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Vista is slower on net.. why?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Ok, had old comp connected to net at 8.1mb/s my broadband speed,

vista, according to websites connects at 300summit kbs which must be wrong,

how can i check the internet speed on the pc (what it is connected at, the only one I can get is the wireless network speed at 108mb/s)

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    now msn isn't working
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :confused:

    Have you got the correct drivers for your modem / ethernet port?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Wireless,

    Got drivers for the netgear wpn111 wireless adapter, drivers for router won't install (not compatable) but it is connecting.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Found drivers for the DG834PN router, for vista, downloading now at a 70kbs from netgears website :( SLOW
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What version of Vista are you running?

    That's very peculiar. Try using a download manager and downloading a large file, that should max it out. My connection is fine on Vista really. Have you gone to netgear's website and got all the latest drivers yea?

    That's really quite peculiar...

    But I'm not running wireless (yet) so things may change...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Home prem..

    installing last driver now, they're in the beta stage apparently
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmmm, installed, i dunno bout difference, when i downloaded through firefox from netgears site i only got 70kb/s download speed, norm i get 200-300
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    70kb/s is about the fastest I ever get, and I'm supposed to be on the JaNET mega backbone thingy. I blame the building's LAN :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    explains a bit.

    http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=2710&highlight=vista
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
    Download Connection is:: 516 Kbps about 0.52 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
    Download Speed is:: 63 kB/s
    Upload Connection is:: 262 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
    Upload Speed is:: 32 kB/s
    Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Server 1)
    Test Time:: 2007/02/27 - 11:26am
    D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NQX482CGK
    U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-91KMOGCX5
    User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2 [!]

    I have a 8mb/s line
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It must be the wireless. Can you dual boot? Use XP for any connection intensive things:)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    3.5meg now
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    6.8, thats a happy speed, :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    etd
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