Need Advice on Internet Connection :) Thanks

[SCSIfreek]

I was minding my own business last nite and happens to walk over to my housemate's computer. He mentioned his internet connection was very slow but I didn't have the time to take a look at it until now. We are sharing a cable modem with a router(SMC 4-port) of course but my connection was fairly fast. I've done many things to try and improve his speed but none seems to help.

1) updated latest NIC driver
2) remove and reinstall TCP/IP
3) Updated his Video card driver <---don't ask why I did it
4) Updated to the latest VIA 4-in-1 driver
5) Checked for conflicts in his IRQ but nothing shows up all devices are perfectly configured
6) Updated to Win2000 SP2 and all critical updates
7) Updated to IE 6 <----Could this be the problem?
8) Updated to the latest BIOS
9) checked CAT5 cable for breaks but none were found <---100 foot CAT5

His Computer:

AMD 1.4 Ghz T-Bird w/Super copper Orb
Tyan Trinity KT-A VIA Apollo KT133A Chipset
Enlight Case Midtower w/ Enermax 451 ATX PSU
512MB PC133 Crucial DIMM
Leadtek Geforce 2 PRO 32MB AGP
IBM 60GX 40Gig ATA100 Harddrive
Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ 5.1 Sound Card
TDK 12x4x32 CDRW EIDE
Toshiba 16X/40X DVD Drive
Intel 8255x PCI 10/100 network Card

Any Help would be appreciated.


--SCSI

 

[Muadib]

Have you tried :
1) pingging his pc from yours, and then ping yours from his with the cable connection unplugged. The times should be the same.

2) running network monitor, set it to capture some packets, and then view them. He could be infected with a worm. He is running virus software right? If this is too involved, download zonealarm, and see what programs are trying to get to the net.

3) swapping ports on the router with your pc? Could be a bad port.

 

[Cuular]

I recommend shortening that enet cable. I went through a similar problem with my ex-wifes computer. First plugged it in everything works fine. At some point down the road it started slowing down, then finally got to where it wouldn't access the net at all. I went as far as to completely rebuild her computer. Still no go. As a last resort I moved her computer into the computer room from the living room where it was, using a shorter cable. Worked like a charm. Moved it back to the living room and the 100ft cable, and no go. It seems the cheaper home hubs/routers have problems with longer cables. I bought a shorter 50foot cable and fixed the problem.

So if you can, try a shorter cable and see if that does the trick. And yes I know the hubs documentation says it can handle 100meters of cable, but guess what, I am guessing they didn't give it a good week or so burn in at that length of cable.

Edit: Spelling mistakes.

 

[Muadib]

100ft of cat 5 cable should not be a problem.

 

[Bozo Galora]

if you made your own cables, the stripped length and sheathed distance is critical
cant have more than .400" untwisted length and covering should go 1/8" into RJ45