What The Crap???

Homie · May 31, 2007, 05:09 PM

Tell me how this makes any sense, because to me it's backwards:
I can download a 40 minute video file from the web in about 15 minutes, but it takes about 50 minutes to transfer THAT SAME video file from one computer to another on my home network??? Makes no sense. Transferring a file 3 feet on my LAN (Local Area Network) takes about 4 to 5 times as long as transferring it from a computer that's God knows how far away.

Can any computer wizzes tell me how to transfer files on my computer network faster, because there has to be a way. The theoretical top speed on my network card is 100 Mbit/s, and the top speed on my internet (ISP) is 2 Mbit/s. So I know the local area network has to be faster.

Narz · May 31, 2007, 05:40 PM

I can't help you but just wanted to say the thread titlte rocks hard.

P.S. : You might want to ask the mods to move this to the "Computer Talk" subforum.

BCLG100 · May 31, 2007, 05:42 PM

each comp has their own firewall set up slowing it down? i dont really know

Homie · May 31, 2007, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narz

I can't help you but just wanted to say the thread titlte rocks hard.

P.S. : You might want to ask the mods to move this to the "Computer Talk" subforum.

Thank you, I worked long and hard on the title

Anyways, someone must have a clue, or else I'll be forced to figure it out myself.

Narz · May 31, 2007, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Homie

Anyways, someone must have a clue, or else I'll be forced to figure it out myself.

Good luck, that having to figure it out yourself stuff is the worst!

JollyRoger · May 31, 2007, 06:41 PM

The computer on the left is slowing down the transfer process. Lefties are lazy.
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Whomp · May 31, 2007, 06:41 PM

Moderator Action: Thread moved to computer talk

Homie · May 31, 2007, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JollyRoger

The computer on the left is slowing down the transfer process. Lefties are lazy.

Hehe, so true. (I understand it was a joke on the behalf of my avatar and title, but I choose to take what you said literally, its funnier that way,

)

SG-17 · May 31, 2007, 08:14 PM

Use a flash drive to move it.

Speedo · May 31, 2007, 08:27 PM

Could be a firewall, antivirus, horribly fragmented HDD, lots of things. Very hard to diagnose without sitting in front of the box(es) in question. But it's almost definetly an issue with one of the PCs... though it might be an extremely crappy router.

Macha · Jun 01, 2007, 01:55 PM

Most connections have slower upload than download e.g. my 1mb internet connection is 1mb down and 128k up

Homie · Jun 01, 2007, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedo

Could be a firewall, antivirus, horribly fragmented HDD, lots of things. Very hard to diagnose without sitting in front of the box(es) in question. But it's almost definetly an issue with one of the PCs... though it might be an extremely crappy router.

None of those things would explain why I can download from the internet really fast, but cannot transfer on my own LAN very fast. Because I can download from the internet fast from both computers, which are hooked up to the same hub, leading to the router. My description rules out HDD problems, firewall; and likelyhood of it being a virus is pretty slim. I'm pretty sure I don't have a virus.

Homie · Jun 01, 2007, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyf12

Most connections have slower upload than download e.g. my 1mb internet connection is 1mb down and 128k up

I'm not uploading the file through the internet, but through my LAN, so the upload limit from my ISP does not apply.

Speedo · Jun 01, 2007, 08:08 PM

Might give this a try: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315237

Homie · Jun 02, 2007, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedo

Might give this a try: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315237

Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

Macha · Jun 19, 2007, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Homie

I'm not uploading the file through the internet, but through my LAN, so the upload limit from my ISP does not apply.

Your LAN may be the same if it's going through the same router.

warpus · Jun 19, 2007, 04:13 PM

Set up an FTP server on one of the machines and connect using local IP.

See how that goes..

Macha · Jun 21, 2007, 03:07 PM

That's a lot of effort to transfer oone file (easier to just buy a flash drive)

warpus · Jun 23, 2007, 02:40 AM

Setting up an ftp server is a lot of effort?

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