaining about my internet. I was saying that if the OP meant less than 10 mb/s, then he just needs to deal with it. No, we don't have dial up. Yes, I do get 90kb/s, and sometimes it's even lower than that.
I would really try to avoid going into a full on debate/argument with Fm87, he actually works in IT, and is prone to post wall-o-text responses that most really have no defense against.
Also a session usually last less than a second. If you want to know how long an exact session will take use ping -l and you can change the size of the packet accordingly. Granted, this is only an estimate and it may be different on a separate port that is more used.
Given that you're going to continue to post ambiguous posts and then be smug about it, how long is a session?
I was talking about a session as in the user's session:
A session is as long as a session is.
A session being, how long a user is at the computer between when they begin doing something for the day and end doing something for the day.
A session can also be how long the program is running. Between when it is started by the user and ended by either the user or OS.
A session as in a session for the program (IE: the session in which it is using bandwidth), it's usually very quick since all it is doing is pinging the server. Usually less than half a second.
Right, programs never ever update and sap bandwidth from you when you're trying to do other things. Especially not Steam games. Or AVAST! antivirus database updates.
I never said programs don't update. Stop nerd raging and actually think for a second here.
No, programs do not sap bandwidth when you are doing other things. If they do, you either have a virus or a program that is designed to do that. With MSN, Pidgin, Skype, Steam and IRC running I have no constant internet access, just once in a while pings of less than 1KB. Steam does not update games every second of every day, and when they are updated it's usually a low-bandwidth priority update of less than 100MB.
Avast! does not use the internet at all save for definition updates. But then again EVERY AV has definition updates. What is your point?
Son, I wasn't complaining about my internet. I was saying that if the OP meant less than 10 mb/s, then he just needs to deal with it. No, we don't have dial up. Yes, I do get 90kb/s, and sometimes it's even lower than that.
"Son"? Kid, you need to step off. Get off your high horse because you obviously don't know a goddamn thing.
It sure as hell sounded like you were complaining about your internet.
If you get 90kb/s you have to have dialup, or something like it. NOTHING provides bandwidth that low. NOTHING. Are you trying to use a 2G internet adapter?
Now that I have set you straight let me help you because it is blatantly obvious you cannot help yourself.
You have an issue with your computer that is causing high bandwidth usage when idle and possibly a slow connection.
You also have an issue with your internet, but this will be difficult to diagnose remotely.
Boot into safe mode, run a scan with malwarebytes and remove anything it finds.
Hold the windows key and hit R, type "msconfig" without quotes.
Go to the services tab, hit hide all microsoft services and then hit disable all.
Go to the startup tab, and hit disable all.
Hit OK then restart as normal.
Go into start > accessories > command prompt and open a command prompt window as administrator.
Type these in, in this order:
ipconfig/release
ipconfig/flushdns
ipconfig/renew
Now go into control panel > device manager
Rightclick on your network adapter and select properties.
Go to advanced.
Find "Speed & Duplex"
Set it to "100Mbps Full duplex" and hit OK.
Restart.
If that did not fix the internet going so slowly issue:
Reset your modem. Unplug it for 90 seconds and then plug it back in. Do the same with your router.
If that did not fix the issue, hold the reset button on the router for 45 seconds, everything should reset to normal.
If THAT did not fix your issue, is windows updated?
And last but not least:
Who is your ISP? What server did you test with? Post a speedtest.
Or you can completely ignore this post because you want to whine about how I am an idiot and don't know what I am talking about, which is obviously what is happening here, it's not like I have certifications and years of experience or anything.
a session soley depends on the program. It can be days, seconds, or heck. even years.
a good example of a session would be a remote login.
the session is the time you are logged into the remote host. in that session, it is sending packets of data across. (depends on which layer of the OSI model your looking)
Session is a part of the OSI model. Which what I was confused by there...
I never said programs don't update. Stop nerd raging and actually think for a second here.
No, programs do not sap bandwidth when you are doing other things. If they do, you either have a virus or a program that is designed to do that. With MSN, Pidgin, Skype, Steam and IRC running I have no constant internet access, just once in a while pings of less than 1KB. Steam does not update games every second of every day, and when they are updated it's usually a low-bandwidth priority update of less than 100MB.
