Need advice, possibly hacking, to improve extremely low connection

I'm not really clear yet. You have access to the modem but not to the router? Or you plug directly into the modem? Everyone in the building uses a common router/modem? Still don't know if you're wireless.

Hi all there is here is the small modem thing I showed in the photo. There is nothing else. There is a cable from my computer to that box, a phone line from that box to the wall and the electrical power wire to the wall. nothing else (so no, not wireless). From my research I believe, and maybe just maybe I could be wrong here, I am connecting via a PPPoE--this based not on actual facts but something else I read online.
What I read there is (and I quote): "Unlike DSL in the US, the Chinese DSL requires a special program on the main PC connected modem.
Your connection type is PPPoE if:
1) Your ISP gave you a user name and password which is required to connect to the Internet
2) Your ISP gave you software such as WinPOET, Enternet300 that you use to connect to the Internet
3) You have to double-click on a desktop Icon other than your browser to get on the Internet
If you do not have a Service Name, leave the Service Name field blank. "

I hope this helps

Then you plug directly into the modem, with no router, and the modem goes directly to the ISP, rather than via community access in the building. If you want to try a different DNS provider, you will have to spec it on the computer, or add a router. The other option is to try a different modem, or to see if the modem has a firmware update you can apply.

According to what I have been told just this morning, yes "each apartment has its own wiring" the exact words I was given by a Chinese assistant here, which I take to mean what you said. As to, "try a different DNS provider, you will have to spec it on the computer"
I will need to research how to do so. as to the router I will wait until we move into our new apartment--hopefully it will be oin only 2 months as they have said
thank you

For DNS customization - DNS Addressing - How to Change in Windows 7

In cmd run:

Code:

ipconfig -all |clip

this will copy the results to the clipboard directly (nothing will display), CTRL+V here