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Re: Odd problem with @Home service

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From: Matt
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:56
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Thank you for the suggestions. Unfortunately, neither messing with the proxy
setup nor running Speedguide's registry-changing program solved the problem. --
Matt

Frank Hickman wrote:

> In addition to the other posts, the @Home client CD will reconfigure your
> Internet Settings to use proxy:8080 which is not really necessary.  This
> allows them to cache content which would normally be a good thing however
> since they have to maintain such a large cache, it is only partially better
> than your browsers.  In addition, the setup will change your connection
> MaxMTU and buffer sizes.  If you installed the @Home software after you've
> made the changes that www.speedguide.net suggests you'll need to re-apply
> the changes.
>
> HTH
> --
> ============================
> Frank Hickman
> NobleSoft, Inc.
> ============================
>
> "Matt" <mwalcoff@onecom.com> wrote in message
> news:3B9C2DBA.558E415E@onecom.com...
> > I am having trouble with my new cable modem service. Whenever I request
> > a Web page, it loads up only the first 10 KB or so -- the background or
> > the very top of the page, if anything -- then stalls. However, I have
> > been able to use e-mail without problems and am doing OK with Usenet,
> > although it stalled after loading 700 or so message headers. I tried
> > uninstalling Netscape and putting on the version of Internet Explorer
> > provided with the modem, but that did not help.
> >
> > The problem may have something to do with the age of my computer -- it's
> > an old P150 with 16MB of RAM. On the other hand, in the past I ran ISDN
> > on this computer with no problems, and I read one post from someone who
> > says he uses a 33Mhz 486.
> >
> > I e-mailed the cable-modem people, and they said the following:
> >
> > "Your modem is operating very well. The levels are very good, and your
> > area is not having any connectivity issues. Since you have an old PC,
> > with only 16 MB RAM, we recommend leaving some free space on your hard
> > drive for swap files. If you can afford to gets more system memory, we
> > recommend upgrading the RAM to at least 32 MB."
> >
> > I tried clearing 250MB of disk space, but that did nothing. Radio Shack,
> > the only nearby place I knew of, only carried RAM in 128MB, which I
> > don't think would even fit in my computer and would cost about Can$60.
> > Before I make that purchase, go searching around town for a 32MB RAM
> > upgrade or turn in my cable modem, I'd like to know if there's anything
> > else I can try first.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
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