(i) a. With both Linux or Windows all downloads tend to hover around 100 KB/s on a 50 Mb/s cable Internet connection b. if I run a processor intensive program while downloading (typically at the moment a video of a burning fireplace) then the download rate starts to return to normal c. if I am using some sort of encryption (SSH forwarding, OpenVPN) then there will be a short burst of speed close to the full bandwidth at the start of the download before falling back to circa. 100 KB/s
ii) However whenever I have in the past booted up and configured an OpenBSD install then the full 50MiB/s download speed is available without any issues. Can anyone make any sense of the above - why should there be no problems with OpenBSD? This all happens on an old Compaq Presario C500EA - http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/Compaq-Presario-C500-Notebook-PC-series/3318986/model/3357395/document/c00843649/ I appreciate this is not an OpenBSD issue, but I figured if there was anyone who could figure this one out this would probably be the place to ask.
