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02-02-2008 8:54 AM
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When I run the BBMAX speedtest on my Acer laptop (wired) running XP Home SP2 using Opera I never get more than 5900 kbps down. Switching off ZA and AVG on the Acer makes no difference btw.
When I run it on one of my (old desktop) Linux boxes (wired) using Opera, I get about 6400 kbps down.
This is a consistent, repeatable result.
Ideas?
Paul
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02-02-2008 9:15 AM
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02-02-2008 12:03 PM
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When you refer to wired I assume you mean Ethernet and not USB?
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02-02-2008 1:21 PM
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02-02-2008 8:56 PM
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02-02-2008 10:57 PM
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02-02-2008 11:04 PM
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and speedtests don't "download updates" ...
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03-02-2008 1:16 AM
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However, in Mac OS X 10.5 (Safari) speeds are faster than WinXP (Firefox). A bit of RWIN tweaking has got XP up to speed however. I kow it's not a 'fair' test as I'm using different browsers.
Maybe pierre_pierre is correct - perhaps the implementation of TCP/IP in your Linux distro is better than the MS effort?
What happens if you try another browser on both OSes?
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03-02-2008 2:42 AM
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