Any ideas? Why ? We get uploads 3x faster than downloads 1

[dydavid]

What happened - get uploads 3x faster than downloads:

Background:

Three Gateway PIII, 700 MHz PC's, Win 98, peer-to-peer.

I have a problem with one PC, a Gateway PIII 700 MHz. Have swapped NIC's, swapped port connections on Action Tech router-switch and by-passed the in-house wiring CAT 5.

In all cases - the downloads are 1/3 normal speed including Internet files. The other PC's transfer data correctly, at high speed.

Any ideas? (I think I'll take the PC into Gateway for service, soon).

Dave Y

 

[jimbopalmer]

On the problem PC, try to lock the speed of the NIC at 100/half or 10/half, and see if this helps. I suspect it is somehow stuck on full duplex, and the switch is not.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[dydavid]

Well your thought is interesting, but I have switched out the NIC card as explained earlier, but same result.

Not clear on how to "lock" the speed at 100/half. Under Win 98, I can change TCP parameters - ip address for example or other advanced features. Pls explain.

 

[Grenage]

Under the properties of the NIC rather than IP you should be able to select connection type. It may be on Auto/10-fd/10-hd/100-fd/100-hd etc.

 

[dydavid]

Grenage - Trying your options, here is what I get.

I see under properties of 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI:

Driver Type - tab
(*)Enhanced mode (32 bit and 16 bit) NDIS driver
( )Real mode (16 bit) NDIS driver
( )Real mode (16 bit) ODI driver

[* is the chosen option above]

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Bindings - tab
[x] NetBEUI
[x] TCP/IP

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Advanced - tab

"Click the setting you want to change on the left and then select its new valu on the right" [These are the values now, how do I find your parameters? See values:]

Property: Value
802.1p Support Disable
Down Poll Rate 8
Flow Control Enable
Media Type Hardware Default
NDIS Driver Version Auto Select
Rx Checksum Offload Disable
Tx Checksum Offload Disable

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Dave Y

 

[FunkerVogt]

Have you tried to reinstall TCP/IP on that computer? It's worth a shot.

 

[jimbopalmer]

Media Type may have the 10/half, vs 100/full settingss

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.