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help with 2 Computers directly connected

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ArchStudent

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Hello,

just wondering about connecting 2 computers to one another, and the best way to go about it b4 I get my cable router.

at present I have my tower and Laptop, both run Win2K. Bother have NICs that are 10/100. i tried connecting the two using a RJ45 Network Cable (Model RJ45-10c), and could only get them to transfer data at 10 Mbps.

Am I missing something to get them to communicate at 100 Mbps? Do I need a different cable for them to communicate at 100 Mbps, or play around with the network settings within Windows?

Thanks for any and all help
 
Well, apparently you got a crossover cable. Cat5e is capable of 100mbit/sec. Even 1 gigabit.

Have you clocked your transfers? How do you know they are only 10mbit/sec?

Mac
 
Well I've got the local Area Connection Status window up and it shows the speed at 10.0 Mbps. I transfered a 179 MB file and it took about 3 - 4 minutes. I also transfered a 400 MB file which took about 9-10 minutes to transfer.

Maybe there is something that I am missing in the settings? I thought that it took a little long for those files to transfer.
 
That's probably the best method for transfering data from an old computer to a new computer. You might want to make sure both NICs are in 100Mbs Full Duplex mode to give you the best transfer speeds.
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saw that in another post, how do i check to make sure that the nics are in full duplex mode?
 
As an experiment install NetBEUI on both computers (it takes 2-3minutes). Make it default protocol and try the file transfer again.

If you get better transfer it means that your Network?s TCP/IP configuration is not right. If it the same low speed, it is probably a Hardware or Hardware setting problem.

Using normal Windows softtools, 400MB should take (give and take) one minute.

I would get the Router now,

With a router you will need other cables, and probably will use the DHCP, so you do not want "Deja vu all over again".
 
If the cross-over cable is Cat3 rather than Cat5 it will restrict transfer rates to 10Mbps.
To enable full duplex in W2K, open Device Manager , double click your network adapter and choose the Advanced tab from the Properties menu.
 
Okay, I've got it already set on the main computer, but the laptop is using a pcmcia 3Com 10/100 + 56K Modem, and it does not have the advanced tab in the device manager when I click on the network adapter.

I have a Hewlett Packard DeskDirect (J2585B) 10/100VG PCI Network Interface Card in the main system, and in the device manager this is the settings that I have

Property:_____________________Value:
100VG High-Priority Node? _______(Yes is checked here)
Network Address Override _______(Not Present is checked here)

If I go into the Control Panel, and then Network and Dial-Up Connections and select my LAN Connection and check the properties might there be something in there?

I see:
Client for Microsoft Networks (checkmarked)
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks (checkmarked)
Internet Protocol TCP/IP (checkmarked)

If I go into TCP/IP properties, and then click on advanced there are more tabs: IP Settings, DNS, WINS, and OPTIONS. Would anything in these settings make a difference?

Cheers 🙂
 
I even tried adding NetBUI, but it did not make a difference. I still seem to only get 10 Mbps transfer speeds.

I am left wondering where the problem is then?
 
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