First post so Hi all and thanks for all the info I've gained whilst lurking.
My friend has an Old Compaq EN (Pentium3) desktop with IBM chipped NIC 10/100, both lights on and 100MBps full duplex in control panel.
Connected by good CAT 5 cable to Virgin router with 10MBps connection tested by Virgin.
He is getting anything from .4 to 3,5 MB/s using
www.speedtest.net looking at Maidenhead and a ping of 26ms, upload speed around .25MB/s.
BUT if I connect my laptop to the same cable I can get a consistent 9.6 to 10.3 MB/s
All of this is under XP Pro SP3.
The machine is old but has it's max amount of RAM and handles normal tasks well and at the sort of speed I'd expect.
Am I missing something simple or do any of you techno wizards have any bright ideas?
Thanks in advance
Dave