[your_gothic]

I am getting extremely slow network performance from yesterday, and all of a sudden. I am connecting to a WinXP machine, the file transfer is slow, accessing files and folders is relatively fast but there is some slight stutter while exploring, right clicking takes a while, and accessing it via remote desktop software UltraVNC is slow as well.

I don't know what happened. I have restarted both the computers. I checked all my NIC settings. I can access it fine via another PC running Vista. So it is a problem on my end. I am fairly sure it is not my NIC. Internet/Downloading is fine. It's just the damn network. I haven't changed anything.

So far i have tried:
- Restart both PCs.
- Restarting modem
- Uninstalling - Reinstalling NIC (this is not the problem because i am facing the problem with both NIC and wireless)
- Disabling Autotuning, and Remote Differential Compression

Please help! How can something break without even doing anything to it! Argh, stupid Windows!

[SideSwipe]

you sure you didn't somehow end up with Vista? cuz that sounds like a Vista issue! you sure you checked all the settings in the device manager/driver section/s? Perhaps a particular software, often antivirus or security application will cause a slow down

[your_gothic]

Um...it's working...now. Suddenly. Without me doing anything. Win 7 surely is moody. Now stay that way, you!

@Ss- I did check everything. Disabled Nod, firewall, router firewall. Hell, even UPnP. Nothing worked. But apparently, as we found out later on, you do nothing to make it work.

[your_gothic]

Ok no...weird. It was working fine, till i opened UltraVNC. Now it's back to being slow. Hmm...

Edit:
Deleted UltraVNC. Now accessing files and folders, which were fast enough, are slow too! Everything even is slower! Wtf is going on...

This post has been edited by your_gothic: 10 July 2009 - 05:25 PM

[SideSwipe]

perhaps not everything from UltraVNC was deleted. Maybe need to remove registry links, etc..?

[your_gothic]

I use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall programs. It cleans registry and left over files/folders. I don't think its UltraVNC either. Something worked...then it had a change of heart. This is seriously weird.

[mashakos]

your_gothic said:

I use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall programs. It cleans registry and left over files/folders. I don't think its UltraVNC either. Something worked...then it had a change of heart. This is seriously weird.

you know what, that was not very smart. Never use a registry/component install editor on a version of windows that has not officially been released yet.

[your_gothic]

Uh, what? It cleans registry links, files and folders of an uninstalled program. Just like doing a clean install of your graphics card drivers. It's safe. Been using on Vista and Win 7 from the beginning. Never had a problem.

Anyway, that's certainly not the problem. Help!

[SideSwipe]

Could be an actual Windows7 problem/bug. I have a similar issue with Wifi on Vista, it's extremely slow yet none of the fixes I have found via google or Microsoft's knowledge base has solved or helped fix this!

[your_gothic]

Hmm. But how could the bug just suddenly be triggered? It was fine just yesterday...weird.

[mashakos]

your_gothic said:

Uh, what? It cleans registry links, files and folders of an uninstalled program. Just like doing a clean install of your graphics card drivers. It's safe. Been using on Vista and Win 7 from the beginning. Never had a problem.

Anyway, that's certainly not the problem. Help!

new windows = new registry structure, which gets ****ed by programs designed for older windows versions. Can't believe you didn't at least guess that.

[your_gothic]

Well, it is Vista compatible. Should be fine for Win 7 too. And it is, for me and for plenty of other people. I really don't think it caused any problems.

[your_gothic]

Update on my problem:
It's the bloody router. I think. I have 3 pcs connected to it. Mine, the XP machine and my bros. Now, if i remove the lan wire of my bros pc from the router, the network access becomes normal! If i plug it back in, it becomes slow again. It does not matter if my bros PC is turned on or not. Just the presence of a 3rd lan wire complicates my connection. I have tried this 4-5 times.

So is it the router? I would say yes, but my brother has no such problem. He can access and view files normally. So it's a combination of Win 7 and my router that's creating the problem. Maybe you guys have an idea?

[Ozimandius]

Maybe it's just his NIC thats flooding the rest of the network with packets?

[your_gothic]

darthoz said:

Maybe it's just his NIC thats flooding the rest of the network with packets?

Umm, even if it's turned off? I posted that message at around 3am, he was sound asleep by then, his PC turned off.

The thing is...it didn't happen before. It broke without any reason!

[magnum]

I think there might be problem in your router, check the connection and try out to ping it.

[your_gothic]

magnum said:

I think there might be problem in your router, check the connection and try out to ping it.

I have checked connections. I have replaced the ethernet cables of mine and my bro's PCs to no avail. How do i ping to my router?

[your_gothic]

I want to go back to my old router. This is the one:
USRobotics Support: Model 9106 - 9106: Middle East and North Africa

Will it work with the Fiber crap Etisults have installed?

[crom2k1]

Yes, try using your old router w/ the FTTH router.

1) Connect your old router to the FTTH router tru their 1st socket.
2) Configure your router to bridge the connection. (disable ppoe/ppoa)
3) Plug your PCs on your old router.

* This is not the perfect solution to your problem. But this will probably work.

This post has been edited by crom2k1: 28 July 2009 - 06:35 AM