IBrowse2.3 download transfer rate.

[KennyR]

You left out the most important info - what you're actually connected to. Cable, ISDN 56K modem, DSL, a LAN? A serial link? What is your advertised internet bandwidth?

I get 250 K/s LAN and 90 K/s internet on cable with a slower Amiga (040/25), but then its a PCMCIA network card, not an x-surf.

[KennyR]

Blobrana wrote:
(though i must admit , when i carried out a test with the same hardware on a PC, and same settings, i only got 4.5k/sec???)

That's the top you'll ever get with a 56k modem. If you see faster, its because of hardware modem compression squashing down what you actually have to physically transfer. You might see text files being transferred up to 8 K/s. A compressed file like a LhA or mp3 probably won't go faster than 4.5 K/s. Analogue lines suck.

[KennyR]

It sounds to me like the x-surf is the bottleneck, but since I don't have one I can't be sure. Anyone out there with one who gets a better speed?

[KennyR]

Don't replace hardware until you know its not working properly. You could get a shiny new router and still have slow speeds.

Does your provider allow you to set up multiple MAC addresses for your account? I'm on cable too (Telewest Blueyonder), and I've set up 5. One for router and one for each of my computers, just in case I ever have to connect directly. Which has happened before.

[KennyR]

Huh? Rip-off!

By the way, did you know MiamiDX can fake the MAC address? I don't know if it'll work with an x-surf though.