Am I getting results that seem right???
I'm a bit confused and am hoping one of you kind peeps can help me before I go insane!! 
I have a 4week old Windows Vista Toshiba Laptop, with a 802.11 b/g/n wireless, Norton Internet security, according to Bt a 4-8mbps line!
My Father has brought home from his work a Windows Xp Pro Dell Laptop (an old model), a 802.11b/g wireless McAfee security using the same BT line as me!
We are both connecting to a Belkin N-wireless Router (F5D8633-4 ver1000uk) I had to buy as I wanted the 'n' the BT Voyager from PlusNet didn't allow. The Wireless mode is set to 802.11b&802.11g&802.11n and bandwidth 20/40mhz within the router settings, and security as 128bit wep!
I was setting up my fathers laptop (the Xp machine) this morning, I set him up to connect to the Belkin Wireless and its all running fine! I did a speedtest to see how fast it was running, first noticed that my line still isn't meeting the 4-8mbps Bt say i have - they used to run a lot faster until start of January and now I can't find put why they don't! But then comparing the results from the Vista to Xp machine, I noticed the Upload speeds seem a bit odd to me? I have retested both using the link in the PlusNet pages several times and the results are always very similar!
The Vista results are : Today 14:14 Download Speed 3267 kbps (408kB/s) Upload speed 255 kbps (31.9kB/s)
The Xp results are : Today 14:14 Download Speed 2650 kbps (331kB/s) Upload speed 383 kbps (47.9kB/s)
I know that the download is from the Internet to My pc, and therefore the Vista is the quicker, but why then does the XP machine have faster speeds sending from the PC to the Internet??? The Vista machine is a much higher spec than the Fathers older Dell and shouldn't the 'n' allowance on the vista machine it faster?? I have had intermittent problems even connecting to wireless Networks using the Toshiba since I bought it 4weeks ago but thought it was all sorted?? The other problem is despite the 'n' capability looking at my network connections status I never get better than the 'g' but I do get a slightly broader coverage with it anyway, but am wondering could it be something to do with that?
Have I totally frazzled my brain and what I think seems wierd with the upload speeds in fact isn't! can someone please see if they can help me! It doesn't seem to make any sense to me that I bought a &£1000 machine 4 weeks ago with all the duo core processors and upto date technology, and was told that was what i needed to pay to get the best of the best for the moment, my Father brings back a Dell that must be 3years old and these are the results?
thanks in advance
I have a 4week old Windows Vista Toshiba Laptop, with a 802.11 b/g/n wireless, Norton Internet security, according to Bt a 4-8mbps line!
My Father has brought home from his work a Windows Xp Pro Dell Laptop (an old model), a 802.11b/g wireless McAfee security using the same BT line as me!
We are both connecting to a Belkin N-wireless Router (F5D8633-4 ver1000uk) I had to buy as I wanted the 'n' the BT Voyager from PlusNet didn't allow. The Wireless mode is set to 802.11b&802.11g&802.11n and bandwidth 20/40mhz within the router settings, and security as 128bit wep!
I was setting up my fathers laptop (the Xp machine) this morning, I set him up to connect to the Belkin Wireless and its all running fine! I did a speedtest to see how fast it was running, first noticed that my line still isn't meeting the 4-8mbps Bt say i have - they used to run a lot faster until start of January and now I can't find put why they don't! But then comparing the results from the Vista to Xp machine, I noticed the Upload speeds seem a bit odd to me? I have retested both using the link in the PlusNet pages several times and the results are always very similar!
The Vista results are : Today 14:14 Download Speed 3267 kbps (408kB/s) Upload speed 255 kbps (31.9kB/s)
The Xp results are : Today 14:14 Download Speed 2650 kbps (331kB/s) Upload speed 383 kbps (47.9kB/s)
I know that the download is from the Internet to My pc, and therefore the Vista is the quicker, but why then does the XP machine have faster speeds sending from the PC to the Internet??? The Vista machine is a much higher spec than the Fathers older Dell and shouldn't the 'n' allowance on the vista machine it faster?? I have had intermittent problems even connecting to wireless Networks using the Toshiba since I bought it 4weeks ago but thought it was all sorted?? The other problem is despite the 'n' capability looking at my network connections status I never get better than the 'g' but I do get a slightly broader coverage with it anyway, but am wondering could it be something to do with that?
Have I totally frazzled my brain and what I think seems wierd with the upload speeds in fact isn't! can someone please see if they can help me! It doesn't seem to make any sense to me that I bought a &£1000 machine 4 weeks ago with all the duo core processors and upto date technology, and was told that was what i needed to pay to get the best of the best for the moment, my Father brings back a Dell that must be 3years old and these are the results?
thanks in advance
thanks oddjim,
Norton yet again! I should have guessed, they seem to be the culprit to lots of my problems-especially since moving to Vista!
I think that maybe its time I found myself a different security, so I'm going to run the Norton removal tool and then connect back up and fingers crossed!!
I appreciate your advice
Have a great weekend!
Norton yet again! I should have guessed, they seem to be the culprit to lots of my problems-especially since moving to Vista!
I think that maybe its time I found myself a different security, so I'm going to run the Norton removal tool and then connect back up and fingers crossed!!
I appreciate your advice
Have a great weekend!