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Bill Slack · 01-18-2004, 02:18 AM

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=119

Old versions of windows come setup to work with modems faster, when using TCP/IP. That should be your main culprit. It still seems like a pretty huge difference, but there's no way a Pentium wouldn't be able to 'keep up' with a 350KBs connection. It may be very slow and old by our standards now, but basic network IO isn't exactally a taxing thing to do.

There could be a problem with the ethernet card (conflict, bad driver, etc.) too.

01-18-2004, 02:18 AM	#6 of 7
Bill Slack Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Local Time: 12:06 PM Local Date: 12-05-2008 Posts: 2,452	http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=119 Old versions of windows come setup to work with modems faster, when using TCP/IP. That should be your main culprit. It still seems like a pretty huge difference, but there's no way a Pentium wouldn't be able to 'keep up' with a 350KBs connection. It may be very slow and old by our standards now, but basic network IO isn't exactally a taxing thing to do. There could be a problem with the ethernet card (conflict, bad driver, etc.) too.