I have a simple home network with 2 computers - A is Win XP PRO SP3 and B is Win98SE.
DSL Modem Gateway (includes router) is Westell 327W. Both NICs are set to 100Mbps full duplex. My current setup is:
Gateway->A
Gateway->B
When I use the Win98 machine to transfer files (either from A to B or from B to A) I get transfer rates of ~65-70Mbps. But, when I use the XP machine to initiate the transfers I get rates of ~13-17Mbps.
I used WSTTCP to check my network connections and speed - I got around 90Mbps with the speed virtually identical whether I transferred from XP to Win98 or Win98 to XP.
So this seems to me to point to some kind of problem with my settings in XP. But, I haven't a clue what to try next.
stumped_lan
PS - By the way, the only antivirus I use is Kaspersky and I turned that off and disconnected my DSL from the internet but my speeds didn't change. I also tried the same transfers running XP in SAFE MODE and got approximately the same speeds (just a tiny but faster).
DSL Modem Gateway (includes router) is Westell 327W. Both NICs are set to 100Mbps full duplex. My current setup is:
Gateway->A
Gateway->B
When I use the Win98 machine to transfer files (either from A to B or from B to A) I get transfer rates of ~65-70Mbps. But, when I use the XP machine to initiate the transfers I get rates of ~13-17Mbps.
I used WSTTCP to check my network connections and speed - I got around 90Mbps with the speed virtually identical whether I transferred from XP to Win98 or Win98 to XP.
So this seems to me to point to some kind of problem with my settings in XP. But, I haven't a clue what to try next.
stumped_lan
PS - By the way, the only antivirus I use is Kaspersky and I turned that off and disconnected my DSL from the internet but my speeds didn't change. I also tried the same transfers running XP in SAFE MODE and got approximately the same speeds (just a tiny but faster).