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Which is a better setting for apache?

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Hi all

Which would be a better setting to speed up downloads for apache:

eMachines 770: (ALWAYS ON, ALWAYS USED)

80gb HDD
P4 2.4 ghz
256mb RAM
CONNECTED TO ROUTER WITH 576kpbs ADSL via wireless network 22MBPS

XP pro

or

Old PC: (ALWAYS ON< HARDLY USED)

24gb HDD
P Celeron 800mhz
128mb RAM
CONNECTED TO ROUTER WITH 576kpbs ADSL via LAN 100mbps.
XP pro

Lots of people complain that downloads are too slow,
i am currantly on the eMachines, should i change?
I NEED TO MAKE APACHE FFASTER!
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the bottleneck is your network connection and your provider's upload throttling.. Only when there are lots of people downloading at once does ram and the machine's speed really come into play. (unless you have lots of slow scripts running on there too :))
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ok the upsteam is the same with all ISPs, so even if i upgrade to a 1mbps line, it will be the same upload speed.

WHAT SHALL I DO?
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I've had a lot of problems with wireless networks, when the machine that's wireless is a server, or time sensitive in nature.. So the best option I see is directly connecting the eMachines computer directly to the router.
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ok, so should i not use the old PC? as that is always on, but never used?
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if you want to use it, you can for other things not as time or bandwidth sensitive...
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ok, ive tried using the old PC, and it seems better, it needs a upgrade, what are the main things i should upgrade? also
why is it still slow, HOW CAN I MAKE IT FASTER???? if I upgrade to a 1mbps line, its the same upload speed as a 576kpbs line
(the 1 i have now). Any ideas? How do you guys do it?
what are the speeds there?
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most of us have actual servers, not home machines. So, I have 2 OC-192's and 16 or so T3's as my pipeline. You could potentially compress the data, however if the data you are sending is already compressed, it's a waste of time and will generally make the file larger.
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does it really make a differance weather it is an un-used home PC, and a server, as you said, its upload speeds right?
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the cpu type, ram type and amount, mother board type, hd size and type, network type and throttling all play major roles in the speed of a server.
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