speed

hello

i have two computers connected with two pci ethernet cards...

but the speed is really slow! i think i can get 100mbs or 10mbs... how can i change this in microsoft windows?

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which version of windows please ?

 

hello

duh!

windows 98 se

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I'm sorry, there many versions of windows..
3, 95,98,ME,NT,2000,XP, 2003 server

I have left my ESP at home.
So, I'm not sure if you're "duh'ing" the fact that you forgot to add your os or the fact that I should have known this?

in any case, you need to check the properties of the cards in the device manager and check that the media type is set to the speed of your network.

 

kodo, calm down. It has the connotation of him "duh" ing himself. Please don't burn people like that. He's in a rush and didn't think about what he was saying.

 

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hehe thats true... always posting the same info, i forget... hehe

but no problem, sorry.

there are no options in the device manager, there are options if i select the card in the "network" control panel... "link sped/duplex mode" tried with auto and full 100, and its slow.

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hello

i still have the problem
can anyone help me?
thanks

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If you have networked them with a crossover cable, your MAX network speed will be 10Mb (megaBITS), (or, 1.25 MB (megaBYTES)).
If you have a hub or switch (regular CAT5 cable used), then, max speed is 100Mb, or, 12.5MB.

And often, you wont reach the peak bandwidth anyway.

So, you really dont have a problem, unless I've missed something.

 

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okay... strange how computer to computer connections with 100MBs ethernet cards are slower than router connections.

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protocols!? they are all tcp\ip...
difrent hardware
but how can a connection from one computer to other with no other hardware be faster than a connection that has to go from the computer to a hub and from a hub to the other computer?

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A direct connection between 2 computers need crossover cable, its a regular ethernet cable with 2 more wires in it. Data can still only go one way. I dont know the nitty gritty, but in order ot prevent too many data collisions, the speed is limited to 10Mb. With a switch, the data goes to the switch, which then delegates when the data is sent out. This way, there are far less data collisions, allowing safe operation up to 100Mbit.

 

hello

okay, thank you for telling me.

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