I’ve been troubleshooting a weird performance difference between Windows 11 and FreeBSD. When downloading large SSL-encrypted files (e.g., from Usenet providers), FreeBSD gives me full line speed even through a VPN, but Windows 11 drops by 20–30%. To rule things out, I tested with several sources: Newshosting (SSL) https://controlpanel.newshosting.com/signup/index.php?promo=1njuu Eweka (SSL/IPv6) https://www.eweka.nl/en/landing/promo-deal-sd-1...
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