Go into Device manager
Expand the Network Adapters ,click the + mark in front of the line.
R-click the nic and select properties.
Select the Advanced tab.
Scroll down and find Speed and Duplex.
Single click the line and in the drop down set it for 100Mbps Full duplex.
Full duplex is like a telephone, you can talk both dirctions at once. Half duplex is only one way at a time.
It wasn't exactly as described (things seldom are), but I got it done. I selected "100 Base TX Full Duplex". I'll assume that I have to restart the computer for this to take effect.
The choices were: 1&2) 100 Base TX Full /Half Duplex, 3&4) 10 Base T Full/Half Duplex, 5) Auto Negotiation.
I'll run a speed test in the morning after a restart. That won't happen tonight--too tired.
This seems to have helped somewhat, though my results are far from being consistent. Four tests this morning--d/l ranging from 1.35 to 3.75, u/l 1.91 to 2.55. Blazing right along.
I think much of the problem lies with my system as a whole. It's just too old and slow. My daughter claims that stone tablets were faster.
As I said, the system is older. It's been updated piece by piece, so there is no specific age. The last OS re-install was 2-3 years ago, I think. It's a dualboot system, with XP. I ran Belarc under W2K, which is my most used OS, so it does not mention XP.
The system specs, per Belarc, are below. I've deleted some things which aren't too important. It's certainly easier to read when Belarc presents it rather than when I copy and paste it into the forum.
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Operating System System Model
Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 (build 2195)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.47 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 7ZXE 1.x
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 62710 03/29/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
320.07 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
241.10 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-118L [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
EPSON Stylus COLOR 880 on USB001
EPSON Stylus Photo R300 Series on USB002
Foxit PDF Printer Driver on FOXIT_PDF
Windows NT Fax Driver on MSFAX:
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce 6200 [Display adapter]
Samsung SA300/SA350 [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n H9NB803001, August 2011)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
NEC USB Enhanced Host Controller
VIA USB Universal Host Controller (2x) Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Virus Protection [Back to Top] new Group Policies
No details available None discovered
Communications Other Devices
D-Link DFE-530TX+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev.F) #2
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.2.129 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.2.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.2.1
Physical Address: 00:13:46:78:1D:58
U.S. Robotics Wireless USB Adapter
Auto IP Address: 192.168.2.178 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.2.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.2.1
Physical Address: 00:C0:49:55:39:A6
Networking Dns Server: 192.168.2.1
Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer
HID-compliant consumer control device
USB Human Interface Device
CanoScan LiDE 30/N1240U
Intel PC Camera Pro
PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
HID-compliant mouse
NT Apm/Legacy Interface Node
Generic USB Hub (2x)
USB 2.0 Root Hub
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device (2x)
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (4x)
Right on both counts. It's an Athlon XP 1700 on a Socket A MB.
I downloaded and installed Everest Home v.1.10.106. I'm running it under W2K. Any newer version seemed to not like anything older than Windows XP. I'll d/l a newer version on the XP side of the system when I'm there next.
This tells me more than I think I'll ever want to know, and certainly more than I'll ever understand. Perhaps if you could tell me what I'm looking for...?
A different NIC? Don't think so. The only possibility is currently in my daughter's old tower, running W98. That one is significantly older than mine. It's not in active use, and I don't know whether I'd dare to remove the NIC. I have no idea what brand it is, only that it is older than mine. I vaguely remember installing it while she was still in school, so it's probably close to 15 years old.
Yes, I'm surrounded by Frys. There are 3 within about a 15 minute drive. It's a good store to browse in, not bad to buy things, if you know exactly what you want. However, I've learned to never ask a question there. The staff seldom knows the answer. Even buying you have to be careful, as many items have been returned from previous purchases and are therefore suspect.
The NIC card currently in my tower is one of the four shown in the Frys link.
A new install of XP? I last worked on the current XP install about a year and a half ago. I'm inclined to not mess with it now, for fear of harming it. The thread from that time:
I'm going to drop off for a day or so at this point while I install TurboTax. The updates on that always seem to take forever. I'll be doing taxes this weekend, mine and my daughter's. Always a stressful time.
I'll be back, maybe check in on a break from taxes.
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