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by dfgconsulting

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Can someone verify or deny this for me? I was told that there is a 9Kbps cap on file transfers (over network or internet) in WinXP, but I can't find documentation on it anywhere!

I have XP Pro connected to the internet via wireless DSL (awesome on Win98SE, but I don't want to go back) with an Orinoco USB client, and it is dog-slow! Thanks

Daniel

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by saihib

802.11b is 11 Mbps and 802.11a is 54 Mbps. While these are theoretical maximumsf and your actual speed will be somewhat slower there's no way it could be that slow. Whoever told you that is flat out wrong.

by dfgconsulting

Well, even if they (multiple people) lied to me, the numbers aren't. I have 4 Win98 machines and 2 XP machines on the same network. The Win98s are working great, but the XPs just crawl, and they're the newest machines! If it's not a cap, there's something else buried deep.

by saihib

This sounds like a hardware issue. I could be wrong, but in my experience XP flies over WIN9X and WIN2K. What kind of hardware setup do you have? You've already stated that your XP machines are the newest, but what about the network hardware? We allknow Bill Gates introduces Beta products as retail, but this doesn't make any sense.

by dfgconsulting

I am using an Orinoco USB client that is connected directly to the wireless DSL antenna. If I plug it into an XP machine (for Internet Connection Sharing), the entire network (including the direct machine)has slow internet access. If I plug it into a Win98 machine (for ICS), all the Win98 machines are fast and the XP machines slow.

by saihib

I think I may have found a hint as to your performance problem:

Wireless networking devices
ORiNOCO wireless LAN card
Products: Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional only

Installing the utilities from the ORiNOCO Wireless LAN cardCD causes the Windows XP Wireless Configuration Service to run incorrectly.

The utilities interfere with the control of the card. The wireless configuration tab in the network properties does not display and the card does not configure automatically.

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:

Remove ORiNOCO Utilities through Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. Uninstall the ORiNOCO card using Device Manager.
To open Device Manager, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.

Reinstall the drivers to redetect the card through Scan for hardware changes in Device Manager or by restarting Windows XP.
Wireless LAN display messages
This information applies to wireless devices using the following standards:

IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet LAN standard
IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control authentication standard
If you use IEEE 802.11 wireless configuration andthe network authentication protocol IEEE 802.1X, user information and requests for action are displayed through balloon notifications in the taskbar notification area.

When you upgrade to Windows XP, check whether the network icon displays in thetaskbar notification area. If you do not see this icon, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Network and Internet Connections.
Click Network Connections.
Right-click the wireless connection, and then click Properties.
Click the General tab.
Click to select the Show icon in notification area when connected check box.
Apparently Orinoco and XP don't play well together

by dfgconsulting

I don't think that is the problem. I get slow transfers whether it is connected directly to the XP machine or connected to a Win98 machine with the XP accessing it over the network. XP is the only common denominator. For my network, I'm using Linksys wireless USB adapters. Even that shouldn't affect it because it was slow even before the network was up and XP was the only one with internet.

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