Network reports 10mps

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I have an old PC running as a server for 2/3 other PCs in the house.
Broadband, printers etc all connected to the server PC.
All machines are running XP Pro
Network is all running OK but the server PC reports a speed of only 10mps
whereas all the others are 100.
I have changed the network card for one that I know runs at 100, (tried in
another machine) but still no increase in speed.
Any ideas please

Thanks
Brian
 
As far as I'm aware XP uses its own drivers for the network cards. Certainly
it found the card and installed the driver OK on setup.
The other machines using the same cards are OK
Might be worth a try though
Thanks

Colin Barnhorst said:
Have you updated the driver for the card?


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briwy said:
I have an old PC running as a server for 2/3 other PCs in the house.
Broadband, printers etc all connected to the server PC.
All machines are running XP Pro
Network is all running OK but the server PC reports a speed of only 10mps
whereas all the others are 100.
I have changed the network card for one that I know runs at 100, (tried
in another machine) but still no increase in speed.
Any ideas please

Thanks
Brian
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It may have found a compatible driver, yes. The best driver, maybe not.
Have you checked for a later driver?

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briwy said:
As far as I'm aware XP uses its own drivers for the network cards.
Certainly it found the card and installed the driver OK on setup.
The other machines using the same cards are OK
Might be worth a try though
Thanks

Colin Barnhorst said:
Have you updated the driver for the card?


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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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briwy said:
I have an old PC running as a server for 2/3 other PCs in the house.
Broadband, printers etc all connected to the server PC.
All machines are running XP Pro
Network is all running OK but the server PC reports a speed of only
10mps whereas all the others are 100.
I have changed the network card for one that I know runs at 100, (tried
in another machine) but still no increase in speed.
Any ideas please

Thanks
Brian
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briwy wrote:
| I have an old PC running as a server for 2/3 other PCs in the house.
| Broadband, printers etc all connected to the server PC.
| All machines are running XP Pro
| Network is all running OK but the server PC reports a speed of only
| 10mps whereas all the others are 100.
| I have changed the network card for one that I know runs at 100,
| (tried in another machine) but still no increase in speed.
| Any ideas please
|
| Thanks
| Brian

Ten is all that you will get from the internet. Then 100 to/from each
PC.
 
briwy said:
As far as I'm aware XP uses its own drivers for the network cards. Certainly
it found the card and installed the driver OK on setup.
The other machines using the same cards are OK
Might be worth a try though
Thanks
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While WinXP may well have included generic network card drivers that
allowed the NIC to function, the drivers provided by the card's
manufacturer will almost always be more full-featured and provide better
and/or certainly more reliable performance.


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