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ross
05-05-2001, 15:11
My network is so slow downloading files, it downloads them at about 6k/s. This should be faster I've been told. This is when the network is doing nothing else.
Setup
2x Realtek 10mbit Network Interface Cards
1 crossover cable.

Any ideas? :confused:

[ 05 May 2001: Message edited by: Ross McLachlan ]
JADS
05-05-2001, 15:39
Downloaded latest drivers?

J
ross
05-05-2001, 17:09
Nope. Bit scared to. Graeme and Thomas had a lot of bother getting the network to work in the first place.
ross
05-05-2001, 17:42
Just updated drivers on the 2 machines on the network. No difference made.
JADS
05-05-2001, 18:18
Ok

Well with two 10Mbit cards you should be getting around 1.2MB/s a second transfer.

Reinstall everything (delete all properties on both machines) and start again

James
ross
05-05-2001, 18:19
Ok.
ross
05-05-2001, 18:53
Deleted all properties and drivers which are network related and reinstalled. Not made any difference.
JADS
05-05-2001, 19:10
Ermmm...

Buy a different cable, it may be a slower rated cable. You need a CAT5 cable.

James
ross
05-05-2001, 19:37
It says its a CAT5 cable on the cabling. The speed was the same at the LAN party using Kustom's cables anyway.
JADS
05-05-2001, 20:26
Ok

Drivers and setup are ok
Cable is ok

Could you go into the properties of the cards for me and check that, if they have a speed setting
a) they are set to the same speed
b) they are set up to either 10Mbit or 100Mbit HALF DUPLEX
ross
05-05-2001, 21:15
Both pcs were set at full duplex. Set both at half duplex, no difference..

Heres a screenie..

http://www.spacemonkey.f2s.com/kustom/netspeed.jpg
JADS
05-05-2001, 21:23
Hmmm.

What other things have you got in the network properties window?

James
ross
05-05-2001, 22:02
Nothing.
JADS
05-05-2001, 22:21
If your using sharing, set one of the systems up as browse master and the other one to no.

James
ross
06-05-2001, 10:24
Done that. No difference.
JADS
06-05-2001, 10:54
Well then...

Thought about reinstalling your OS?

James
ross
07-05-2001, 10:20
Just about to reformat. Wish me luck. :D
JADS
07-05-2001, 18:55
Good luck... You'll need it!

James
Craig
07-05-2001, 19:54
he wont need luck, just skill :)
ross
07-05-2001, 21:10
I didn't need it :).
JADS
08-05-2001, 00:03
To get everything back up and working the way you had it before takes a bit of skill and a lot of luck, ;)!

James
ross
08-05-2001, 08:41
Must be skill :-p. Took me about 20minutes once windows had reinstalled.
JADS
08-05-2001, 13:05
My setup is so complicated it takes me at least 6 hours.

James
DanAdams
08-05-2001, 13:39
20 minutes?! JStormont is right, 6 hours is moure like it - it generally takes me an entire evening from reinstall to get everything right - drivers for peripherals etc, installing apps, patching games and apps, getting the desktop piccie you want, restoring your IE 'favourites', beating your start menu, quicklaunch bar and system tray back into shape, restoring your backed-up Outllok.pst file, setting up all your dialup etc settings.... even 6 hours is kinda pushing it, isn't it???

Dan
dan@fearsome.net

P.S. Still a 'noobie' :-(

[EDIT] I lie! Now a Kustomer - woohoo!{/EDIT]

[ 08 May 2001: Message edited by: DanAdams ]
ross
08-05-2001, 13:41
20 minutes :-p. Not installed much as I'm putting on Windows 2000 on Saturday you see. The network download speed is normal on this machine, not on the other one though still 6k/s ,just reformatting on that machine now so I'll see how it goes.
JADS
08-05-2001, 16:47
I can do it in 6 hours when I am really pushed for time I can get it all done in less than 3. Sometimes I will merely setup Windows and leave it at that until I can be bothered to do something else.

I was right about reinstalling your OS then, ;)!


James
ross
08-05-2001, 17:07
Yeah cheers James.
JADS
08-05-2001, 18:56
NPS

James