Connection speed and Toshiba laptop!

[Sarah]

I have a wired/wireless network setup at home. There are 4 PC's on it. When
testing my connection speed on any networked PC, I get a reading of
2.5-3Mbps except for the Toshiba laptop ( M30 with XP home). When I test
connection speed on this Toshiba, I get a speed of 400-500Kpbs! In the
beginning I though it was a network/router problem so I unplugged everything
and I connected the Toshiba directly to the cable modem, to my surprise, I
still got a low reading of 400Kpbs! So now I get the same low speed no
matter how the Laptop is connected to the internet.

Please let me know if there is something I can do to fix this problem! Thank
you.

 

[Jack]

Hi
Try to optimize the TCP/IP Stack - -
http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Sarah]

Thank you jack! That did not help!

Hi
Try to optimize the TCP/IP Stack - -
http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Malke]

Thank you jack! That did not help!

Did you ever get good speed on the Toshiba laptop? If yes, what changed?
Try updating the drivers for the network adapters from Toshiba's
website. Also, make sure the laptop is 100% spyware and virus-free. If
you think it is, what did you do to determine that?

Malke

 

[Sarah]

Jack, That actually did it!! I had to restart the PC for the new settings to
work! Thank you very much!

Just a follow up question, What might've screwed these settings up for me?
Just curious!