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| Thread ID: 50483 | 2004-10-21 22:41:00 | Slow PC on ADSL network | Supertrooper (2510) | Press F1 |
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| 283443 | 2004-10-21 22:41:00 | I've just set up two computers running off a Nokia M1122 modem/router. One of the PCs runs perfectly and all internet speeds are fine - webpages open quickly and files download at a good rate. The other PC won't pull the skin off a rice pudding. It will access web pages but often it seems to stall when loading them, when trying to download files they start downloading then more than not they just stall and time out. Often I have to click on a web page a second time to get it to load. The only real difference between this slow PC and the fast one is that this one has about 12 metres of CAT5 ethernet cable between it and the router (because it's in another room) whereas the fast PC has a 1 metre connect (right next to the router). This slow PC has onboard network adaptor and PC is an AMD XP2700 on a Gigabyte m/b. |
Supertrooper (2510) | ||
| 283444 | 2004-10-21 22:49:00 | Doe it connect directly to the router or does it go through the other PC? Does the slow down happen at any time or when both machines are connected. 10.0M shouldn't make any desrnable difference at the speed ethernet works at as opposed to you internet connection, if the connections were poor my guess is it would not work at all or only intermittently. So, have a look at what software your running on the slow one, what may be hogging the connection (adaware, autoupdate features, etc), your windows settings (try a specific IP adress rather than DHCP). What browser are you using, do you use a hosts file. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 283445 | 2004-10-22 00:18:00 | What about the network connection between the 2 PC's? Is that slow as well? Try transering some files between them. Have you tried plugging the slow PC's network cable into a different port on the M1122? Are both configured with static IP's or do they use DHCP from the M1122? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 283446 | 2004-10-22 00:23:00 | If the Cat5 cable has been damaged (chair wheels run over it, pinched in a door...) you might be getting a lot of repeated packets through it. That can hit your speed. Does the MS ipconfig show error counts? | Graham L (2) | ||
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