Re: slow network

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tony wrote:
i run a small office network with 3 computers 1 runs xp home the
others run xp pro
it is very slow how can i speed it up ?

That is really not enough information.
You never stated how these machines are connected together
(10/100/1000Mbit network, through a NAT router to a cable modem,
through a switch/hub to a cable modem, etc.)

My 1st guess.. you have bought multiple IPs from an ISP and have a
switch/hub you are using and each machine gets an IP from the ISP.
You'd - in that case - be better off getting one static IP from
the ISP and purchasing some inexpensive home/office cable/dsl
router/NAT device to handle the handing out of private internal IP
addresses. Also make sure you have no settings on each machine's
network (DNS settings, routes, etc) other than those handed out by
the NAT/router. That way internal traffic goes across the network
without having to go out the slower (unless you pay a LOT of money
each month) ISP connection and back in through the slower ISP
connection instead of just across the internal 100Mbit network.

If not - well - describe what you got, since my blueprints for
your network setup were lost in the mail. =)

tony wrote:
we have a permanent ip address
i have a computer running xp pro with a
marvel 88e 80 50 pci-e asf
gigabit ethenet card
connected via a cat5E cable to a
surecom 10/100m ethenet mini switch
the other computer runs xp home edition
via a intel pro/100ve network card and cat5e cable to the mini
switch .

any sugestions

So you have a static IP from your Internet Service Provider.. (For each
computer?)

What speed is your connection to the Internet - because if you are using
pure TCP/IP with that setup, that's your fastes transfer speed possible.

If I am understanding you correctly:

You have some Internet Service Providers whose line comes in and connects to
the WAN port of your 5-Port switch. You have static IPs given to you by the
Internet Service Provider for at least one (if not each) of the machines
that connect to said switch.

What that means is that your route from one machine to another is (as of
now) passing through your Internet Service Provider - lowering your total
highest speed to whatever upload/download limits you get from them. So if
you have a 2Mbit downstream/512Kbit upstream - transfer from one machine to
another will be at 512Kbits. That is WELL below the 100Mbits you are
wanting.

One option is to get a router involved and give your internal machines
private IP addresses. This way when you communicate between machines, you
pass through the 10/100/1000 router ONLY - not out to the Internet and back.
However - you may have some configuration to do to forward needed ports to
the internal IP addresses/etc - but you also gain some security in addition
to the speed for internal transfers.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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