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| 251250 | 2004-07-10 05:41:00 | When I try to upload a file to my computer from another on the network, the transfer rate is incredibly slow (Task Manager reports 1% Utilisation). However when a file is downloaded from my XP computer, the file transfer goes at full throttle. The same also goes for when I download to my machine - it is very slow, and upload to my machine - normal speed. I have tried using a different network card (although it was the same model) and connecting my computer on a direct 100MBPs crossover and a 10MBP hub, but still the same slow one-way transfer rate. I have also tried connecting to different networks, but still the same problem. Does anyone know why my computer does this, as it is very frustrating to wait 60 minutes for a 50MB file to transfer to my machine. |
pmchapman (2942) | ||
| 251251 | 2004-07-10 06:25:00 | So both machines are using XP and the TCP/IP protocol for the transfer? | kiki (762) | ||
| 251252 | 2004-07-10 06:46:00 | See if this link (www.ozzu.com) is any help, scroll to 4th post down. You can change those options by right clicking the network card in the device manager. |
kiki (762) | ||
| 251253 | 2004-07-10 08:30:00 | I have tried all of the duplex settings, but it no change at all. I have tried downloading and uploading files with a Windows 98 machine and 2 Windows XP machines. All 3 of those machines had no problems uploading or downloading with each other, only with my machine. I am only using the TCP/IP protocol, with fixed IP addresses (192.168.0.X) and 255.255.255.0 subnet. |
pmchapman (2942) | ||
| 251254 | 2004-07-10 08:42:00 | Do you have any firewalls runnign? Even XP's default one? Zone Alarm? | fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 251255 | 2004-07-10 08:50:00 | No firewalls, because I have no Internet connection. I do have a modem, which I have tried disabling, only to have no change, because a friend commented that the speeds were as fast as a modem. | pmchapman (2942) | ||
| 251256 | 2004-07-10 09:16:00 | What are the speeds of the hard drives and are they running with DMA? | kiki (762) | ||
| 251257 | 2004-07-10 09:36:00 | The hard disk is fairly fast and DMA is enabled. The network used to run at full speed before I re-installed Windows XP 2 years ago (running the same harware0. I have the nauseous feeling it is a registry setting somewhere, as that is what caused me the most gripe for networking when I used a Pentium 100 running Windows NT years ago, but as to which setting I do not know. I tried the solution mentioned in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (High Rate of Collisions on 100-MB Networks, Q315237), but it only talks about another network card, and none of the settings matched at all, so it did not work at all. It could be a possible solution, but as to getting it to work with my Realtek RTL8139, I do not know as none of the registry keys mentioned even appear on my computer or under the RTL8139 subkey. Also, there is no other traffic on the network, which makes collisons unlikely (also the collisons light on my hub did not light up when I tried using it) |
pmchapman (2942) | ||
| 251258 | 2004-07-10 11:29:00 | > See if this link (www.ozzu.com) is any help, scroll to 4th post down. It is a shame it didn't help Peter because it made a huge difference for me. :O Thanks for that link Kiki. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 251259 | 2004-07-10 11:45:00 | Yeh it is a real bummer because this is a really bad problem. It's not just half the speed of a network, but a hundreth! Kinda defeats the purpose of a network when it is running at the speed of a serial port! If anyone knows how to put this back to normal speed, please tell me! |
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