I am setting up a simple home network with only two computers. Both are running Windows 98SE I can map a drive from both systems to the other and transfer files but the performance is horrible when the file is copied from System A to System B. Using a 19MB test file and copying it from System B to System A takes about 10 seconds. Copying the same file from System A to System B takes about 6 minutes. It does not seem to matter whether you have mapped from System A to the other System or mapped a drive from System B to the other System. Any time the file transfer is from System B to System A the performance is great, and any time the file transfer is from System A to System B the performance is bad. System A has this Configuration: ASUS CUSL2 Motherboard -- Intel Celeron 128mb Micron Memory 15GB Maxtor ATA-100 IDE Drive 3dfx VooDoo 3 2000 AGP Video Soundblaster Live Value Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI card Netgear FA311 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet System B has this Configuration: Abit BX6-2 Motherboard -- Intel Celeron 64mb Generic memory 15GB Maxtor ATA-100 IDE Drive Canopus Spectra 2500 TNT AGP Video Soundblaster 16 PCI Zoom 2925 PCI Modem Netgear FA311 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet My Network Config is as follows: Client for Microsoft Networks Dial Up Adapter NetGear FA311 Fast Ethetnet PCI Adapter TCP/IP -> Dialup Adapter TCP/IP -> NetGear FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks The IP Address on System A is set to 192.168.0.1 The IP Address on System B is set to 192.168.0.2 Subnet Mask on both is set to 255.255.255.0 I have used both a crossover cable and a 10/100 hub and standard cables with no change in performance. The total length of my cables is 50ft, but I have moved the computers close enough to try 5ft cables. I have tried adding NETBEUI and IPX/SPX. Tried using DNS. Tried new Ethernet Cards (exchanged the FA311's for new ones) Tried moving the FA311 to every PCI slot on the Abit motherboard and even tried removing the Sound Card and Modem. All of the Diagnostics on the Driver Diskette run without errors and I can run the Network test in 100TX and there are never any errors. The Maxtor Drive will accept writes just fine from its own other partition or from a CD (19mb file in under 10seconds). All the settings in Bios on System B appear to be fine and have been reset back to defaults. I have talked to Abit Support and they say all slots on the motherboard are bus master. Any help or advice you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Fred

Ping each computer from the other computer. Notice the statistic values of the pings. Because B has a modem the MTU value in the registry may have been turned down. Check the setup values of the cards in net neighborhood. The most important diagnostic is the ping values.

Check that the card speeds are set up manually, not on auto. Also, try half-duplex. Only bind file& printer sharing to 1 protocol, ie TCP/IP

What are the default gateways on the 2 stations? Do the LMHOSTS and HOSTS have each other station's IP address registered? Try netstat -r and netstat -es on each station.

I have the same fault, but I have one machine running DOS and the other Win2000 Server. From the server to the client, things are fine, approx. 70 megabits pr. second, but the other way, it's insanely slow. Approx. 50 kilobytes pr. second. How can I check the MTU size and change the duplex in DOS??

I have the same problem. Computer A is 128mb Athlon PC and Computer B is 64mb AMDk6 III 450mhz. Copy from A to B initiated from B is very very slow. Copy from B to A initiated from A is fast. Everything is set properly. I think it is a problem of not enough memory on computer B. I'm getting another 64mb for computer B. I will let you know what happens.