Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:28:32 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WLAN performance Windows/XP ./. FreeBSD 8-CURRENT Message-ID: <20090930052832.GA2382@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <4AC24CF9.5090207@FreeBSD.org> References: <20090928120734.GA3669@current.Sisis.de> <4AC24CF9.5090207@FreeBSD.org>
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El día Tuesday, September 29, 2009 a las 11:07:53AM -0700, Doug Barton escribió: > Since you asked the question in the most generic way possible, here > are some generic answers: > > 1. Different hardware > a. Different wlan cards (as you pointed out) > b. Different laptops > c. Different harddrives > 2. Different speedtests (java, flash, etc.) > 3. Different protocols (802.11[abg]) > 4. Different settings on the wlan cards (beacons, etc.) > 5. Some sort of preference settings (user-visible or not) on the AP > that prefers one card over the other > > In other words, you haven't given us nearly enough information to > determine anything useful. > > > hope this helps, Ofc you are right that a lot of details will influence the performance, but I was surprised about how big the diff is, ~9 ./, ~6 Mbps; and as others pointed out the tool (speedtest) was wrong because of flash and the distance; I will run tests with a local file server. Thanks for your very helpfull response in any case. matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.
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