Avast! does not use the internet at all save for definition updates. But then again EVERY AV has definition updates. What is your point?
[...]
The point was that he should close the miscellaneous programs because they DO take bandwidth, whether it's for updates or pings is irrelevant to a person with such a terrible internet connection. AS I've said before, he must mean 10kB/s since 10mB/s is a serious amount of bandwith.
"Son"? Kid, you need to step off. Get off your high horse because you obviously don't know a goddamn thing.
[...]
Now that I have set you straight let me help you because it is blatantly obvious you cannot help yourself.
It sure as hell sounded like you were complaining about your internet.
If you get 90kb/s you have to have dialup, or something like it. NOTHING provides bandwidth that low. NOTHING. Are you trying to use a 2G internet adapter?
[...]
As I've reiterated, It wasn't meant for me to complain about my internet, but rather to conclude that the OP MUST have meant kB/s since complaining about 10 mB/s is just silly.
Also, I'd like to clarify that I meant kilobytes, not kilobits (not sure why anyone would talk about kilobits (at least in a non-technical setting) anyway). I am indeed an amateur, so I didn't realize that not capitalizing the "b" would change the unit. I'm assuming this revaluation will quell your protests about how my internet can't be that slow. But, seeing as how you're guilty of the same thing, I doubt it will.
You have an issue with your computer that is causing high bandwidth usage when idle and possibly a slow connection.
You also have an issue with your internet, but this will be difficult to diagnose remotely.
Boot into safe mode, run a scan with malwarebytes and remove anything it finds.
Hold the windows key and hit R, type "msconfig" without quotes.
Go to the services tab, hit hide all microsoft services and then hit disable all.
Go to the startup tab, and hit disable all.
Hit OK then restart as normal.
Go into start > accessories > command prompt and open a command prompt window as administrator.
Type these in, in this order:
ipconfig/release
ipconfig/flushdns
ipconfig/renew
Now go into control panel > device manager
Rightclick on your network adapter and select properties.
Go to advanced.
Find "Speed & Duplex"
Set it to "100Mbps Full duplex" and hit OK.
Restart.
If that did not fix the internet going so slowly issue:
Reset your modem. Unplug it for 90 seconds and then plug it back in. Do the same with your router.
If that did not fix the issue, hold the reset button on the router for 45 seconds, everything should reset to normal.
If THAT did not fix your issue, is windows updated?
And last but not least:
Who is your ISP? What server did you test with? Post a speedtest.
[...]
I'd love to try those, but I can assure you that they would not work, even if I was at my home. My ISP is just a crap pile. And I can guarantee that it IS just the ISP since I've used the connection over several computers, including a MAC, and I have gone to other people's houses and checked their connection and have seen that it is basically the same.
The point was that he should close the miscellaneous programs because they DO take bandwidth, whether it's for updates or pings is irrelevant to a person with such a terrible internet connection. AS I've said before, he must mean 10kB/s since 10mB/s is a serious amount of bandwith.
And my point was the bandwidth they use at any given time is so insignificant, that unless you are on dialup you would not even notice it.
What was that about not nerd raging?
Being truthful and blunt =/= nerd raging.
As I've reiterated, It wasn't meant for me to complain about my internet, but rather to conclude that the OP MUST have meant kB/s since complaining about 10 mB/s is just silly.
Complaining about 10Mb/s is pretty rational, considering this is 2012 and pretty much all of the 1st world has access to 50Mbps internet, a very large portion of the world has access to 100Mbps internet, and a growing portion has access to 500Mbps and 1Gbps internet.
This is talking home/consumer level, by the way.
Also, I'd like to clarify that I meant kilobytes, not kilobits (not sure why anyone would talk about kilobits (at least in a non-technical setting) anyway). I am indeed an amateur, so I didn't realize that not capitalizing the "b" would change the unit. I'm assuming this revaluation will quell your protests about how my internet can't be that slow. But, seeing as how you're guilty of the same thing, I doubt it will.
