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Re: Absurdly slow download speeds

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: Absurdly slow download speeds
From: Jeffrey Rosen <jeff at applekore dot net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:01:52 -0800
On 1/30/02 7:47 PM, "Chris Dillman" <chrisd at plaidworld dot com> wrote:

>> On 1/30/02 6:15 PM, "Chris Dillman" <chrisd at plaidworld dot com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>  I'm trying to implement file transfer over TCP/IP in my app and I've run
>>>>  into a brick wall.  The downloads are snail slow, say 10k/sec (locally.)
>>>>  What's interesting is that as soon as I start moving my mouse around, they
>>>>  pick up the pace - they zoom up to 300k/sec or so (still really slow, but
>>>>  adequate.)  When I keep my mouse idle, they drop down to the 10k/sec speed
>>>>  again.
>>>> 
>>>>  Any ideas?  And btw, does anyone have any suggestions for prebuilt sockets
>>>>  to use?  I'm currently using FileSocket 4.  Has anyone had any good
>>>>  experiences with other classes?
>>> 
>>>  You on a laptop?
>>>  Do you have processor cycling turned on?
>>> 
>>>  That kind of things happens when Say playing a QT movie if you do.
>>> 
>>>  Also to smooth out the QT play back in RB you could add a timer
>>>  that fired every so offten to keep the speed up.
>>> 
>>>  Could that work for you problem?
>>>  Maybe?
>> I'm on a G4 Cube but I've experienced this on my brother's 733 mhz G4.
>> 
>> The timer thing worked!  Although I need to make it fire off around every 3
>> ms.  Are there any side effects to using this method?  It just seems so
>> weird.
> 
> Did you check if that CPU has processor cycling turned on?
> It could... if so turn it off its a desktop :)
> 
>> 
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I don't think it does... Where would I find the setting?



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