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| Thread ID: 54672 | 2005-02-18 22:34:00 | Slow network response | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 326319 | 2005-02-19 07:50:00 | XP firewall is enabled, Spybot, AdAware, AVG, Wingate internet connection sharing. Disabling all of these makes no difference.:badpc: | Tony (4941) | ||
| 326320 | 2005-02-19 08:07:00 | However there is still the original issue of why it all takes so long. I've just discovered that this happens only on this PC. The other two machines (PC running XP Home and laptop with Win98SE) both find everything instantaneously. So what might be different on this PC? This is the "main" PC used for internet access etc, but is also a much more grunty machine than the other two. Ah when u say it happens only on this PC. You mean the XP Home and 98 SE PC take longer to access the main PC's shared folder?? Or the main PC takes longer to access either the XP Home or the 98 SE PC's shared folder? Under Windows firewall on the main PC, file and printer sharing is ticked isnt it (under exceptions)?? You're using a hub arent you?? Try moving the connections around. See if that speeds things up. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 326321 | 2005-02-19 08:13:00 | Ah when u say it happens only on this PC. You mean the XP Home and 98 SE PC take longer to access the main PC's shared folder?? Or the main PC takes longer to access either the XP Home or the 98 SE PC's shared folder? No, the other way round. Access from the main PC is slow. The other two accessing the main PC are instant. Yes, file and printer sharing is ticked under the firewall exceptions. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 326322 | 2005-02-19 08:37:00 | Has XP Home or 98 got a firewall installed then?? If the main PC is slow accessing either of these. So, you have XP as the main PC and XP and 98 as the clients. I take it, all 3 have access to the net as well??? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 326323 | 2005-02-19 08:43:00 | So, you have XP as the main PC and XP and 98 as the clients. I take it, all 3 have access to the net as well??? Both XP Home PCs have the XP firewall. File and printer sharing is ticked as an exception on both. The Win98Se laptop has no firewall. Yes, all three have internet access, via Wingate ICS on the main machine. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 326324 | 2005-02-19 08:58:00 | The only other thing I can think of is, it needs a defrag maybe?? I've run out of ideas! |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 326325 | 2005-02-19 10:18:00 | Have a look at this site. It has a lot of excellent networking material. The page pointed to discusses netbios and computer browsing. www.practicallynetworked.com I have netbios enabled over TCP/IP for all machines and only have one machine with the Computer Browser enabled (automatic). The other machines have the Computer Browser set off. Check differences in settings between machines. DNS settings? WINS settings? Can you instantly ping another computer using its computer name? (tests name resolution). Good luck. |
linw (53) | ||
| 326326 | 2005-02-20 00:16:00 | I enabled NetBios over TCPIP and BINGO - the problem solved itself! Thanks Linw. Question - Why would this make a difference? On the other XP machine the NetBios setting is set to "default". On the win98 machine NetBios is not installed as far as I can tell. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 326327 | 2005-02-23 10:16:00 | Hi everyone, Quick update - I spoke too soon about enabling NETBIOS - it actually didn't make any difference in the long run. However - I think I really do have it solved now. I have an IHUG ULTRA connection, and checking out the properties of the receiver card, I saw I had assigned it a fixed IP address - like the rest of the network (why? can't remember, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time!) Anyway, I changed it to "get an IP address automatically" and everything sorted itself out - instant response etc. So what was happening? I'm guessing that because I had the ultra card on the same subnet as the other PCS, I was scanning the whole of the internet when I was trying to see my own network - could that be it? You will all realize by now that my networking knowledge is minimal, so any contributions will be gratefully received. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 326328 | 2005-02-23 10:29:00 | Sounds to me that you probably has the subnet mask wrong on the ultra card... | gibler (49) | ||
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