Need Help with SLOWWW network

[rjpear]

Hi Folks!.. Ok heres what I have... 3 computers all running a flavor of Win XP. Connected via Cat 5 to a Linksys Etherfast Cable/dsl router (never flashed). I have a Cable modem connected to the Uplink port.

The 100 speed lights are on for all of my connections but I get POOR speed..Like 16-25Kbps for a transfer between machines on my network... Internet speeds are much faster.
For setup all I did was let the networking Wizard do it's thing..
Can anyone help with connection/setting issues here? The Linksys is at default settings.
Thanks a bunch or your time...

Rob

[objohn]

Are your cables home made? i've had this on dodgy cat5 before.

OJ

[rjpear]

2 out of the three are...(home made).. the other is right from the store..

MY network connection is DHCP type to my router.. I don't need this right?

I have " File and Printer sharing for MS Networks", "Client for ms networks","QoS packet scheduler" and "TCPIP" installed for the main pc that I do all the transferring from. Maybe I have too much overhead?

My recieve and Transmit buffers are 64 for the NIC..
Everthing is set for Default or Auto..in the advanced tab..

[JackMDS]

1. Replace your home made cables with commercially made ones.

2. Switch QoS Off (It is useful for coporate LAN, it slows down small network).

3. Leave the DHCP alone.

4. Do not try to change NIC drivers settings, leave it on default.

If all fails install NetBEUI and use it for file and printer sharing.

Link: Set NetBEUI as the Default Sharing Protocol in WinXP. (http://www.ezlan.net/netbeui.html)

Next time learn how to configure manually, the Wizard is an Evil one.

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[objohn]

Replace your home made cables.

Leave DHCP as it is - no need to mess with this.

OJ

[rjpear]

Wel..the home made ones are the ones in my walls! ..heh.. So I guess I will live with the bad thoughput on those.. but my one PC which is on a Manufactured cable is still giving me like 200Kbs transfer speeds...
Yuk!

[rjpear]

What does this tell ya? I did a direct connect to to a PC using a crossover cable and another newtwork card. I'm getting 10-11Mbs speed as opposed to the 24-30Kbps I was getting through the Linksys... and that was with a Commercial Belkin Cable..
So what is the Linksys doing to my PC (BEFSR 41 model)?

Or is the fact that I have 1 nic handling 2 connections (I net and Local) really killing it?

Thanks!

[Gumshoe]

I'm not new to computers but a real noob when it comes to routers and networks.

I just set up a 2 pc network sharing a cable connection (mine is only 128kbs, the lite package) with the exact same router as you.
Both my PC's are running XP pro. I had no problems setting up with all defaults for now but my internet sharing is slow (cut down my bandwidth by half) at about 6 to 7 kbs each when we are both on and d/l. It's back to normal when only 1 of us is d/l. The lan side is supposed to be operating at 100 and since we can share and play HQ videos in real time I tend to believe that it's true. I haven't run any benchmarks yet since it's only been set up a few days. File transfers take about the same as from my primary hd to my secondary hd. I have a p4 1.6 overclocked to 2240, 512 l2 cache and 1 dimm 512 DDR 333 (pc2700) and my hd are 100 ata.

The only thing puzzling me is that everything I read says to connect the cable modem to the WAN port and you say you have it on the uplink port. I thought that wouldn't work. I'd love to see your settings.

I am here on this site to try to tweak my connections (especially the internet side) to get the most out of it.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Originally posted by rjpear

Or is the fact that I have 1 nic handling 2 connections (I net and Local) really killing it?


The NIC doesn't know the difference between LAN and internet...TCP is TCP. As fas as the NIC is concerned, it's not running two connections. The router just shoots internet requests out the gateway (itself...out the WAN side).

Can you try PC to router to PC with factory made cables? I'm guessing the home made ones in the walls are kinda sketchy. What kind was used for the runs through the walls?

Realize also that the little switch built into the Linksys router is a very basic 20 dollar switch, you'll never get top performance like a 3,000 dollar Cisco or 3COM super stacker.