Draining bandwidth ADSL

[rolex]

Apparently the QOS packet Schedular in network connections on Windows XP can reserve 20% of your available bandwidth. By unchecking the relevent box in network connections you can speed your broadband up
Any techies make sense of this?

[randlemarcus]

Windows defaults to this position to allow high priority network traffic a little overhead when it needs to be sent out.
Home users wont generally come up against this, as they will have a 10Mb minimum network card, and usually a <2Mb internet connection. Unless you are using data heavy CAD software from a fileserver, or have a really fast line with gigabit fibre straight into the back of the PC, dont sweat it....

[rolex]

Cheers Randle, It was just a tip in a computer mag. I tried it out but no appreciable difference