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Slow network browsing
Name: Chris Date: December 13, 2001 at 07:55:54 Pacific
Comment:
I have 2 PC's networked at home. PC 1 XP (Athlon 1700+, 512MB, 3C905 NIC) PC 2 2000pro (Cel 366a, 128MB, 3C509 NIC) PC1 shares my DSL to PC 2 via ICS (I know ICS sux and I should get a router)
Only protocol is TCP/IP.
For some reason, if I browse PC 2 on the network from PC 1 it is unbearably slow.
If I browse PC1 from PC 2 it's fine, no slow down.
Is this a hardware problem or could there be some settings that may ammend the situation?
Name: kevin gibson Date: December 13, 2001 at 09:27:55 Pacific
Reply:
when using ICS in win98se, i had a similar problem: every time i would browse the network or the internet, it would only go at about 5k/sec. after many different uninstalling and reinsatlling of drivers and ICS, i checked the properties of my NIC and noticed the card on the host PC was set to half duplex. i changed that to full duplex and everything worked great. i would recommend checking your NIC settings and going from there. it sounds like PC2 may be the problem in your case.
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