Internet downlaod speed slow...

Hi,
Is there a reason why my desktop pc has a faster internet connection speed than my mac? When I test my speeds on 2wire.com, the PC clocks at 345 kbps through internet explorer (winxp pro) and the mac at 165 kbps through safari, and firefox browsers. I tested them first with my internet cat5 plug into each computer separately, and then both hooked up to my linksys router, testing at separate intervals with one powered off while the other tests. Even my wife's Dell laptop wireless connection clocks faster 20 feet away. The PC has a PCI ethernet adapter, and for the mac, i use the internal 100 base tx it came with. I don't know much about this, so if I am leaving something out here please let me know what I should be asking..
Thanks!

I too, have a similar problem. My problem is with upload speed. I have a 1.9 Mbps Download and 384 Mbps minimum upload DSL connection. When using SBC's (AT&T) speedtest, My actual download speeds are 1.5-1.7 Mbps. But, my G5 2 GHz dual w/1.5 Gb RAM, consistently gets less than 200 Mbps (usually in the 150 Mbps range) upload speed. In addition, I have four G3 PowerMacs (one of which is a Pismo Powerbook connected via Airport) and a HP running Windows XP that all get at least 400 Mbps upload speed. All of these computers are connected on my network and share the same DSL Modem.
Can anyone tell me why the G5 gets slower uploads than any of the other computers on my network?
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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10/22/2011 4:54 AM GMT         1.20 Mb/s     0.73
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10/8/2011 5:13 AM GMT         1.37 Mb/s     0.73
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Airport Extreme Base Station - Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E) - Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n - Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
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As far as your configuration goes, I do not see anything strongly out of whack. You may want to set IPv6 to link-local only (both here and on your Macs) since it is not yet used for most Home Networks (but may be used by Bonjour Service Discovery). It seems unusual that your Airport Admin port (50.27.113.156) is set to a "real" Internet address, and not just a 10.0.xxx.yyy "strictly-local" Address, such as Manually 10.0.1.201 (just beyond the range you are using for your Macs). Do not set anything to 10.0.1.254 -- that is reserved for Broadcast your local network.
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