> On 9 Aug 2006 09:22:37 -0700, "David" <david***@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I've got two XP machines on my home network (linksys wrk54g) that I'm
> >moving ~14Gb of data between. Now, I don't expect the full 100Mb/s
> >throughput but it seems to be exceedingly slow. In about 12 hours, I've
> >moved around 1.9Gb which comes to about .337Mb/s.
> >
> >Any ideas what the problem might be?
> >
> >TIA,
> >David
>
> David,
>
> Your question comes up occasionally.  Copying files form one computer to another
> is a complex procedure, though it may not look that way to you.
>
> Please start with my article on diagnosing network problems.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
>
> Now if you have a WiFi network, are the computers connected by Ethernet, or
> WiFi?  If both are using WiFi, then you have a duplexing problem.  This is a
> relevant detail, which is needed immediately.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
>
> Besides the physical connectivity possibilities, there are protocol problems,
> and possible performance problems on the computers themselves.  But as I like to
> diagnose problems in a layered sequence, let's concentrate on the physical
> network first.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

> Thanks Chuck. Your notes seem to address situations of NO comunication
> bw computers. As I said, I have a connection, it's just very slow. FYI,
> in an attempt to transfer the data faster, the two computers (one
> desktop and one laptop) were wired via Ethernet.
>
> I can mount my shared drives just fine bw the machines. My issue is
> throughput.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> TIA,
> David
> ===============================
> Chuck wrote:
> > On 9 Aug 2006 09:22:37 -0700, "David" <david***@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I've got two XP machines on my home network (linksys wrk54g) that I'm
> > >moving ~14Gb of data between. Now, I don't expect the full 100Mb/s
> > >throughput but it seems to be exceedingly slow. In about 12 hours, I've
> > >moved around 1.9Gb which comes to about .337Mb/s.
> > >
> > >Any ideas what the problem might be?
> > >
> > >TIA,
> > >David
> >
> > David,
> >
> > Your question comes up occasionally.  Copying files form one computer to another
> > is a complex procedure, though it may not look that way to you.
> >
> > Please start with my article on diagnosing network problems.
> > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
> >
> > Now if you have a WiFi network, are the computers connected by Ethernet, or
> > WiFi?  If both are using WiFi, then you have a duplexing problem.  This is a
> > relevant detail, which is needed immediately.
> > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
> >
> > Besides the physical connectivity possibilities, there are protocol problems,
> > and possible performance problems on the computers themselves.  But as I like to
> > diagnose problems in a layered sequence, let's concentrate on the physical
> > network first.
> > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One>
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> > Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> > My        email         is          AT         DOT
> >    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

> On 9 Aug 2006 09:22:37 -0700, "David" <david***@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I've got two XP machines on my home network (linksys wrk54g) that I'm
> >moving ~14Gb of data between. Now, I don't expect the full 100Mb/s
> >throughput but it seems to be exceedingly slow. In about 12 hours, I've
> >moved around 1.9Gb which comes to about .337Mb/s.
> >
> >Any ideas what the problem might be?
> >
> >TIA,
> >David
>
> David,
>
> Your question comes up occasionally.  Copying files form one computer to another
> is a complex procedure, though it may not look that way to you.
>
> Please start with my article on diagnosing network problems.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
>
> Now if you have a WiFi network, are the computers connected by Ethernet, or
> WiFi?  If both are using WiFi, then you have a duplexing problem.  This is a
> relevant detail, which is needed immediately.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
>
> And, of course, whenever WiFi is involved, there will always be limitations.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html
>
> Besides the physical connectivity possibilities, there are protocol problems,
> and possible performance problems on the computers themselves.  But as I like to
> diagnose problems in a layered sequence, let's concentrate on the physical
> network first.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

> Unbelievable...I just 're-connected' the computers (wirelessly) and
> find that I'm now on track to move 12+ Gb of data in < 2hrs! What's it
> take to predict throughput?!?!?
>
> So, it's interesting that I was having the problems wired but not
> wirelessly. I'll test the wired again after this transfer is complete
> and report back the findings.
>
> Geez!
>
> David
> Chuck wrote:
> > On 9 Aug 2006 09:22:37 -0700, "David" <david***@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I've got two XP machines on my home network (linksys wrk54g) that I'm
> > >moving ~14Gb of data between. Now, I don't expect the full 100Mb/s
> > >throughput but it seems to be exceedingly slow. In about 12 hours, I've
> > >moved around 1.9Gb which comes to about .337Mb/s.
> > >
> > >Any ideas what the problem might be?
> > >
> > >TIA,
> > >David
> >
> > David,
> >
> > Your question comes up occasionally.  Copying files form one computer to another
> > is a complex procedure, though it may not look that way to you.
> >
> > Please start with my article on diagnosing network problems.
> > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
> >
> > Now if you have a WiFi network, are the computers connected by Ethernet, or
> > WiFi?  If both are using WiFi, then you have a duplexing problem.  This is a
> > relevant detail, which is needed immediately.
> > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
> >
> > And, of course, whenever WiFi is involved, there will always be limitations.
> > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html>
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html
> >
> > Besides the physical connectivity possibilities, there are protocol problems,
> > and possible performance problems on the computers themselves.  But as I like to
> > diagnose problems in a layered sequence, let's concentrate on the physical
> > network first.
> > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One>
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> > Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> > My        email         is          AT         DOT
> >    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

