>I have a server with dual nic's running centos 5.2 1 nic connects to the >cable modem, which has 15m d and 2m up, but speed tests barely come back at >5mb down including road runner's internal speed test. I hook up my laptop to >the same modem, same port, using the same cable and I get 17mb down. I have >ruled out iptables, nics (because same result on both nics), cables, cable >modem(with a brighthouse rep) any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >Thanks. So I gather the nics aren't teamed from your wording, maybe MTU is set sub optimal for your particular ISP? What OS on your laptop? Wrong MTU can have a significant effect such as this. jlc