WLAN performance Windows/XP ./. FreeBSD 8-CURRENT

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 9/28/09, Matthias Apitz <guru at 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?

-- 
Paul