cFosSpeed 4.53 Build 1527 Beta

[jalaffa]

cFosSpeed is a network driver, which attaches itself to existing Internet connections. It then optimizes data transfer by means of Traffic Shaping. Traffic Shaping is a method for optimizing the Internet traffic. It allows maximum speed while ensuring minimal Ping. You can use cFosSpeed with a router and/or a DSL-modem or cable-modem. You can also use cFosSpeed with other types of Internet access, ie. whenever you already have an existing Internet connection. cFosSpeed supports a wide variety of connections, like DSL, cable, ISDN, UMTS, etc.

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[Eciruam]

But does it work...?

[DKT27]

It may work. But at last the ultimate speed depends on what your ISP provides you.

[jalaffa]

But does it work...?

Hmm - I did like the infamous deXter's review of the program posted somewhere else:

[deXter]

Reviewing 4.51 Build 1498 Beta (Apr 7, 2009)

ROFLMAO! Tweaking the registry? Time check! This is the year 2009! Tweaking the registry to increase the net speed? Sure, if you're on dialup and on Win9x you might notice a difference! (No offence to all the Win9x and Dialup users out there.)

Fellas, toasale has no idea what he/she's talking about. Anyways, you don't need me to tell if toasale is right or wrong, the facts are all out there. I'm just here to review cFosSpeed, and to the best of my knowledge, I can assure you that there's no other program or technique on the Windows platform that does what cFosSpeed does in it's entirety. The closest a program comes to a *part* of cFosSpeed's functionality is NetLimiter, but saying cFosSpeed is something like NetLimiter is a gross understatement. I'll leave ya'll to the product page to find out all the features.

Personally, I've faced no problems using cFosSpeed. Sure, there are bugs here-and-there, but I've used this on three computers for the past couple of years and never faced anything serious, 'cept maybe the odd ping loosing its way. Lemme tell you, cFosSpeed makes a *big* difference if you're a multi-tasking net-a-holic like me, or if you're an online gamer where low ping/lag is the of utmost importance. Online gamers would probably know that a high speed net doesn't automatically translate to a low latency. cFosSpeed helps you achieve that (among other things). It's NOT some friggin' internet-boosting-registry-tweaking-accelerating-junk which is found in so many suites these days, like System Mechanic.

Kind Advise: If you have no use for/idea of a program, please don't "review" it. More than anything else, you're just making a fool of yourself.

[DKT27]

I used it before. Did some good changes to registry. Worked well for some time. But Internet speed was decreased rather than increase but only when the software was ON.

[Bizarre™]

It may work. But at last the ultimate speed depends on what your ISP provides you.

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree.

The ultimate speed will be determined when both settings of hardware and software are configured to run at maximum.

This is especially true for those using high-end network connections.

I used it before. Did some good changes to registry. Worked well for some time. But Internet speed was decreased rather than increase but only when the software was ON.

Try resetting your network settings:

1. Click Start > Run > Type cmd
   
2. Once the Command Prompt appear, type the following commands:
   netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt
   netsh dump
   
3. Re-install cFosSpeed.
   - once the network is reset the binding to the cFosSpeed driver will be removed, that's why we need to re-install.
   

Note: For best results, try using CableNut before re-installing cFosSpeed :P

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BTW, thanks for the update :lol:

[shought]

It may work. But at last the ultimate speed depends on what your ISP provides you.

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree.

The ultimate speed will be determined when both settings of hardware and software are configured to run at maximum.

This is especially true for those using high-end network connections.

What he (probably) meant was: your ISP provides you with 8192 kb/s, 10% of this speed might get lost(it's always like that), so you keep around 7250 kb/s which if you divide it by 8 brings us at approximately 900 KB/s. Now that is the most speed you can get out of your connection, but because your PC and other hardware in your network fuck stuff up, you might loose yet another 10% and it will be 810 KB/s. Now if you use cFosSpeed then you might gain back a part of this lost speed. (I won't discuss pings here, as this would take toooo much time :P).

So I think you don't actually disagree with him, but you just misunderstood(or he didn't explain it properly, we'll never knows who did it :P) :D

[DKT27]

I didn't understood that 10% of your's. You mean QOS? It can be disabled. And yes we have to divide it by 8.

[shought]

I didn't understood that 10% of your's. You mean QOS? It can be disabled. And yes we have to divide it by 8.

No, the first 10% is taken off because of stuff that's going on between you and your ISP. You share one big cable with a lot of people so they can't always guarantee that exact speed, one thing you can be sure of(generally) is that it'll never be higher than what they promised :D Also the same cable provides different speeds in different parts of the country, province or even city. This is due to interference of any kind. The 10% is not something that I calculated, but it's just the general consensus.

The second 10% I take off is because Windows has a network driver, which is, obviously, not the 'best' you can get. (Could just as well have been 5%, it was just some random number I picked). Also there might be more computers in your network, if you install cFosSpeed on all of them it will create an optimal connection between these systems and guarantee that your network is used to its full potential. cFosSpeed solves these issues by installing a new network driver(actually a whole virtual device) which does optimize the performance.

Note: I don't know everything about this program, not even close, but what I'm telling you here is just what I found from my own experience using it and what I heard from other people who do have the 'proper' knowledge.