....... Because you use Kb when speaking about bandwidth. You never use KB.
Even at that speed, you would have to have horrible lowest of the low tier DSL or something akin to it. How have you not bitched at your ISP yet, or swapped providers? Satellite internet and 2G are both faster than that, and more than likely cheaper.
I'd love to try those, but I can assure you that they would not work, even if I was at my home. My ISP is just a crap pile. And I can guarantee that it IS just the ISP since I've used the connection over several computers, including a MAC, and I have gone to other people's houses and checked their connection and have seen that it is basically the same.
I can assure you that even if it is 100% your ISP, these would help alleviate your problem. Going over to other people's houses doesn't really mean anything if they also don't keep their network/PCs clean.
I already tested my speeds and their both under 10.
Also check me out on:
WordPress, Etsy, and Spore.
This
and make sure you don't have a ton of stuff running at once.
This is pretty much all you can do.
This has no effect on internet speed unless they are using network resources.
This does cost more money per month.
If you don't have more money, optimizing your web browsers for your connection.
This is really a placebo effect, you would not see any major, if any, improvement.
Given that a lot of things do use network resources...
Next time you are at the command prompt, enter both netstat and netstat -b and tell me how many programs have an established connection, it will not be that many.
Not many, but some people do leave things like Skype and Steam on all the time. The little that they take would matter to a person that has under 10 kb. Technically AVAST! takes some too if you don't tell it to keep asking if there's an update.
You have a lot of really random connections, but mostly because you're surfing the web. For example:
87.248.196.198: Limelight Networks, Italy
208.88.178.49: FriendFinder Networks, Sunnyvale California
80.239.224.50: Akamai International B.V. / TeliaSonera AB, somewhere in Europe
64.15.115.90: YouTube, Mountain View California
65.254.218.140: Curse, Huntsville Alabama (Minecraft Forums?)
138.108.6.20: A.C. Nielsen Company, Schaumburg Illinois
69.58.188.38: Bitly, New York City
Skype and Steam use almost nothing in terms of bandwidth. Even all the connections CentrallyProcessed posted would be less than 500kb.
All you can do to boost internet speed is to get a better connection from your ISP, or get a better ISP.
If he meant 10 mb/s, then he needs to shut up. My home connection runs at 90 kb/s. I'm sure he meant kb, since even 1 mb/s is quite fast.
Wow, less than 500kb/s. That's no problem if don't have my home connection.
No, less than 500kb in a session. 99% of that traffic is just single packet pings or less.
Programs don't use nearly as much bandwidth as you seem to think.
If you don't know don't post.
Stop complaining about your internet and get a better connection/find a better ISP. I highly doubt you get such low bandwidth, unless you are on dialup.
Given that you're going to continue to post ambiguous posts and then be smug about it, how long is a session?
Right, programs never ever update and sap bandwidth from you when you're trying to do other things. Especially not Steam games. Or AVAST! antivirus database updates.
Son, I wasn't complaining about my internet. I was saying that if the OP meant less than 10 mb/s, then he just needs to deal with it. No, we don't have dial up. Yes, I do get 90kb/s, and sometimes it's even lower than that.
I would really try to avoid going into a full on debate/argument with Fm87, he actually works in IT, and is prone to post wall-o-text responses that most really have no defense against.
Also a session usually last less than a second. If you want to know how long an exact session will take use ping -l and you can change the size of the packet accordingly. Granted, this is only an estimate and it may be different on a separate port that is more used.
Edit: bit of an oxymoron there...
I was talking about a session as in the user's session:
A session is as long as a session is.
A session being, how long a user is at the computer between when they begin doing something for the day and end doing something for the day.
A session can also be how long the program is running. Between when it is started by the user and ended by either the user or OS.
A session as in a session for the program (IE: the session in which it is using bandwidth), it's usually very quick since all it is doing is pinging the server. Usually less than half a second.
I never said programs don't update. Stop nerd raging and actually think for a second here.
