Avast! On Access Protection

[pbone]

I have an 8000/512 connection and get about 6800 down and 552 up with Avast! On Access Protection on, but when I turn it off I get 8700 down and 532 up. My download speeds way up and my upload slows down slightly. Anyway, I leave Avast! On Access Protection on while surfing but disable it when testing or downloading something. Anyone else see this also?

[holler]

Yes, indeed, I do see a speed difference with Avast!  It's essentially all on the upload, however.  About a 20% decrease in upload speed with Avast! on.  I'm on a WildBlue sat system, so my download (<=1.5 Mbps) is about 6X upload (<=256 kbps) anyway.

[tbaker397]

Hey holler, how are ya doin? Welcome to testmy.net! Be sure to tell all your friends about the site!

I have a question for you on Wild Blue. How is the service, do you see your advertised speeds and have their been any hiccups or growing pains so far? If so, please elaborate, if you don't mind of course. I am assuming yes, but just curious as to what kind.

[holler]

Hey holler, how are ya doin?

Super, thanks.

Welcome to testmy.net!

Thanks again.

Be sure to tell all your friends about the site!

Will do.  I've been wearing out the site with testing.

How is the service, do you see your advertised speeds and have their been any hiccups or growing pains so far? If so, please elaborate, if you don't mind of course. I am assuming yes, but just curious as to what kind.

All stats are right on the WB Pro spec--when I'm connected directly to the modem and when I shut down firewalls and on-access virus protection (momentarily, of course  ).  Pings are typically in the range of 560-760 ms and average around 650 ms with an occasional outlier of about double that.  You can check out today's stats at:

https://testmy.net/personal_stats.php?user_name=holler&m=08&d=23&Y=2005

Sorry there aren't more, but for most of the last week (registered 8/16) I've been testing and forgetting to log in.  I've had little in the way of growing pains except stuff related to setting up the router, but that didn't take long.  For example, I had forgotten to enable NAT at first.  Some people complain about latency, but after 15+ years of waiting on dialup, it's been very easy to get accustomed to.

I'm a very happy camper indeed.

[tbaker397]

Sounds real good, glad to hear everything is ok. I was just surprised  that there weren't more problems, but well, if your testing and delaying for what? 3 years, id hope it was pretty decent.

[ROM-DOS]

Avast ON

Connection is:: 4507 Kbps about 4.5 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

Download Speed is:: 550 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)

Test Time:: Wed Aug 24 22:06:52 PDT 2005

Bottom Line:: 80X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.86 sec

Avast OFF

Connection is:: 4647 Kbps about 4.6 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

Download Speed is:: 567 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1)

Test Time:: Wed Aug 24 22:08:29 PDT 2005

Bottom Line:: 83X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.81 sec

[holler]

Avast ON

Connection is:: 4507 Kbps about 4.5 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

Avast OFF

Connection is:: 4647 Kbps about 4.6 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)

[tt]                    Up      Up    Down    Down

                  Av! Off Av! On  Av! Off Av! On

                    204    167    1541    1368

                    196    175    1510    1374

                    189    205    1527    1372

                    182    214    1570    1373

                    176    213    1556    1339

                    207    178    1567    1374

                    179    182    1569    1356

                    190    184    1532    1378

                    212    211    1546    1301

                    195    189    1557    1358

Mean                193  191.8  1547.5  1359.3

Standard Error    3.833  5.515  6.344  7.476

Median              193    187    1551    1370

Standard Deviat  12.120  17.441  20.062  23.641

Sample Variance 146.889 304.178 402.500 558.900

Kurtosis        -1.098  -1.701  -0.511  4.049

Skewness          0.147  0.151  -0.604  -1.980

Range                36      47      60      77

Minimum            176    167    1510    1301

Maximum            212    214    1570    1378

Sum                1930    1918  15475  13593

Count                10      10      10      10

CL(95.0%)          8.67  12.48  14.35  16.91[/tt]

I misspoke before; it is the download that is about 12% slower with Avast! on at these speeds in my environment (WildBlue).  All numbers obtained using testmy upload (579 kB) and download files (2992 kB) with the Windows Firewall turned off.