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Article #679Re: Odd problem with @Home service
From: Matt
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:56
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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