No, programs do not sap bandwidth when you are doing other things. If they do, you either have a virus or a program that is designed to do that. With MSN, Pidgin, Skype, Steam and IRC running I have no constant internet access, just once in a while pings of less than 1KB. Steam does not update games every second of every day, and when they are updated it's usually a low-bandwidth priority update of less than 100MB.
Avast! does not use the internet at all save for definition updates. But then again EVERY AV has definition updates. What is your point?
"Son"? Kid, you need to step off. Get off your high horse because you obviously don't know a goddamn thing.
It sure as hell sounded like you were complaining about your internet.
If you get 90kb/s you have to have dialup, or something like it. NOTHING provides bandwidth that low. NOTHING. Are you trying to use a 2G internet adapter?
Now that I have set you straight let me help you because it is blatantly obvious you cannot help yourself.
You have an issue with your computer that is causing high bandwidth usage when idle and possibly a slow connection.
You also have an issue with your internet, but this will be difficult to diagnose remotely.
Boot into safe mode, run a scan with malwarebytes and remove anything it finds.
Hold the windows key and hit R, type "msconfig" without quotes.
Go to the services tab, hit hide all microsoft services and then hit disable all.
Go to the startup tab, and hit disable all.
Hit OK then restart as normal.
Go into start > accessories > command prompt and open a command prompt window as administrator.
Type these in, in this order:
Now go into control panel > device manager
Rightclick on your network adapter and select properties.
Go to advanced.
Find "Speed & Duplex"
Set it to "100Mbps Full duplex" and hit OK.
Restart.
If that did not fix the internet going so slowly issue:
Reset your modem. Unplug it for 90 seconds and then plug it back in. Do the same with your router.
If that did not fix the issue, hold the reset button on the router for 45 seconds, everything should reset to normal.
If THAT did not fix your issue, is windows updated?
And last but not least:
Who is your ISP? What server did you test with? Post a speedtest.
Or you can completely ignore this post because you want to whine about how I am an idiot and don't know what I am talking about, which is obviously what is happening here, it's not like I have certifications and years of experience or anything.
Ungrateful child. <3
I was also thinking in terms of the OSI Model, so my information is a bit irrelevant.
Session is a part of the OSI model. Which what I was confused by there...
Was the first thing I was taught, helps so much with troubleshooting, at least in real life.
The point was that he should close the miscellaneous programs because they DO take bandwidth, whether it's for updates or pings is irrelevant to a person with such a terrible internet connection. AS I've said before, he must mean 10kB/s since 10mB/s is a serious amount of bandwith.
What was that about not nerd raging?
As I've reiterated, It wasn't meant for me to complain about my internet, but rather to conclude that the OP MUST have meant kB/s since complaining about 10 mB/s is just silly.
Also, I'd like to clarify that I meant kilobytes, not kilobits (not sure why anyone would talk about kilobits (at least in a non-technical setting) anyway). I am indeed an amateur, so I didn't realize that not capitalizing the "b" would change the unit. I'm assuming this revaluation will quell your protests about how my internet can't be that slow. But, seeing as how you're guilty of the same thing, I doubt it will.
I'd love to try those, but I can assure you that they would not work, even if I was at my home. My ISP is just a crap pile. And I can guarantee that it IS just the ISP since I've used the connection over several computers, including a MAC, and I have gone to other people's houses and checked their connection and have seen that it is basically the same.
SON
Being truthful and blunt =/= nerd raging.
Complaining about 10Mb/s is pretty rational, considering this is 2012 and pretty much all of the 1st world has access to 50Mbps internet, a very large portion of the world has access to 100Mbps internet, and a growing portion has access to 500Mbps and 1Gbps internet.
This is talking home/consumer level, by the way.
....... Because you use Kb when speaking about bandwidth. You never use KB.
Even at that speed, you would have to have horrible lowest of the low tier DSL or something akin to it. How have you not bitched at your ISP yet, or swapped providers? Satellite internet and 2G are both faster than that, and more than likely cheaper.
I can assure you that even if it is 100% your ISP, these would help alleviate your problem. Going over to other people's houses doesn't really mean anything if they also don't keep their network/PCs clean.
Child.