Yuxi Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Hi, I have a 100Mpbs network at home. When I transfer files between the computers, the task manager shows only 0.5% to 10% of bandwidth usage. There is barely any hard drive activity. Is there a way to make Windows utilize at least half the avaliable bandwidth? I am using Full Duplex. My desktop has a Kingston KNE110TX (Yes, I know it's old) and my laptop has a NetGear FA411 PC Card. It doesn't matter which computer, the actual speed is always around 3% usage. Is there anything I can do about this? I have a Linksys BEFSR41 v.2 router and Windows XP SP1 on all computers. Thanks, Yuxi Li Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Have you check the actual speed you are getting with some program ? If its only that much, that probably means you have bad cables or bad drivers for the NIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techo Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Hi, I have a 100Mpbs network at home. When I transfer files between the computers, the task manager shows only 0.5% to 10% of bandwidth usage. There is barely any hard drive activity. Is there a way to make Windows utilize at least half the avaliable bandwidth? I am using Full Duplex. My desktop has a Kingston KNE110TX (Yes, I know it's old) and my laptop has a NetGear FA411 PC Card. It doesn't matter which computer, the actual speed is always around 3% usage. Is there anything I can do about this? I have a Linksys BEFSR41 v.2 router and Windows XP SP1 on all computers. Thanks, Yuxi Li Hi :) You're not the only one running WinXp and having a slow network problem http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...low+network+100 I myself also see that accessing or browsing shared folders is much slower with XP than it was with Win9x or WinME. File transfer also seems a bit slugish. I'm using a 10/100bmit switch not a hub with an Intel NIC. I've set one of the nic card properties to 100mbps full duplex , it was set to auto. Changing that didn't change much for me. Here are some specific newsgroup topics you can checkout http://<< spam >>/uhw0 http://<< spam >>/uhw3 I've tried the registry edit, it did speedup the files and folders listing by just a little but still not as speedy as Win9x. Most other suggestions didn't do much. To get the fastest speed with XP, you need to map the network drive. But I still need to find a way to get full speed without mapping the network drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuxi Posted November 11, 2003 Author Share Posted November 11, 2003 I did map the network drive, and it made no difference. The driver is the only one avaliable, and changing the cables do not help. I might also add that I have a network bridge between all three NICs, which was created by Windows. Does that make a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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