> New observation: The files I'm moving are music files. I notice that
> the time estimate for the transfer increases considerably when I start
> WMP. Might this have been related to my problems? Mind you, the files
> that were moving slowly were NOT being played but WMP was up and
> running.
>
> Thanks again,
> David
>
> David wrote:
> > Unbelievable...I just 're-connected' the computers (wirelessly) and
> > find that I'm now on track to move 12+ Gb of data in < 2hrs! What's it
> > take to predict throughput?!?!?
> >
> > So, it's interesting that I was having the problems wired but not
> > wirelessly. I'll test the wired again after this transfer is complete
> > and report back the findings.
> >
> > Geez!
> >
> > David
> > Chuck wrote:
> > > On 9 Aug 2006 09:22:37 -0700, "David" <david***@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I've got two XP machines on my home network (linksys wrk54g) that I'm
> > > >moving ~14Gb of data between. Now, I don't expect the full 100Mb/s
> > > >throughput but it seems to be exceedingly slow. In about 12 hours, I've
> > > >moved around 1.9Gb which comes to about .337Mb/s.
> > > >
> > > >Any ideas what the problem might be?
> > > >
> > > >TIA,
> > > >David
> > >
> > > David,
> > >
> > > Your question comes up occasionally.  Copying files form one computer to another
> > > is a complex procedure, though it may not look that way to you.
> > >
> > > Please start with my article on diagnosing network problems.
> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
> > >
> > > Now if you have a WiFi network, are the computers connected by Ethernet, or
> > > WiFi?  If both are using WiFi, then you have a duplexing problem.  This is a
> > > relevant detail, which is needed immediately.
> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
> > >
> > > And, of course, whenever WiFi is involved, there will always be limitations.
> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html>
> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html
> > >
> > > Besides the physical connectivity possibilities, there are protocol problems,
> > > and possible performance problems on the computers themselves.  But as I like to
> > > diagnose problems in a layered sequence, let's concentrate on the physical
> > > network first.
> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One>
> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cheers,
> > > Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> > > Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> > > My        email         is          AT         DOT
> > >    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

On 9 Aug 2006 16:38:17 -0700, "David" <david***@gmail.com> wrote:

>David wrote:

>> David wrote:

>> > Chuck wrote:
>> > > On 9 Aug 2006 09:22:37 -0700, "David" <david***@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >I've got two XP machines on my home network (linksys wrk54g) that I'm
>> > > >moving ~14Gb of data between. Now, I don't expect the full 100Mb/s
>> > > >throughput but it seems to be exceedingly slow. In about 12 hours, I've
>> > > >moved around 1.9Gb which comes to about .337Mb/s.
>> > > >
>> > > >Any ideas what the problem might be?
>> > > >
>> > > >TIA,
>> > > >David
>> > >
>> > > David,
>> > >
>> > > Your question comes up occasionally.  Copying files form one computer to another
>> > > is a complex procedure, though it may not look that way to you.
>> > >
>> > > Please start with my article on diagnosing network problems.
>> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
>> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
>> > >
>> > > Now if you have a WiFi network, are the computers connected by Ethernet, or
>> > > WiFi?  If both are using WiFi, then you have a duplexing problem.  This is a
>> > > relevant detail, which is needed immediately.
>> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
>> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
>> > >
>> > > And, of course, whenever WiFi is involved, there will always be limitations.
>> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html>
>> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html
>> > >
>> > > Besides the physical connectivity possibilities, there are protocol problems,
>> > > and possible performance problems on the computers themselves.  But as I like to
>> > > diagnose problems in a layered sequence, let's concentrate on the physical
>> > > network first.
>> > > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One>
>> > > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#One

>> > Unbelievable...I just 're-connected' the computers (wirelessly) and
>> > find that I'm now on track to move 12+ Gb of data in < 2hrs! What's it
>> > take to predict throughput?!?!?
>> >
>> > So, it's interesting that I was having the problems wired but not
>> > wirelessly. I'll test the wired again after this transfer is complete
>> > and report back the findings.
>> >
>> > Geez!
>> >
>> > David

>> New observation: The files I'm moving are music files. I notice that
>> the time estimate for the transfer increases considerably when I start
>> WMP. Might this have been related to my problems? Mind you, the files
>> that were moving slowly were NOT being played but WMP was up and
>> running.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> David
>>

> I've confirmed that the problem is when I'm connected via Ethernet.
>Wirelessly, I'm fine.
>
>Any thoughts what it might be then?
>
>Thanks again,
>David