FallowEarth Posted July 26, 2006 CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 So I decided to reinstall Mandriva. There were a few changes I wanted to make, and I thought this would be the easiest way. When I configured my wireless card, I used a different driver than I had before. Check out these speeds: :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 9014 Kbps about 9.01 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1100 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 609 Kbps about 0.61 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 74 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/07/25 - 11:43pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YRH30DVXW U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-HAN3C08DG User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050921 Firefox/1.0.7 Mandriva/1.0.6-15mdk (2006.0) [!] :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 9040 Kbps about 9.04 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1104 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 608 Kbps about 0.61 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 74 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 2) Test Time:: 2006/07/25 - 11:46pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5L10E6UPT U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-K5SO7D3G0 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050921 Firefox/1.0.7 Mandriva/1.0.6-15mdk (2006.0) [!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted July 26, 2006 CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 pretty nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted July 26, 2006 CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 i installed fedora core 5 on this computer, but while updating the kernal - during install of the updated files, everything got messed up - it didnt update the current install, but created its own LOL - very wierd....it corrupted the mbr by itself this is largely due to the fact that nvraid isnt supported at its best on linux - ...i guess ill have to wait tilll i buy another hard drive to attempt the install again - untill then ill have to use my other comp if i wanna get away from microsoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 Well, I'm not exactly sure what's happened. I used the Mandriva installer to reallocate my partitions, format one, and reinstall the OS. I thought that my speeds were only good in Mandriva, so I booted to XP to compare. :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 9172 Kbps about 9.17 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1120 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 624 Kbps about 0.62 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 76 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/07/25 - 11:55pm D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-0ETPVM5UN U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6XVEBDT4Y User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!] :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 9030 Kbps about 9.03 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1102 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 600 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 73 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 2) Test Time:: 2006/07/26 - 12:04am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-0FRH8MKAT U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XSNVJTCU3 User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!] Previous to this, I had been using Partition Magic 8.0 to partition and format my disk. I was getting 2-4 Mbps down. Unless my ISP has made some unannounced change in the last 6 hours, this is still a 6/512 connection. RCA DCM 425, WRT54G v4.20.7, Broadcom 802.11g v3.100.46.0. I currently have VanBuren's 6/768 cablenut file configured for Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted July 26, 2006 CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 thats weird man but hey enjoy the speeds while its there what isp is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 i installed fedora core 5 on this computer, but while updating the kernal - during install of the updated files, everything got messed up - it didnt update the current install, but created its own LOL - very wierd....it corrupted the mbr by itself this is largely due to the fact that nvraid isnt supported at its best on linux - ...i guess ill have to wait tilll i buy another hard drive to attempt the install again - untill then ill have to use my other comp if i wanna get away from microsoft That's strange that the update is what caused the corruption. Makes you wonder what the update was for. Something similar happened to me when I tried to update Mandriva from the Install disk to install more software packages It would not write any files (just said "Failed"). When I tried to reboot to the HDD afterwards, it could not even load the bootloader (I think I was using GRUB). It would give me different errors each time and lock up, and I would have to hard boot the machine. So I ran the fresh Install, which has a great disk utility in it. Long story short, everything seems to be fine now....better even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 thats weird man but hey enjoy the speeds while its there what isp is it? The ISP is Cogeco: http://www.cogeco.ca/ Aha. They did upgrade my package to 7/640. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted July 26, 2006 CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 The ISP is Cogeco: http://www.cogeco.ca/ Aha. They did upgrade my package to 7/640. awesome 2Mbps above advertised VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 26, 2006 CID Share Posted July 26, 2006 thats very nice for wireless on linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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