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by paladin46

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I have a small network at home consisting of a cable modem feeding into a Netopia R910 router which is chained to a SMC 10/100 8 port hub which has 1 Win2k server and 3 Win2k workstations attached. All data is kept on the server and file access is very slow. The built in hub on the Netopia is 10Mb, which is why I have the server and workstations attached to the 100Mb hub. Only protocol running is TCP/IP, all machines are high end and have static IP addresses. Any ideas?

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by faisalmasood

Do u have any any name resolution method running on server. (DNS / WINS). Make sure TCPIP settings are correct.

by paladin46

I have gone through all the TCP/IP settings, including WINS and DNS which are running on my server. I don't think that's the problem.

by ttrinh

Some hubs are not capable of independent speed, so when you hook it to a slower hub/router, it automatically downgrade itself to the same slower speed. Try to disconnect the router from the hub and observe for speed improvement. If it is confirmed, then you could hook your router to the win2000 server, then configure your server as default gateway for all stations.

Hope it works for you

Tuan

by ciscofred

I also have a lan at my house. I don't have a router, but i am using ICS on my 2000 computer. I have a D-link 10 mb 12 port hub and total of 3 computer on my home lan. I was getting poor network performance on my hub. So i went out and got a 5 port d-link switch so i can do full duplex. Much faster lan speeds and i don't loose any data packets like before.

by paladin46

I purchased a Linksys 16 port workgroup switch. Unbelieveable difference in performance! My server and three PCs are now running 100Mb full duplex. Thanks juice007.

by alon

Have you tried using Netbeui as a secondary protocol? I use Netbui for file and print sharing on my home lan. I have my DSL going into a Linksys DSL Router then I have linked to a Netgear 10/100 Dual Speed Hub.

Without netbeui, My lan was horribly slow. Since I added it, it sped up tremendously. One protocol for the Internet, one for The Local Lan. Works nicely for me.

Try and see if it works for you too.

Alon

by chris hirst

as from answer 1, the problem maybe related to WINS\DNS you say you have checked the settings, I am assuming that you have a DNS zone set up correctly ( it is very easy to misconfigure it) and all the machines appear in the WINS database with all the correct IP,s against them. Do the DNS\WINS settings on the client machines point to the server, or if you have set up DHCP then have the DNS\WINS server IP,s been added into the scope. To check if the clients are seeing the correct DNS\WINS settings type ipconfig /all into a command window and you will see all the settings on that client m\c

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