Increase the speed of your internet connection without a new modem

As more and more people get quick con

nections to the internet, such as cable or ADSL, it becomes apparent to the user
of a simple dial-up modem that the World Wide Web can quickly turn into the Wor
ld Wide Wait. Here a trick that can help speed up your current modem without sh
elling out the big bucks.

There is a setting located in your windows registry called the Max

imum Transfer Unit (MTU). This determines the size of the packets of data sent
between your and your server. In Windows 95, this setting is has a value of 1,5
00 bytes when the actual size of internet packets is 1,000 bytes. This can some
times slow things down. To remedy the situation, simply follow these steps:
In the registry editor (Start > Run > re
gedit.exe), navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cla
ss\NetTrans. In the NetTrans folder you should find another folder named "000x"
in which x represents a fourth digit. Right-click on the "000x" folder and sel
ect New and StringValue. Rename the item that appears in the panel on the right
side to MaxMTU, then double-click it to bring up the Edit String box and give i
t a velue of 1002.

Remember to keep playing with the MaxMTU value until you feel that
your internet connection has greatly sped up. Some people report huge speed gai
ns using this tricks, while others hardly notice a difference. In any case, it'
s definetly worth a try.