SPEED UP YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION

1. Run Disk Defragmentation, scan disk, virus scan, a malware scan, and clear your recycle bin. Delete old files and temporary files.
2. Reset Your Home Network. Restarting the home network if you have one will drastically increase the speed of your connection.
3. Optimize your cache or temporary Internet files. open Internet Explorer, then “Tools” at the top and then “Internet Options”. General tab, click ”Settings” button next to Temporary Internet Files. Set Check for newer versions to “Automatically”. Set amount of disk space to use to 2% of your total disk size or 512 MB, which ever is smaller. On Firefox, click “Tools” then “Options,” and go to the privacy tab. Then click on the Cache tab within this.


4. Never bypass your router. as routers include a firewall that is very difficult for hackers to defeat. If you don’t need to use Wireless then hook your computer directly to your router. Routers will only slow down your connection by a few Milli-seconds.
5. Upgrade your computer. If your computer is slow, it doesn’t matter how fast your Internet connection is, the whole thing will just seem slow. You can only access the Internet as fast as your PC will allow you to.
6. Replace your old cable modem.Your broadband modem will have a harder and harder time ‘concentrating’ on maintaining a good connection as it gets older (signal to noise ratios will go down, and the number of resend requests for the same packet will go up).
7. Often your connection speed is slow because other programs are using it. To test if other programs are accessing the Internet without your knowing, Click Start, Click Run. Type “cmd” (without quotes). Type “netstat -b 5 > activity.txt”. After a minute or so, hold down Ctrl and press C. This has created a file with a list of all programs using your Internet connection. Type activity.txt to open the file and view the program list. Ctrl Alt Delete and open up the Task Manager. Go to the process menu and delete those processes that are stealing your valuable bandwidth. (NOTE: Deleting processes may cause certain programs to not function properly)
8. After you have tried all this try your connection again and see if it’s running any faster.
TIPS:
• Call your ISP and have them verify all of your TCP/IP settings if you are concerned. also verify that your Proxy settings are correct.
• Don’t expect dial up or high speed lite service to be fast. The Internet is primarily geared towards Broadband Connections. Sometimes, you have to wait a little.
• Download programs that make browsing faster:
o Firefox and Opera both have options to disable images.
o In Firefox, you can also use extensions such as NoScript that let you block scripts and plug-ins that would otherwise slow things down a lot.
o If you are using Internet Explorer or Firefox, try downloading Google Web Accelerator. It is meant to speed up broadband connections, but it can also slow your Internet connection. Try enabling it and disabling it and see when your Internet connection runs faster.
o If you are using Firefox, download the Fasterfox extension and Firetune.
• Upgrade your RAM. This will not only improve your regular computer use, but it will affect the speed of your Internet connection because your computer works faster.
• Use the Stop button to stop loading pages once you got what you want.
• Some times malware on your computer can eat up your bandwidth. Make sure you have an up-to-date malware protection program.
• Look into running your own local DNS server on your network.