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Originally Posted by neio79
Yes it is a USB modem, BT voyager 105. Looked at my network connections as well and its set up with either a TCP/IP over a LAN or as it seemed to be using PPPoE via the modem, but this morning it all seemed ok, so it must have settled down after a reboot, bizar, but on the upsde it seems to be running faster. Bizzar, AOL is indeed a strange beast at times.
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Yeah, the later versions of AOL software tweak the registry settings for MTU.
There's also a "hack" out for torrents whereby you change the MTU value. Screw it up & you slow everything down, do it right, you get a marginal (although noticable) speed increase all over the internet.
BTW, the Voyager 105 is crap, and it's only a matter of time before this situation repeats itself IMO.
As for PPPoE, as a rule, most ISPs don't use it, but AOL is one of the few that do support it. Although why you're using that rather than PPPoA (which has better performance) I don't know - but that's due to the software not you.
Anyway, I'll stop being geeky now before K shows up with her hammer...
