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bpfeil

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I have 2 vista and 2 xp mechines on my network. When I transfer files between my 2 vista mechines I see transfer rates between 5 and 7 mgs, but when transfering from vista to xp I'm lucky if I see 1 mg. I mainly noticed it because I just set up a xp for file backup and its not running a firewall (not even windows firewall) and the data transfer is taking forever. Any ideas?
 

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What router are you using? Also, can you layout the topology of the network and the hardware of each machine?
 

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    Fumz' Flux-Capacitor
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    E8400
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    DFI LP DK P35-T2RS
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    4GB G.Skill PC-1066
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Fumz said:
What router are you using? Also, can you layout the topology of the network and the hardware of each machine?
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Fumz,

I am sure this is a simple home network with a DSL/Cable router with a built-in switch. So the data transfer between machines is not limited by the router since the switch is more capable than the systems.

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bpfeil said:
I have 2 vista and 2 xp mechines on my network. When I transfer files between my 2 vista mechines I see transfer rates between 5 and 7 mgs, but when transfering from vista to xp I'm lucky if I see 1 mg. I mainly noticed it because I just set up a xp for file backup and its not running a firewall (not even windows firewall) and the data transfer is taking forever. Any ideas?
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bpfeil,

What speeds are the Ethernet interfaces used by each system?

The router you have supports up to 1 Gigabit. If the XP system has a lower bandwidth interface than the Vista systems, it would not be surprising to see a big speed difference.

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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel E6600 @ 3.0 GHz
    Motherboard
    EVGA nForce 680i SLI (NF68-A1)
    Memory
    4GB - CORSAIR XMS2 PC2 6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS (640MB)
    Hard Drives
    2 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (320GB)
    1 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (500GB)
All the computers are 10/100, my laptop runs wireless N and it connects around the 130 mark, the xp which I am assuming is where the problem is lying is set to 100 with full duplex. It seems odd to me though that I am getting these low speeds since the two that I'm using are hardwired to the router. Right now I'm transfering 60 gbs of music and videos and its transfering at 300-340 kbs, and thats about the fastest I've seen for the most part.

My home network is my dsl modem to my linksys wrt310n and then hardwired is my vista desktop, xp desktop, printer, and xbox 360, and wirelessly hooking up is a laptop that runs wireless n

So when I got home I ping'd the ip address of the xp computer from my vista laptop and it returns with an average of 14ms, from my laptop to my vista desktop i get an average of 1 ms. So what would be causing that?
 
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Do you have any Norton software installed on your systems? Especially on the XP system?

If you do, look for this in the NIC properties:

Symantec Network Security Intermediate Filter Driver

If it is there, remove it.

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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel E6600 @ 3.0 GHz
    Motherboard
    EVGA nForce 680i SLI (NF68-A1)
    Memory
    4GB - CORSAIR XMS2 PC2 6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS (640MB)
    Hard Drives
    2 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (320GB)
    1 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (500GB)
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