Upload speed

I have a laptop connected wirelessly to the Internet via a D-Link WBR 1310 router and a desktop computer hard wired to the same router. The laptop's upload speed to the internet is about 5x faster than the desktop while the desktop downloads about 2x faster than the laptop.

The desktop is connected via the built-in SiS 900-based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter.

The speed was checked using the same version of Network Magic network software addressing the same server. Changing servers, changed the numbers but the relative speeds between the computers remained the same.

Both computers are running XP SP2.

Could the driver for the desktop's built in Ethernet be at fault? If it is, what would be the correct method to update the driver? I have downloaded a driver from SiS that seems to match my driver information and motherboard type but have not tried to install yet.

Is this situation normal or am I wrong in thinking that the desktop computer that is hard wired to the router should have faster communication than the wireless laptop?

Thank you.

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