[DKT27]

My ISP tells me 256kbps. It provides 25kbps - 29kbps max. Whatever programs I use I know it will not increase it by that(the programs).

You maybe right in some points about the program, like it changes some thing of your registry when installing.

[shought]

Your ISP provides you with your speed in kb/s, everyone else measures speed in KB/s(which is a difference). I don't remember which but one of them is a bit and the other a byte, to get from bit to byte you have to divide by 8, so to get from 256 to ... you need to do 256/8 = 32, then you take 10% off: 28,8 and take another 5% off when you're downloading a file your network will most likely be used optimally, but when browsing or gaming it won't, so this is why you do reach your maximum speed(better: performance) when downloading) which provides us with 27,36 KB/s.

There's also a big difference between speed and performance, speed doesn't tell you anything, just like with RAM: you can have 800 MHz, but if it has timings like 12-12-12-36 it still won't be better than 667 MHz memory with timings of 3-3-3-12 ;) (Timings are comparable to your 'ping' in this story)

Ping: the time between you and the your destination on the internet/network. So if you say would want to request a download and your ping is 1 second then it will take 1 + 1 + (some more, processing time) = 2,something seconds before the download actually starts. When browsing (in some cases) and whilst gaming(in most cases) your ping is more important than your speed(of course they have to be balanced, but you get the idea).

[DKT27]

First para, I know about it already.

Second para, I didn't get it at all.

Third para, Understood 60%.

[shought]

Can't explain it any more clear, well, I can, but I don't have the time ;)

This might help:

Speed is actually the wrong name, it should be named 'throughput', 28,8 KB/s is your maximum throughput(data/s).

Your ping on the other hand is the maximum time it takes for a request(very small amount of data) to travel from your PC, through your router, through your modem, through the cable, through some hops(sort of servers which 'guide' the internet), through some other modem, through some other router to another PC/server.

Both these things have to do with speed, not just one of them.

Now cFosSpeed optimizes not one of them(what traditional tweaks do), but both of them to deliver optimal performance.

Edit: Crap, go figure, I did have the time ;)

[Bizarre™]

@DKT27:

The 2nd and 3rd paragraph in shought's statement means the lower the number (timing) the better.

For RAM: Link

For Ping: Link

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Forgive shought, he's a genius born every 1000 years ;)

[shought]

If I would be a genius, he would understand what the hell I was talking about(short: If I had explained it properly, he wouldn't be asking anymore. Not considering the essence of 'time' in this statement(if I had more time to explain it properly, maybe he would've understood and therefore I might still be a genius(I still have a chance ;) ) lol ;))

Also if I'm a genius which is only born every 1000 years, why the hell did they start at the year -8...? These people must be insane, wait, we are :P

[Bizarre™]

Einstein's a genius, but it's also a fact that teaching is not one of his strong point ;)

[shought]

Einstein's a genius, but it's also a fact that teaching is not one of his strong point ;)

True, but the difference in the definition we give to 'genius' is causing this misunderstanding ;) 'A person of extraordinary intellect and talent' can be interpreted in many ways.

Anyhow I would never dare to compare myself with Einstein, I'm pretty sure there are people out there that have the same potential as he does though, it's just that because of our educational system(all around the world) these brilliant minds are 'destroyed'(bit harsh).

People nowadays don't think for themselves, they think what others thought before, thus leaving out the originality and the finding of new things. Education should only raise questions(in most cases) not answer them(apart from physics/math), this way you also create a distinction between people who have a lot of 'taught knowledge' and people who actually think about the answers themselves(which might mean reinventing the wheel over and over again, but once it'll be invented in a way that's better than before). I'm not saying that one of those two groups is better/worse than the other, this is also not my opinion ;) One group is just better suited for a couple of 'appliances' and the other group is better suited for a couple of other 'appliances'.

But I shall end my philosophical essay here :P

[DKT27]

I understood the main point of your post of your big three para. I'm not nsane that I don't get anything into my mind.

The only thing I didn't understood was 12-12-12-36.

@Bizarre- RAM link was very helpful but the ping detail was very well classified by shought.

Shought don't worry I'm myself a philosopher but only by mouth and by mind, not when I write.

[shought]

I never said I was worrying about you(nor do I, you'll get around), I'm just trying to explain to you anything I know, as I would like you to treat me the same way :hehe:

The 12-12-12-36 things referred to the timings of the RAM, for 800 MHz memory they are generally 5-5-5-15 or 4-4-4-12 or a combination of those (the lower, the better). The timings represent the time it takes for the RAM the read stuff(I don't know the exact explanation of each number), which is comparable with a ping.

I myself found this program hard to believe as well, but after I tried it for some time(with online gaming) it did seem to improve the quality of my connection ;)

[DKT27]

I meant by "But I shall end my philosophical essay here".

I understood some of it, the last post.

It didn't improved my connection at-all that's why I wrote "It may work. But at last the ultimate speed depends on what your ISP provides you."

[Tucker]

This is what the makers claim:

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Normal data transfer:

Data reception needs to be confirmed (ACKnowledgment packets) before new data can be sent.

No Traffic Shaping:

ACK packets are stalled and delayed by a simultaneous upload. As a result, the download is slowed down as well.

cFos Traffic Shaping:

ACK packets are prioritized in the upstream, allowing the download to continue at maximum speed.

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