Not good download speed GREAT speed???

Marloe · 09-07-2007, 20:20

I have changed a setting in my antivirus (Kaspersky) under the Anti-Hacker settings from Maximum Compatibility to Maximum Speed, when doing a download test Here and on speedtest.net the results are great. Have I broken something?

I cleared the cache before each test the ones that are low is where I have changed the setting back to maximum compatibility.

Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:06:09 UTC

1st 512K took 31 ms = 16516.1 KB/sec, approx 136093 Kbps, 132.9 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1610 ms = 318 KB/sec, approx 2620 Kbps, 2.56 Mbps
3rd 512K took 18500 ms = 27.7 KB/sec, approx 228 Kbps, 0.22 Mbps
4th 512K took 20781 ms = 24.6 KB/sec, approx 203 Kbps, 0.2 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 34786 Kbps, 33.97 Mbps

These results appear to be rather fast - this page was possibly in the browser cache.

To repeat this test from the source server click here.

Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:09:56 UTC

1st 512K took 16 ms = 32000 KB/sec, approx 263680 Kbps, 257.5 Mbps
2nd 512K took 62 ms = 8258.1 KB/sec, approx 68047 Kbps, 66.45 Mbps
3rd 512K took 141 ms = 3631.2 KB/sec, approx 29921 Kbps, 29.22 Mbps
4th 512K took 78 ms = 6564.1 KB/sec, approx 54088 Kbps, 52.82 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 103934 Kbps, 101.5 Mbps

These results appear to be rather fast - this page was possibly in the browser cache.

To repeat this test from the source server click here.

Paul · 09-07-2007, 20:56

Maybe something else is caching the site on your PC and not just the browser? There is no way you are getting those speeds for real. Maybe Kapersky is acting as a cache while it is filtering the traffic?

**Stuart C** · 09-07-2007, 21:53

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Originally Posted by Paul

Maybe something else is caching the site on your PC and not just the browser? There is no way you are getting those speeds for real. Maybe Kapersky is acting as a cache while it is filtering the traffic?

Agreed, Even if VM's network were capable of that kind of speed, and the Modem could handle it (the fastest the VM modems can usually handle is 38Mbps), the Ethernet port on the modem would not handle it.