On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 09:10:20PM +0100, Phil Bieber wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 16:34, Phil Bieber <philbieber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <--snip--> > > I checked the MTU and it says 1500, I changed it and now the speed > > test is better than the last time (~700kbit/s up, 700kbit/s down). But > > still they are not the same or close to the Windows speeds.... > <--snip--> > Hi! > > I was being too enthusiastic. About 20 minutes after I wrote those lines > my speeds dropped back to the speeds I mentioned in my first mail. > > Is there anything else I can do? > > I believe I have forgotten one last important thing: my box is 64 Bit. Can this be the problem? > If so, can I somehow convert to 32 Bit without reinstalling the whole machine? I appreciate any help and will provide any info that may help to solve this problem! > I wonder if windows is finding a proxy... Many vendors give their proxy hardware an advantage. How are you measuring the link speed? Another trick might be to limit-rate with tools like wget (see the man page). Some ISPs dial back bandwidth after giving you a burst of fun. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new hat, now what? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
