XP-SP2 Slow LAN between 2 PC's. Cable Modem OK.

[DaveR]

I just copied a 500MB file from one XP-SP2 PC to another. It took 40 Minutes!! This has never happened before. Does anyone know what I can look for? The Internet is still fine, but PC-PC transfers on the LAN is BAD! Could SP2 have changed a setting?

TIA

 

[amdskip]

Read this article

 

[DaveR]

Thank you, but does this apply to transfering just one file between 2 pc's on my LAN?
I did notice that sp1 to sp2 was still fast.

Originally posted by: amdskip
Read this article

 

[confieldx]

http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=KB;EN-US;842264

 

[JeffMD]

yay.. im so glad you listed what hardware you were using so that it would be easy for us to help you troubleshoot your problems.

/esp

 

[DaveR]

EDIT: FIXED.

I did everything and nothing worked. Then I thought the one thing I did not look at was the cable. I unplugged it at the NIC, and reinserted it. I then changed the port of the switch at the other end.

It fixed it. Not sure if it was a connection or a bad port, but did not want to play any more! SP2 had nothing to do with it!

This took a while to fix as I do not use the "bad' system that much.

Anyway, I added this note in case anyone else has tried everything!

I am sorry...I know better than that, but wondered if there was a generic issue. None of the above has helped.

My problem is this...

I have 3 systems running XP Pro SP2.

2 of them have onboard NIC's and are fine. ALL 3 systems see each other OK, but one of them, a P3-500 transfers VERY slowly...like a dial up modem! the two good systems are FAST.

The Slow system has a PCI Linksys LNE100 Tx Version 2.

Could it be that SP2 does not like the driver? Before SP2, all 3 systems talked to each other at 100 Meg and were very fast!

Originally posted by: JeffMD
yay.. im so glad you listed what hardware you were using so that it would be easy for us to help you troubleshoot your problems.

/esp

 

[SinfulWeeper]

How did you network them together? I have never done it with a windows box, but here shortly I am going to for a 178GB transfer of home movies and a few downloaded ones. Without getting too nitty gritty. The box that it is transfering from can not see computer it will be transfering too. We are behind a Netgear router/firewall, but I highly doubt it is the router that is preventing me from seeing the other computer. Windows networking is so.... unstandard and very difficult to learn compared to the linux flavor.

 

[Lordicus]

Try to change the nic in the problematic machine.

Ensure that the pc's are set to 100mbps autonegotiate.
If you are using names, make sure they are set in the lmhosts.

You should see ~9 Megabyte / second xfer.

 

[DaveR]

As I said nothing worked, but it was because my cable was either on a bad switch port, or it was not plugged in well.

Originally posted by: Lordicus
Try to change the nic in the problematic machine.

Ensure that the pc's are set to 100mbps autonegotiate.
If you are using names, make sure they are set in the lmhosts.

You should see ~9 Megabyte / second xfer.

 

[DaveR]

I also have a router. I also needed switches as I have too many IP related devices here for 1 four port router to handle.

Make SURE that all of your systems (both systems?) have the SAME workgroup name. Then set up the Drive(s) for sharing. Right Click the drive in My Computer and add a share name.

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
How did you network them together? I have never done it with a windows box, but here shortly I am going to for a 178GB transfer of home movies and a few downloaded ones. Without getting too nitty gritty. The box that it is transfering from can not see computer it will be transfering too. We are behind a Netgear router/firewall, but I highly doubt it is the router that is preventing me from seeing the other computer. Windows networking is so.... unstandard and very difficult to learn compared to the linux flavor.

 

[Urinal Mint]

I am having this very same problem, except I am on a wireless network.

The equipment:

Linksys WRT54GS (router)
DLink DWL-G520 (in each box)

FTP is slow. File sharing is slow. It's capping around 60k/s for FTP and some ungodly low speed for file sharing. Both machines are about 6ft from the router with excellent signal strength. I don't get it.