02-29-2008
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Re: Slow networking between Vista Home Premium and Windows Home Server
Oh dear. I'm now trying a more intensive test, and the data transfer rate has
gone down to 4 MB /sec.
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qts
"Quentin" wrote: Quote:
> Against my better judgement - given the recent press - I installed SP1 and
> the speed has increased to 7 MB / sec. This is better but still not good. I
> should be getting 10+.
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> --
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> qts
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> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> Quote:
> > Hi
> > Try this one it works in Vista, and Windows 2003. I applied it to my WHS and
> > it seems to work, but I did not have time to evaluate the overall outcome.
> > So YMMV on WHS.
> > TCP Optimizer - http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> >
> > "Quentin" <msfeedback@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:30723F49-CA68-4E8A-A501-03DFB6DA902A@xxxxxx Quote:
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Cables are all checked: and it worked fine when I had an XP workstation
> > > with
> > > a W2000 server.
> > >
> > > How do I set the TCP Receiving Window? The Vista box's NIC (SiS) has a
> > > Receive buffer setting in Properties with a max of 1024, but there's no
> > > such
> > > or similar setting on the Home Server (Intel NIC), and there's nothing
> > > similar visible in the TCP driver entry in the registry - unless I've
> > > missed
> > > it.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > qts (MCPs: NT, NT Server, NT Enterprise, XP, Windows Server 2003)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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
> > >> news:989D62C7-5D9B-40CD-8242-A06B628A0981@xxxxxx
> > >> > 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
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
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