Islander Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Hello and good evening. I have a serious problem with my LAN since yesterday. I have two computers with WinXP Pro connected through an ADSL-Router (3com 812 Office Connect). They both have access to Internet and also a LAN connection using the Workgroup feature. Yesterday I changed the Motherboard of one of the computers, so I reinstalled Windows from scratch on that computer, updated with all patches, drivers etc. But now every time I want to transfer something from one computer to another, I get no more than 10-70kbyte per second, even though it's a 10Mbit connection. It states a net usage of no more than 25%. I have tried switching drivers, halfduplex instead of fullduplex, but nothing. I tried different file types, also big ones where the transfer should be stable. In fact the transfer speeds vary, at times even interrupt for a few moments and then go on. I didn't change any other hardware, except that the old Motherboard had a LAN-Card and the new Motherboard has OnBoard-LAN. But that shouldn't make any difference, no? Does anyone have a clue why the transfer speed is so slow? I don't think it is the cable, since before it worked just fine. Any way to find out what is wrong, a testing program perhaps? Or anything inside Windows I can try? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snocked Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Has to be the onboard lan. Disable the onboard lan and throw in the nic card to find your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I would have to agree with snocked. Plug in a new card and see if you have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Ok, I deactivated the LAN-Settings, then the OnBoard-LAN and plugged the other LAN-Card into the computer, started up, configured it and... it works just fine. 70-80% net usage. So does that mean the OnBoard-LAN is broken ? It's a new MSI-Board. Or could it be the driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 It could be the driver, and it also could be the hardware. I would call their tech support (I know, MSI's support is horrible) and see what they have to say, it might be a known issue with that board and they may have a fix for it. If not, I would go trade in your board. I have never been a fan of on board cards (IE: Lan, Video). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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