slow intranet speeds

[Doormat]

On my lan, i am using tcpip for net access and ipx/spx for my filesharing (since my cablemodem doesnt pass ipx). My speeds when transfering files between computers is slow (700KB/s) for the 100mbit connection. I cant use tcpip for filesharing because the dynamic IPs of each machine are on different class C's (that means they cant talk to each other directly, they need a gateway, which would bottleneck the speed of my lan to the speed of my cablemodem). Any ideas on how to speed things up?

 

[reality bites]

Use NetBEUI on your local lan instead of IPX (read: delete IPX and install NetBEUI). IPX has a lot of overhead you do not need!!!

 

[Doormat]

I went ahead and replaced IPX with netbeui and saw no real increase in speed. it still seems to operate very slow. I am using a 100mbit switch so i dont understand why my speeds are so slow....