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

[Andrew Kuriger]

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:01:53 +0200, "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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?

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