Very Slow Network

[race4cup]

ok, I have win98 and a winME computer over a netgear hub, and both are connected thru the uplink port to a cable modem, every thing works fine, but when i transfer files the speed is Sloooooow approx. 10K a sec. Can someone help

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[JonmaTifa]

...are connect through the uplink port?? Are you sure? Because the uplink port is so that you can connect two hubs together. It reverses the signal so that they can communicate. Computers hook right into the numbered ports. If its hooked into the uplink you shouldn't be getting any kind of speed at all...

[race4cup]

No, the Cable Modem is connected to the Uplink port, both computers are on regular numbered ports

[CrmDcoco]

What protocols are installed?

I would run with TCP/IP as the standalone if you can get it going


Michael

[race4cup]

Yes I have tried just TCP/IP, I have also tried NETBEUI, and IPX

[CrmDcoco]

I failed to correctly analyze your original statement. Transfer files from where? The internet? Or from the other computer?

That Hub would be a bottleneck if both machines are downloading large files (would recommend a switch) for that.

Michael

[race4cup]

Neither Computer has internet problems both download very fast from there. the only problem is between the due locally

[CrmDcoco]

Internet D/L is fine, great.

So lets take a look at the settings of the NICs themselves. Take a look at the TCP/IP properties. Are the cards 10/100? If so, verify they are in the full duplex mode


Michael

[LeaDxPainT]

Did you make your cat5 wires your self?..if you did you probably clipped a wire inside.
LeaDxPainT

[Funky_Falcon]

Hi, Well I wud reccomend goin into the network cards setup and setting them both to 10 half duplex first > restart and then see if there is a difference. I think u'll immideitly see the problem sorted out. Then u can try and set the settings to 10 Full Duplex. Make sure the Hub is OFF before the computers restart cause sometimes the Hub fails to auto detect the NIC settings. Always switch the Hub on after the 2 systems are fully booted up.
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[socalgal]

Hi mlnlm

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[mlnlm]

I have a similar problem. I have 3 comuters sharing an ADSL connection via a Linux (Mandrake 7.2) server and a 100Mbit hub. To browse the internet and download files work fine, get about 150k/sec down. But it's almost impossible for me to upload. Get about 1-4k/sec and FTP often fails. I also have problems copying files to the server, the speed being about 3k/sec here too. There's no problem copying between the other computers on the network. I can use ICQ but not send or recieve files.

I appriciate any suggestions, C.M

[BSG]

Since you say you have both computers on a cable modem are you using a firewall program to set one system as the server for the other. since many cable modems require a dns setting coming from the ISP, you need to set the firewall up so that it accepts the dns network setting from the ISP. Then you set the computers to use a static TCP/IP based on the firewall's address. some of the firewalls will auto config each of the pc's and some don't. since you are getting a file transfer there is a connection but the systems are continuing to have problems determining where each pc is coming from (address).

an easy way to fix this is a cable modem router that sells for about $90.00. This will let the router connect to the ISP, get the dns address and automatically send an address to each of the pc's. Plus I like to use netbuei for the pc to pc connection. but this might open the pc to attack from the outside. of course the cable modem router should stop this attack.

good luck

[cf1]

Are you using a different Network card on each end? I use to have the same problem where the internet works fast and fine but local network file transfers are slow. I then swap network cards so that they are the same and everything went fine after that.

[asgtech]

Had the same problem. Truned out to be the network.vbs virus. It slowed the netowrk to a near halt. Search C:/windows for the file network.vbs. If found delete all instances of it and start running a firewall. Mine would return within 24 hrs without a firewall.

[Scanjo]

Asgtech...I just did a search on my system for "network.vbs" and got a hit in one of the windows 98 cab files. This file seems to be a part of Windows. What is the file size of the virus file? This one was reported as 6K.

[asgtech]

The file in your win98 69cab is not the virus file of network.vbs which if I remember correctly is about 2k. The virus version of this file will be found in c: and C:/windows/system and windows/startup. If opened in notepad it will be seen to make a file called network.log and then will write files to another location. Sorry I can't be more specific but I have had a hard time getting rid of it for good and it has been awhile since it has returned now that I run Zone ALarm. If you do an internet search for network.vbs you will find all the info on it. But if its not in your startup folder, you don't have the virus version.

[TheodanUK]

I have exatcly the same problem. I have a Windows 98 machine and a Windows ME machine. Both PC's have identical network cards in them. I am running a 100mbit hub.

I can transfer a file from the ME pc to the 98 pc instantly but from the 98 pc to the ME pc takes ages....

I am only running TCP/IP protocol.

A bit more research and I found out that the 98 machine cannot run at 100 full duplex, even though the network cards are identical.

When i set the 98 machine to 100 full duplex the hub cannot see the machine.

PLEASE HELP ME !!