Hello, I’ve just got me a brand spanking new dedicated server, but unfortunately it seems I have a problem with Apache. I started off with Linux as my OS which had Apache preinstalled by my dedi providers and worked fine n' dandy. I am completely new to Linux so I gave up attempting to learn (as the longer it takes me the more I’m paying for websites I can’t set up the way I wish) and switched to Server 2003 which I have experience with. Because I’m not a fan of IIS which my dedi providers set as the default web server, I’ve set up the latest Apache (2.2.8, MySQL and PHP and all is fine. However I’ve noticed a bottleneck when it comes to downloading files. I uploaded a 5mb video file to test the download speed and it seems I’m capping very steadily at around 215 KB/s. This is strange as I did the same test when the OS was Linux and it downloaded at my residential connection’s maximum speed of around 490 KB/s. It’s also that max speed if I where to download via FTP from the new windows server so I assume there’s an Apache config setting that’s capping the speed when I download via HTTP? The file I’m referring to you can find at http://dedi.damonevans.net/ and by clicking the link. It would be lovely to know if anybody else is getting this 215KB/s cap. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
A default Apache install wouldn't be limiting downloads.. most likely a issue with the network settings / routing (have you tried downloading it from a third party such as another server?). The link you provided didn't work otherwise I'd check