Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:33:43 -0500 From: Andrew Kuriger <a.kuriger@liquidphlux.com> To: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Subject: Re: WLAN performance Windows/XP ./. FreeBSD 8-CURRENT Message-ID: <52dc872e27534cfb561ac611ba11b7df@mail.liquidphlux.com> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750909280701s5276f6acy1d83a0a4476653fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090928120734.GA3669@current.Sisis.de> <3a142e750909280701s5276f6acy1d83a0a4476653fa@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:01:53 +0200, "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/28/09, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am wondering what could cause the following WLAN performance diff >> between a XP and 8-CURRENT laptop, sitting side by side and connected to >> the same AP: >> >> OS XP 8-CURRENT >> NIC Intel 3945ABG Atheros 5424/2424 >> Ping 6ms 116ms >> downstream 9.05Mbit/s 6.58Mbit/s >> upstream 6.58Mbit/s 4.55Mbit/s >> >> measured with http://www.speedtest.net/ against the same remote server >> at the same time... Any ideas? > > Emulated flash? I have also found that speedtest(s) aren't always that accurate at all either. If you really wanted to test the speed diffs you may want to attach a local file server, and check upload and download speeds against a local server instead of an unknown remote host for accurate results. ~Andrew
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