HOW to incresase the speed of modem

[krameshkumar6]

How to increase the speed ( by programming inside the modem) of my modem motorola SB5101?
how to reprogram the Motorola SB5101 modem to higher speed to 8MBPS? Could any one suggest the best method to improve.?

[Raymond]

I'm not sure if that can be done? As far as I know, the Internet speed is set from the ISP point.

[smalldog]

Or you can try TCP Optimizer that is a portable software program that can change various settings of the TCP connection of a computer system. It provides both automatic tools and manual options to optimize the Internet connection of a computer.
http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/11/tcp-optimizer/

[safeguy]

Originally Posted by smalldog

Or you can try TCP Optimizer that is a portable software program that can change various settings of the TCP connection of a computer system. It provides both automatic tools and manual options to optimize the Internet connection of a computer.
http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/11/tcp-optimizer/

I would second that...TCP Optimizer is a good program...I use the automatic option on XP and it worked great for me...

just take note that Vista isn't supported...

OS: Windows 9x/ME/2K/XP/XP-SP2/2k3 | version: 2.0.3 | date: 01/06/2006 | filesize: 596 KB

but some users claimed it works fine on Vista..

[as6670]

I have the ability to increase the download speed via my router ... I use custom Firmware on my Netgear DG834GT ... DGTeam - The Custom DG834XX Series Router Firmware Web Site

This only works on the download speed and not the upload as the upload is controlled by my ISP. It is handy if I want the extra download speed but I have to be careful not to change the settings to often within a day as this can be detected as a fault when the router reboots to set the new settings. This can cause my connection to retrain for 10 days at a lower speed if it is deemed a fault. Within my routers config page I have a slider that allows me to increase or decrease the Signal to Noise margin on the line. The standard setting depends on the quality of the line and the SNR is normally set between 6 and 9 for a stable connection. As my line is fairly new and very stable I can lower my SNR to 3 and under. The lowest I had it set on was 0.8 with no dropouts on my connection for 27 days .. The average gain in speed is 2 to 3 meg for me depending on weather conditions, radio interference etc...