Slow network browse

LolaRennt · 07-20-07, 10:59 AM

Hi,

I got an issue on my home network. Here is my setup:

1 laptop, winXP media center edition, 100 Mbps network card
1 desktop, winXP, 100 Mbps network card

topology:
DSL modem to router to 24 port gig switch
Both computers plugged into the gig switch

Both computers share the C drive (not as C$; I manually added another share). When browsing from one machine to the other (doesn't matter in which direction), the share is found, but it takes too long (1 minutes or more).

I disable simple file sharing on each machine.

Any idea why it takes so long? What could I do to optimize this? I know, I am plugging 100Mbps into a gig switch, but that should not be the case.

Thanks!

PS: does anybody know of a good "networking" website where I can read up on network setup, administration, user account management, security - all for the windows platform?

07-20-07, 10:59 AM	#1
LolaRennt Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 760	Slow network browse Hi, I got an issue on my home network. Here is my setup: 1 laptop, winXP media center edition, 100 Mbps network card 1 desktop, winXP, 100 Mbps network card topology: DSL modem to router to 24 port gig switch Both computers plugged into the gig switch Both computers share the C drive (not as C$; I manually added another share). When browsing from one machine to the other (doesn't matter in which direction), the share is found, but it takes too long (1 minutes or more). I disable simple file sharing on each machine. Any idea why it takes so long? What could I do to optimize this? I know, I am plugging 100Mbps into a gig switch, but that should not be the case. Thanks! PS: does anybody know of a good "networking" website where I can read up on network setup, administration, user account management, security - all for the windows platform? __________________ Der Ball ist rund.