I did set RWIN to the max value it suggested. It increased my network efficiency from 90% to 98%.
As for MTU, I changed it to 1492 and Tweak complained about it -- the efficiency dropped and Tweak said it was a problem. I just cleared the field and let XP figure it out and the efficiency went...
Yes and it worked. I already had all of the services installed but they were set to start automatically. I changed them to manual and, wa la, the Linsys WAP magically appeared all on its on in My Network Places. I don't understand the manual/automatic thing though. It seems to me that the...
Thanks Bill. I just got this from one of the MSN forums and it worked. Fyi...
You must have UPnP Enable on the router UPnP Enable/Disable radio button in on the password tab in the router setting,
You must a have universal plug and play installed as well internet gateway device discovery...
Thanks again. It still gave the error "The folder you specified does not appear to be valid. Please try another".
Is it possible that I've got to enable that port somewhere on my PC?
Thanks for the quick reply and the info on the port address. However, take a look at the next-to-last paragraph in my original note. I tried that and got the invalid folder message immediately.
Is 5678 a fixed address for the Linksys device or might mine be something different?
I run XP Pro Sp1. After I first set up my network (about a year ago) there was a shortcut that showed up in My Network Places for the BEFW11S4. I could click on it and it would bring up the admin login box and let me access the web-based admin tool. If you're familiar with this Linksys device...
Thanks. I looked at it and almost changed the RWIN and MTU settings except:
http://monitor.dslreports.com/tweak/block:1d52c00?service=dsl&speed=768&os=winXP&via=normal
(1) The recommended settings for RWIN were 8K-10K less than what I calculated and what the RWIN calculator came up with.
(2)...
Thanks for the response. I've pretty well scrubbed all of the browser settings. Essentially, for troubleshooting purposes, making everything look like a trusted site.
Why do you think its a browser problem? Wouldn't the fact that I can access these sites just fine with this machine and...
I have a Sony Vaio PVC-RX891 running Windows XP Pro and using a Realtek RTL 8139 Fast Ethernet NIC. I have a problem that I need help with.
I have Qwest's DSL service which uses a Cisco 678 router/modem. I am unable to access certain sites -- sites like www.jcpenney.com, www.shopping.hp.com...
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