Miark,
On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 22:02, Miark wrote: > I have four machines on my home network: a routing machine, and > three boxes. When I download from the Internet to my laptop, it's > as fast as my cable service: 180KB/sec. When I download to > my desktop, it's 4.5KB/sec, and stalls frequently. I thought it was > a fluke. So when I FTPed from the laptop to my desktop--yes, across my network--it's >4.5K and stall frequently. Have you tried disconnecting the desktop box and placing the connector into the laptop? If so, does the slowness follow to the laptop? If not, what is the difference in the NICs used--10/100? Are you sure you are using the best match in drivers for the NIC in the desktop machine? Ethernet? Cat 5 cable? or you are using BNC connector? If so, what is the length of the cable run from the router (or hub) to the destop box? Is each box plugged into a port on the router, or are they plugged into a hub, which is plugged into the router? Route table? DNS service? Netmask? Gateway IP the same or both desktop and laptop? Is your local network set up on the entire class C or is it subnetted? Are your base IP and your broadcast IP totally free or does one or the other share an IP with the router or a box? (no router or box on xxx.xxx.xxx.0 [presuming the subsnet begins with .0 and whatever IP you are using for broadcast])--and does the subnet mask match or did you use 255.255.255.0? Did you accidently put two boxes on the same IP? I'll do the best I can to assist, but I need information, information and more information. One inconsistency can hose connectivity, or just slow it down greatly. -- Erik Linux User 288105 ================= Bill who? Micro what?
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