Networking at 1% net utilization Hi, i know little about networking so bare with me. i have 3 computers(all winxp home sp2) around the house connected via a d-link dsl 504t router(new). computer (b) and computer (c) can share files at 80%+ network utilization and connect to the internet at max (1.5Mbit adsl). computer (a)(mine) shares files at 1% network utilization and has poor internet connectivity. The router(d-link dsl 504t) uses DHCP? to assign IP's?? specs: a64(3400+) on a K8ne delux 1.5G ddr x800xt 2 x WD sata raptors Fresh(today)install of WinXP + sp2 + nforce 5.10 drivers Problem seem to come when we bought the router.(used to use a 8 port switch, with no problems) I have tried different cables. Using different ports on the router, nothing seems to help. My computer is the only one with an on-board network card.(dunno if that should matter??) Thanks for reading.

See if your network card is set to 10Mbps. Check other network interface settings as well against the two computers that work better. Rule #1: Good Computers don't go down. Rule #2: There is no such thing as a good computer.

I got it to work really well for about 10mins today, by pulling every ones cables out of the router except mine, resetting the router and putting the rest back in, i got full bandwidth both locally and on the WAN. Then about 10mins later i noticed the "network cable is unplugged" warning pop up for about 1 second. then performance was crap again. I wonder if my IP lease time has something to do with this????

"Then about 10mins later i noticed the "network cable is unplugged" warning pop up for about 1 second. then performance was crap again." There's your clue! Your PC is detecting intermittant ethernet carrier loss! I'm guessing that you have one or more of the following going on: 1. Your cable length exceeds the maximum reliable length (approx. 100 meters). 2. You're using sub standard cable on a long run. 3. Your cable is damaged (severly pinched or broken, possibly one or both ends need to be re-connectorized, etc.) It's slightly possible that your network card is flaky too. If you are convinced (after properly verifying your cable run, connectors, etc.)that your ethernet cable is fine and doesn't exceed distance specs, you could always try a new network card. They can be had for under $10 if you look around. Anyway, good luck with it! k_Rob - kk7av

Further testing has proved interesting: Only plugging in my comp plus one of the others(either one), results in the network working perfectly. Full bandwidth both ways both local and on the net. As soon as i plug in the third, my computer suffers(only mine).