Increase Your Cable Modem or DSL Speed in XP

This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with WinXPprofessional version - might work on Home version also. It may also work with networkedmachines as well.This tweak assumes that you have let WinXP create a connection on install for yourcable modem/NIC combination and that your connection has tcp/ip - QoS - file and printsharing - and client for Microsoft networks , only, installed. It also assumes thatWinXP will detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it. If it doesn't do not trythis.· In the "My Network Places" properties (right-click on the desktop icon and chooseproperties), highlight the connectionthen at the menu bar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the twoboxes in the lower half for thebindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.· From the Windows XP CD in the support directory from the support cab, extract thefile netcap.exe and place it in adirectory on your hard drive or even in the root of your C:\ drive.· Next, open up a command prompt window and change directories to where you putnetcap.exe. then type "netcap/?".It will list some commands that are available for netcap and a netmon driver will beinstalled. At the bottom you willsee your adapters. You should see two of them if using a 3Com card. One will be forLAN and the other will be forWAN something or other.· Next type "netcap/Remove". This will remove the netmon driver.· Open up Control Panel->System->Dev Man and look at your network adapters. Youshould now see two of them and one will have a yellow ! on it. Right-click on the onewithout the yellow ! and choose uninstall. YES! You are uninstalling your networkadapter, continue with the uninstall. Do not restart yet.· Check your connection properties to make sure that no connection exists. If you geta wizard just cancel out of it.Now re-start the machine.· After re-start go to your connection properties again and you should have a newconnection called "Local area connection 2". Highlight the connection, then at the menubar choose "Advanced" then "Advanced Settings". Uncheck the two boxes in the lower halffor the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.· Choose connection properties and uncheck the "QOS" box.· Re-start the machine.After restart enjoy the increased responsiveness of IE, faster page loading, and aconnection speed boost.Why it works, it seems that windows XP, in its zeal to make sure every base is coveredinstalls two separate versions of the NIC card. One you do not normally see in anyproperties. Remember the "netcap/?" command above showing two different adapters? The LANone is the one you see. The invisible one loads everything down and its like your runningtwo separate cards together, sharing a connection among two cards, this method breaksthis "bond" and allows the NIC to run un-hindered.