Hi
I have a problem with my machine communicating with the network i.e. it is s-l-o-w. My machine is a Dell Dimension 2350 running XP (SP1), with 256MB RAM. The network card is a Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC and came pre-installed.
Other machines on the network are not experiencing any problems communicating. The most noticeable effect is when Using Pegasus Mail. All mail is downloaded via my machine then pushed onto a server. When I close the New Mail window on my machine it takes approximately 1 second for each message to be transferred. When I perform the same action on another machine (Win98/2000), the process is almost instant regardless of how many messages need to be transferred.
I have looked at the NIC in Device Manager and there are no conflicts reported and the device is working properly.
Each computer connects to the network via a switch and patch panel using CAT5 cabling (recently installed and tested). The network does not have any remote connections.
Any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this problem?