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<blockquote data-quote="RNDdave" data-source="post: 310681" data-attributes="member: 20405"><p>I don't know if there is a way to really 'test' the internet connection - too many variables.</p><p></p><p>Wireless is never going to be as fast as a wired network connection - well not yet at least. The wireless connection may have overheads like WEP or WPA security to take account of and the signal/speed is very much dependant on where you are in relation to the wireless router.</p><p></p><p>If you've already looked at any of the pages on either machine then depending on your settings some or all of it will be stored locally - another reason why one machine may have better results.</p><p></p><p><u>Following: <em>Although a contributing factor - it prob isn't enough to make a noticeable difference</em></u></p><p>What you need to remember in terms of pages loading. if you hit enter or what ever on the PC just a fraction before you did on the mac then your router will be concentrating on that first request before realising both machines want to do something - the router would have realised in an extremely small amount of time that 2 machines wanted bandwidth and would have adjusted accordingly - but one possible reason to suggest a <strong>tiny</strong> difference in speed. </p><p></p><p>Once the page request has made it across the internet to the page you require that server will have started to send you the web page to the first machine that requested it. almost immediately another request comes in to serve that same page again (this would be more of an issue on a web page that ended with .php .jsp .asp) that server is under a <strong>tiny</strong> bit more stress for that second page request. I admit that these times would be absolutely minuscule and probably are not noticeable to most people - but may have contributed to your differing speeds.</p><p></p><p><strong>A suggestion:</strong></p><p>Use an online tool to work out your upload/download speeds something like: </p><p><a href="http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/speedtest/" target="_blank">ZDnet Speed Test</a></p><p><a href="http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html" target="_blank">Think Broadband Speed Test</a></p><p><a href="http://www.testmy.net/speedtest/dual_load.php" target="_blank">Testmy dual bandwidth speed test</a></p><p></p><p>You will still have a problem in that at any given moment any part of the network between you and your ISP and between them and the speed test there could be 'traffic' affecting the results so what you want to do is choose one of them and run it 3 times on the PC to get an average figure then 3 times on the mac to get an average figure - This is probably a fairer test of internet speed on each machine.</p><p></p><p>I notice <strong>eric</strong> has replied since I started my message as well (got carried away with something else), much like <strong>eric</strong> my personal experience has always shown wired networks to be faster than wireless - but not enough to to make me want to give up that portability advantages a wireless network offers - Oh and the advantage of not having wires everywhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RNDdave, post: 310681, member: 20405"] I don't know if there is a way to really 'test' the internet connection - too many variables. Wireless is never going to be as fast as a wired network connection - well not yet at least. The wireless connection may have overheads like WEP or WPA security to take account of and the signal/speed is very much dependant on where you are in relation to the wireless router. If you've already looked at any of the pages on either machine then depending on your settings some or all of it will be stored locally - another reason why one machine may have better results. [u]Following: [i]Although a contributing factor - it prob isn't enough to make a noticeable difference[/i][/u] What you need to remember in terms of pages loading. if you hit enter or what ever on the PC just a fraction before you did on the mac then your router will be concentrating on that first request before realising both machines want to do something - the router would have realised in an extremely small amount of time that 2 machines wanted bandwidth and would have adjusted accordingly - but one possible reason to suggest a [b]tiny[/b] difference in speed. Once the page request has made it across the internet to the page you require that server will have started to send you the web page to the first machine that requested it. almost immediately another request comes in to serve that same page again (this would be more of an issue on a web page that ended with .php .jsp .asp) that server is under a [b]tiny[/b] bit more stress for that second page request. I admit that these times would be absolutely minuscule and probably are not noticeable to most people - but may have contributed to your differing speeds. [b]A suggestion:[/b] Use an online tool to work out your upload/download speeds something like: [url=http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/speedtest/]ZDnet Speed Test[/url] [url=http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html]Think Broadband Speed Test[/url] [url=http://www.testmy.net/speedtest/dual_load.php]Testmy dual bandwidth speed test[/url] You will still have a problem in that at any given moment any part of the network between you and your ISP and between them and the speed test there could be 'traffic' affecting the results so what you want to do is choose one of them and run it 3 times on the PC to get an average figure then 3 times on the mac to get an average figure - This is probably a fairer test of internet speed on each machine. I notice [b]eric[/b] has replied since I started my message as well (got carried away with something else), much like [b]eric[/b] my personal experience has always shown wired networks to be faster than wireless - but not enough to to make me want to give up that portability advantages a wireless network offers - Oh and the advantage of not having wires everywhere. [/QUOTE]
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