Re: why so slow?

On 9 Aug 2006 09:22:37 -0700, "David" <davids58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've got two XP machines on my home network (linksys wrk54g) that I'm
moving ~14Gb of data between. Now, I don't expect the full 100Mb/s
throughput but it seems to be exceedingly slow. In about 12 hours, I've
moved around 1.9Gb which comes to about .337Mb/s.

Any ideas what the problem might be?

TIA,
David

David,

Your question comes up occasionally. Copying files form one computer to another
is a complex procedure, though it may not look that way to you.

Please start with my article on diagnosing network problems.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html

Now if you have a WiFi network, are the computers connected by Ethernet, or
WiFi? If both are using WiFi, then you have a duplexing problem. This is a
relevant detail, which is needed immediately.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html

And, of course, whenever WiFi is involved, there will always be limitations.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html

Besides the physical connectivity possibilities, there are protocol problems,
and possible performance problems on the computers themselves. But as I like to
diagnose problems in a layered sequence, let's concentrate on the physical
network first.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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