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pittle · 08-10-2009, 11:37 PM

With my wireless laptop.

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vintner · 08-11-2009, 09:32 AM

Originally posted by pittle View Post

With my wireless laptop.

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That is fast, how are you connected?

pittle · 08-11-2009, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by vintner View Post

That is fast, how are you connected?

We have a home network with Cox Internet and a Netgear Network router. The Router is in the office and my laptop is in the family room - about 45-50 feet away with 2 walls between me & the router. We have a desktop and 2 laptop computers on our network.

My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite P205. It has dual processers 1.86GB and 1.87GB, 2 GB Ram, and a 32 bit operating system.

JLB · 10-13-2009, 11:43 AM

Mine's still loading.

JLB · 10-13-2009, 11:51 AM

On DW's laptop:

Download: .52 Mb/s
Upload: .25 Mb/s

Whatever that means.

JWC · 10-13-2009, 02:03 PM

This is on my wireless laptop in the master bedroom 50' from the router in my office and through 3 walls. I have Verizon FIOS 20/5 MBPS. My desktop is a wired connection and is 5 MBPS faster on the download and 0.6 MBPS on the upload. I have 2 desktops and 2 laptops on the network.

kbletzer · 10-13-2009, 03:39 PM

kbletzer · 10-13-2009, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by kbletzer

Not sure what this means as I am not computer savvy.

JWC · 10-13-2009, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by kbletzer View Post

Not sure what this means as I am not computer savvy.

The download speed is how fast your computer can load information from the server in Mega bits per second. The upload is how fast you can send information to the server. The download speed is usually the most important as you normally don't send much info to the server. There are a number of factors that affect the speed. The 2 most important factors are the speed of your Internet Service Provider connection and the server you are accessing. The server is the computer hosting the web site you are accessing. You may have to go through many servers to reach the one you are accessing.

The ping speed is how long in milliseconds it takes for your computer to send a data packet to another computer and get a response back.

For kicks, you can trace the route it takes to go from your computer to the server you want to access. For example if you want to trace the route to Google:

1. Open a MS-DOS Prompt.
2. Type: "tracert www.google.com"
3. Hit enter
4. It will output all the servers it goes through to get to the Google server.

To Ping

1. Open a MS-DOS Prompt
2. Type: "ping www.google.com"
3. Hit enter
4. It will output the stats for pinging the Google server.

Note: Do NOT put the quote marks around the command. I put them there so it wouldn't convert the server name to a link.

JLB · 10-13-2009, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by JLB

On DW's laptop:

Download: .52 Mb/s
Upload: .25 Mb/s

Whatever that means.

So, is this really slow?

JWC · 10-14-2009, 01:52 PM

Originally posted by JLB

So, is this really slow?

Very, very slow!!!

JLB · 10-14-2009, 07:18 PM

Originally posted by JWC

Very, very slow!!!

That's what I thought.

So much for Centerytel's claim that they upgraded us to super fast.

JLB · 10-14-2009, 07:28 PM

Originally posted by mshatty

OK, we need a dial up basline. JLB, what'd you get?

OK, just for yucks, here's Ole POC & dial-up:

.06 & .09

really

But, to be fair, it used a different server, further away, than my laptop test.

Hey, I'm in no hurry.

The Conch Man · 10-15-2009, 11:30 AM

I have low-speed cable but I might as well have dial-up!!!!!!

At least I'm a little faster than Jim!!!!

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