On 13 Oct 00, at 13:30, Doyle Hirsch wrote: > Fellow Listers: > > I have a small(3 computers)home network set up using a 5-Port > Linksys Workgroup Hub. Each computer has its own IP address. I am > also connected to a cable modem. The networking "guru" at the > office said I need to switch my protocol from TCP/IP to NETBEUI to > prevent intrusion from people on my local node(I have file and > print sharing enabled). I've started noticing slowdowns in file > transfers between the computers. Is is safe to return to TCP/IP? I > use Zone Alarm as my firewall. > > Doyle Hirsch > ofw2is @ hotmail.com On such a small network, NetBEUI may actually be faster than TCP/IP. Sq while you could "return to TCP/IP", I don't have a lot of confidence that that will fix your problem. When you notice slowdowns, are the always between the same pairs of machines? When I have seen cases like this (more than once...), it has been traced to excessive error retransmits due to damaged cables. David G PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html