How to Increase your Internet Speed

In this article we will be looking at some important tweaks and few software's which help us in optimizing the Internet speed.There are many tweaks which help you in increasing the Internet speed but here we will be discussing some important tweaks.

Tweak: Un-reserving bandwidth:

By Default, Windows reserves 20% of bandwidth for it’s own use.This should be undone immediately to optimize your net speed.To do so you need not install any extra program,you can do this with a simple setting given below.

·         Press "Windows key + R"(shortcut key for RUN).

·         Now type gpedit.msc.This will give access to Group Policy Editor.

Group Policy Editor    Then Navigate to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/QOS Packet Scheduler using the pane on the left side.

·         Now in the right panel you will notice a option called "Limit Reservable Bandwitdth".Right click on it and choose "Edit" option.

·         A new window will pop out where you find Bandwidth Limit is set to 20% by default.Now click enabled and change Bandwidth Limit to 0 then apply the changes.

Limit Reservable Bandwidth

·         Hit ok the close the group policy editor.

Few Software Programs which helps in optimizing Internet Speed:

1.Boost Download Speed with Internet Download Manager:

Internet Download Manager(IDM) is the best download manager that has ever made.No matter on which kind of protocol you are working on,you could use Internet download manager.

Few important features of Internet Download Manager:

·         You can limit the download speed of the download program or application.

·         You can stop or pause the download at any time.

·         Helps you in downloading various videos,pdf files,music files,softwares with a single click.

2.Optimizing TCP/IP settings with SG TCP Optimizer:

SG TCP Optimizer is a freeware which helps you in optimizing the manner in which you want your pc to send or receive packets.

·         Download SG TCP Optimizer.This application doesn't require any installation ,you just have to double click it to run the application.

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·         Now we wont touch any settings under General Settings Tab.Just choose optimal Settings Tab and click apply changes.

·         As soon as you click Apply Changes a windows will pop up.

·         Here also we dont touch any settings.Just check(Tick) Backup option.

·         Now all you have to do is to restart your PC.As soon as you restart these settings will effect your PC.

Note:After you reboot your PC surf around in a while.If you notice that these settings had a negative impact then don't worry you can revert settings to default.When you click restore settings to default a .spg extension file will open with date.Choose the date to which you want to revert the settings. 

3.Use cCleaner to clear Cookies and Browsing History:

cCleaner is a free software which is also a must software for every PC.Whenever you notice slow browsing then just open cCleaner and clear all the browsing data.This will remove all the cookies ,saved passwords etc thereby boosting your browsing speed instantly.

Final Words:

The above tips will surely optimize your Internet speed but the speed of your net connection doesn't exceed your bandwith.To get good speeds you have to upgrade to a good Internet plan.