SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW LAN

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Hi all,

I have spent the last two days wrestling with setting up a 2 PC Lan (see my last post in this forum for grizzly details). However now it seems to be slow as hell..its taking like 4mins to send a 3mb MP3.

Both cards are 100mbit, and are set to 100 Full under device options. Im really new to networking so am not to clued in on this. I havent set up any sort of dis caching etc for the two compos. I am not connecting Via Hub, and client is 98SE, while host is 2kpro.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

--Jakk:t

[BipolarBill]

Make sure that you're using a crossover cable between PCs. A patch cable will let enough data through to make you mad, but no more.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Its crossover alright -- odd thing is - transfers from client to host are more or less instant, however from the host to client are somewhat slower :confused:

--Jakk:t

[smily_03]

i've experienced something like that before, except that i used a small 10-meg hub in the middle, and the 2 comps both had 10/100 nic's; the problem is when comp1 sent it would create an enormous amount of collisions on the network, but not when comp2 sent. never figured out why, either, as i tried all the different settings for the nic's. this wouldn't be a problem on a direct connection in full duplex, however, because full duplex doesn't share the pipe, so to speak, and can talk and listen at the same time. however, if one is full and the other is half for some reason, this could cause major troubles.

[BipolarBill]

I would guess that one of the NIC's is bad. I would update both driver sets and refresh the TCP/IP stacks. I would then reverse the cable to see if transfers the other way were affected. If they are, the cable is bad.

[expert464]

I also got our 2 computers networked (XP and 98SE) for the reason of internet sharing. The network was fine but ICS didnt work, and the network was **** slow. It peaked at about 10k/sec and would slow down to about 5k/sec when I monitored it on XP. Then we took them in to the shop and alls they did was format the 98SE computer, and ICS was fine and now I enjoy 6mb/sec speeds. I'm not sure if it will work for you, but this is my experience.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Funnily enough im also having bother gettign ICS to work between my 2k and 98 machines -- how did you overcome that problem please as i have wasted the last three days on it now...:mad:

--Jakk:t

[BipolarBill]

The trick is to not make a floppy. Set up the host and then go to the client and run INETWIZ.EXE. Choose LAN all the way. This makes the client get it's IP from the Host - which is now a DHCP server.

[BipolarBill]

Don't forget to set the NIC on the client to Automatically obtain an IP address.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

...not much help that Bill im afraid :( , this is really doing my nut in now, i think i might throw my client machine out of the window...

--Jakk:t

[smily_03]

also in internet explorer make sure that the setting under tools -> internet options -> connections -> lan settings is set up to use a proxy server

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Hmn, your the first person to suggest that smily - may have a look at that after work.

--Jakk:t

[Yoda]

Hi,

Because you must use a cross-over cable, which means the the send and receive lines are switched you can't use full duplex.
Ful duplex means the nic could send and receive at the same time.
So logic would explain the collisions you'll have when using full duplex on cross-over cables.

Actually there are lots of possibillities to solve your problem.

Whynot check www.practicallynetworked.com or www.labmice.com