dialup slow beyond words

when i first connect, things are relatively normal, but on later connects thru the day, things slow to like 15-20 mins (!) a page. i had faster speeds back in the days of acoustic couplers.

AV/AM all come up empty; HDD usage fairly low (20G used out of 80G); frag = 0%; "CPU usage" varies from 5% to 20%; 512M RAM as follows:

free physical - 50%
free pagefile - 80%
free virtual - 95%

[all per ASC]

i have no feel for "typical" RAM figures, but those sure don't look "pinned" to me!

in addition, speedfan gives me temps like:

HD0: 49c
Temp1: 72c
CPU: 67c

which seem high to me, but i've read in other threads here that anything under 80c is fine.

so what ELSE to look for? or how to systematically debug what's wrong with my dialup?

at this point i'm just GROPING. and 15-20 mins/page of groping AIN'T NO FUN....

 

Might try CurrPorts to see what connections are established. TCP Optimizer may also be of some help. Check your phone line to be sure it isn't the cause of the problem. Take a look at your firewall logs.

 

no idea about the problem, but try posting in networking. Those people maybe able to assist you farther then we can

 

oops, i had planned on that, actually!

ok, i'll repost from scratch over there, and if plastidust has no objections, the ops can kill off this thread here.

i've saved a copy of his post in any case.

 

I've no objections, it really isn't up to me. I have to agree, those temps seem high. Might want to post them over in the Hardware Forum along with your hardware specs. just to be on the safe side.