The result was Ubuntu achieving DOUBLE speed than Windows! Yes you read it right, DOUBLE speed on the same machine!
I will leave you with the screenshots to witness it yourself.
Windows download speed:
Ubu download speed:
The only explanation I can tell is that the TCP/IP stack default parameters on Windows are not optimally configured, while the defaults in Linux are!Any other suggestions?
7 comments:
There could be other background stuff that are consuming bandwidth on windows.. like Windows Update check.. outlook syncronizing mail boxes.. a virus...
Its a new machine, no updates running, no Outlook opened, no virus...
I really am urged to think it is misconfigured TCP/IP parameters.
I can remember since Windows 98 I used to edit the registry to tweak such parameters, but I am surprised why it is not optimized by default till now!
it could be so... what about trying again after doing the same parameters optimization (law fady tab3an).. this will prove/deny the threoritical explanation.
why don't you publish notes about that tweaking w eksab feena thawab
Actually I am not interested in Windows tweaking at all but you can find many guides through google search.
May be it's a thread management issue. Download application is blocked by other threads.
Whatever reason, Micro$oft failed to set optimal defaults for me, while Ubu did.
Update: Another reason popped out. When I login through Windows, I get logged in to the University domain, so I get attached to a VLAN X. When I connect through Ubuntu, my machine gets unrecognised and I get attached to VLAN Y (guest vlan). So is X having bandwidth limitation or is it overloaded? I dare not ask the IT guys here!
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