slow home net work

Hi ,
I have 3 pc and a hub one pc is use as a server to let the
other connect to the www and share mp3 file,printer ect.
1 works great but the other one when I try to play mp3 no
matter what software i use it will play stops and starts.

Have re-install network card chanded the flow ect.

Any Ideas please .

Regards..
Pete

Is the "stuttering" PC deficient in memory or CPU horsepower?

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"Pete Cramper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi ,
> I have 3 pc and a hub one pc is use as a server to let the
> other connect to the www and share mp3 file,printer ect.
> 1 works great but the other one when I try to play mp3 no
> matter what software i use it will play stops and starts.
>
> Have re-install network card chanded the flow ect.
>
> Any Ideas please .
>
> Regards..
> Pete

>-----Original Message-----
>Is the "stuttering" PC deficient in memory or CPU
horsepower?
>
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>Richard G. Harper ((E-Mail Removed)) MVP Win9x

No it's a pen2 333 with 128
and it's the same if I shut every-thing down.

Regards..
Pete

A P2/333 is pretty marginal for any kind of multimedia playback. If you
copy the file to your local hard drive and then try to play it, does it
still "stutter"?

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"Pete Cramper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is the "stuttering" PC deficient in memory or CPU
> horsepower?
> >
> >--
> >Richard G. Harper ((E-Mail Removed)) MVP Win9x
>
> No it's a pen2 333 with 128
> and it's the same if I shut every-thing down.
>
> Regards..
> Pete
>
>

>-----Original Message-----
>A P2/333 is pretty marginal for any kind of multimedia
playback. If you
>copy the file to your local hard drive and then try to
play it, does it
>still "stutter"?
>
>--
>Richard G. Harper ((E-Mail Removed)) MVP Win9x

No it not just media it's any kind of large file's,one of
the other pc's on the network is only a 233 and that can
cope Ok.But the answer to your question is no.is's Ok if
on local drive.

Pete

Okay, that rules that out. How does the system perform when copying large
files from the "server", especially when compared to the other system that
seems to work well? If the two systems copy files at the same speed you
probably don't have an actual network problem, but if the "stuttering"
system is much slower you may need to look at problems with the network
card, cabling, etc.

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"Pete Cramper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >A P2/333 is pretty marginal for any kind of multimedia
> playback. If you
> >copy the file to your local hard drive and then try to
> play it, does it
> >still "stutter"?
> >
> >--
> >Richard G. Harper ((E-Mail Removed)) MVP Win9x
>
> No it not just media it's any kind of large file's,one of
> the other pc's on the network is only a 233 and that can
> cope Ok.But the answer to your question is no.is's Ok if
> on local drive.
>
> Pete

>-----Original Message-----
>Okay, that rules that out. How does the system perform
when copying large
>files from the "server", especially when compared to the
other system that
>seems to work well? If the two systems copy files at the
same speed you
>probably don't have an actual network problem, but if
the "stuttering"
>system is much slower you may need to look at problems
with the network
>card, cabling, etc.
>

Ok, after reading other posts I done some tests and it is
only the one machine and only on receiving files over the
network it can send ok.

It's ok over the "www" .

A 429kb file 29 seconds compared to the rest of the
machine's on the network 2 seconds.

Thing to date:
Removed all of network neighbourhood
changed network card
checked setting.
Changed network cable

Is info stored reg/setting about network neighbourhood
that may need removing to start a fresh ?

Pete

Wow. Quite honestly you've stumped me here. It's odd that it can send a
file without problems. What happens if you try to "send" a file to it -
that is, go to the server, map a drive to the "stuttering" PC, then move or
copy the file from the server to the problem PC?

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"Pete Cramper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Okay, that rules that out. How does the system perform
> when copying large
> >files from the "server", especially when compared to the
> other system that
> >seems to work well? If the two systems copy files at the
> same speed you
> >probably don't have an actual network problem, but if
> the "stuttering"
> >system is much slower you may need to look at problems
> with the network
> >card, cabling, etc.
> >
>
> Ok, after reading other posts I done some tests and it is
> only the one machine and only on receiving files over the
> network it can send ok.
>
> It's ok over the "www" .
>
> A 429kb file 29 seconds compared to the rest of the
> machine's on the network 2 seconds.
>
> Thing to date:
> Removed all of network neighbourhood
> changed network card
> checked setting.
> Changed network cable
>
> Is info stored reg/setting about network neighbourhood
> that may need removing to start a fresh ?
>
> Pete
>

>-----Original Message-----
>Wow. Quite honestly you've stumped me here. It's odd
that it can send a
>file without problems. What happens if you try to "send"
a file to it -
>that is, go to the server, map a drive to
the "stuttering" PC, then move or
>copy the file from the server to the problem PC?
>

Yes it stutted from maped drives.

It's not the answer :

Done a big back up soft/files/ect. wiped out windows re-
installed windows and soft/ect and now working fine .

Just wish we could have sorted it some other way but some-
time only a new install will do .

One or two wee jobs left to do but thats life :-))

Thanks for all your help Richard

Pete

Sorry I couldn't do more.

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"Pete Cramper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:09f901c3a863$14f0a610$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Wow. Quite honestly you've stumped me here. It's odd
> that it can send a
> >file without problems. What happens if you try to "send"
> a file to it -
> >that is, go to the server, map a drive to
> the "stuttering" PC, then move or
> >copy the file from the server to the problem PC?
> >
>
> Yes it stutted from maped drives.
>
> It's not the answer :
>
> Done a big back up soft/files/ect. wiped out windows re-
> installed windows and soft/ect and now working fine .
>
> Just wish we could have sorted it some other way but some-
> time only a new install will do .
>
> One or two wee jobs left to do but thats life :-))
>
> Thanks for all your help Richard
>
> Pete
>