Hi
Could be Bad network cable, or loose plugs connection.
Also try to set the TCP Receiving Window on both computers to 256960.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
"Quentin" <msfeedback@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Vista Home Premium one end, Windows Home Server the other, both fully
> updated
> via Windows Update (so no SP1). 100 Mbps network, full duplex.
>
> Both machines are 2 GB Pentium D Dual core boxes with RAIDed SATA drives.
> Server has a RAID 5 on a 3ware controller, Vista has a RAID 1 mirror on a
> SiS
> controller.
>
> My problem is that I’m only getting about 2 Megabytes per second transfer
> speed (approx 20 Mbps). Since these are the only boxes on the network, I’d
> expect to be getting full speed.
>
> I’ve tried disabling AVG.
> I’ve tried disabling Remote Differential Compression.
> I’ve tried switching to half-duplex.
> I’ve tried disabling TCP autotune and rss.
> I’ve tried disabling TCPA on the server.
> I’ve applied the KB947773 hotfix (updated tcpip.sys) which improved the
> transfer speed to 3 MB /sec
> I’ve tried turning off thumbnails. That reduced the transfer speed to 2 MB
> /
> sec!
> I’ve tried tweaking HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\NetworkThrottlingIndex
> I've tried changing the network switch into which they're both plugged.
>
> Anyone got the answer?
>
> --
>
> qts
>