On 30 Jul 2002, at 11:18, Paul Santschi wrote:

>   I have a 266 pentium hooked up to a network. We have a fixed
> wireless internet connection at 256k. All other computers on
> network can access at speeds of close to 256 but this one only gets
> a maximum of 35k. Has a 3Com 10/100 card. I have replaced the card,
> deleted and reinstalled al network drivers and still no
> improvement. It appears this computer has never run fast through
> the network. It is slow getting data off of the server also. Have
> also tried new cable and plugged into new port on switch. I have
> looked at the motherboard  on one of the other boxes that are
> identical and can't see any differences in jumpers.  Any ideas?
> Help, I'm going bald trying to figure this out.

  What kind of switch is it?  How is the switch port configured:
10/100/auto, full-duples/half-/auto?  No hubs anywhere?
  Have you tried replacing the cable?  (I know, it sounds dumb, but
Cat-5 cables aren't nearly as robust as people treat them, and I've
had poor network performance go away when faulty cables were replaced
on SEVERAL occasions.)

David Gillett

            Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to
                    Digest mode - visit our web site:
                   http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml