Help debugging / correcting wireless speed issue

[CS DBA]

On 3/16/14, 7:50 PM, CS DBA wrote:
> On 3/16/14, 4:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 03/16/2014 03:41 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>>>
>>> However, the Fedora laptop connected to my local access point shows a
>>> download speed of 1.63Mbps, while the mac, running the same test from
>>> the same site (http://speedtest.comcast.net) shows a download speed of
>>> 26.89Mbps
>>
>> Before worrying about things like that, it helps to get a second 
>> opinion.  Try this speed test on both machines and see if you get 
>> similar results: 
>> http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimetro/pt/?idioma=uk&newlang=uk
>
>
> I tried 2 additional sites (the link above never returned):
>
> On the Mac:
>
> testmy.net:
> Download: 17.1 Mbps
> Upload:      9.1 Mbps
>
> Speed.io:
> Download:   25.252 Kbit/s
> Upload:        2.530 Kbis/s
>
> speedtest.net:
> Download:   19.28 Mbps
> Upload:        1.52 Mbps
>
>
>
> On the Fedora (Lenovo) box:
> testmy.net:
> Download: 2.6 Mbps
> Upload:      2.8 Mbps
>
> Speed.io:
> Download:   2.704 Kbit/s
> Upload:        1.458 Kbis/s
>
> speedtest.net:
> Download:   3.77 Mbps
> Upload:        2.75 Mbps
>
>
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
>
>


Just an FYI:

I tried disabling NetworkManager and installed wicd, same results...