I've set up a small 4 computer home network sharing an internet connection
with a broadband router. All the computers see eachother on the network, but
accessing the shared contents on one system from another is excrutiatingly
slow. Whenever I open the window to see all the computers within the
workgroup, it takes a good 3 or 4 minutes to finally show all the computers.
I have played games over this network with what appears to be no speed
problems, does anyone have any idea of what this might be? thanks.

On Wed, 4 May 2005 02:23:12 -0600, "Andy White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've set up a small 4 computer home network sharing an internet connection
>with a broadband router. All the computers see eachother on the network, but
>accessing the shared contents on one system from another is excrutiatingly
>slow. Whenever I open the window to see all the computers within the
>workgroup, it takes a good 3 or 4 minutes to finally show all the computers.
>I have played games over this network with what appears to be no speed
>problems, does anyone have any idea of what this might be? thanks.

A hint as to the operating systems in use would have been helpful, as one
possibility is you have a mix of default protocols in use.

Do you use an LMHOSTS file?

"daytripper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 May 2005 02:23:12 -0600, "Andy White" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>I've set up a small 4 computer home network sharing an internet connection
>>with a broadband router. All the computers see eachother on the network,
>>but
>>accessing the shared contents on one system from another is excrutiatingly
>>slow. Whenever I open the window to see all the computers within the
>>workgroup, it takes a good 3 or 4 minutes to finally show all the
>>computers.
>>I have played games over this network with what appears to be no speed
>>problems, does anyone have any idea of what this might be? thanks.
>
> A hint as to the operating systems in use would have been helpful, as one
> possibility is you have a mix of default protocols in use.
>
> Do you use an LMHOSTS file?

Oh my gosh, I can't believe that I forgot to mention that.. It's XP Home on
all.. and as for your question, I do not know, I'll have to research that
and get back to you.

"Andy White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "daytripper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Wed, 4 May 2005 02:23:12 -0600, "Andy White" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I've set up a small 4 computer home network sharing an internet
connection
> >>with a broadband router. All the computers see eachother on the network,
> >>but
> >>accessing the shared contents on one system from another is
excrutiatingly
> >>slow. Whenever I open the window to see all the computers within the
> >>workgroup, it takes a good 3 or 4 minutes to finally show all the
> >>computers.
> >>I have played games over this network with what appears to be no speed
> >>problems, does anyone have any idea of what this might be? thanks.
> >
> > A hint as to the operating systems in use would have been helpful, as
one
> > possibility is you have a mix of default protocols in use.
> >
> > Do you use an LMHOSTS file?
>
> Oh my gosh, I can't believe that I forgot to mention that.. It's XP Home
on
> all.. and as for your question, I do not know, I'll have to research that
> and get back to you.
>
>

I believe that a LMHOSTS file is in use although it had a file extenstion..

There is no problem, because MS get rid of netbios in XP discovery process
takes more time.
To speed up try \\<ip_address>\share in run.. from start, or create map
network drive.

Hristo
http://hristo.no-ip.info

"Andy White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Andy White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >
> > "daytripper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > On Wed, 4 May 2005 02:23:12 -0600, "Andy White"
<(E-Mail Removed)>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >>I've set up a small 4 computer home network sharing an internet
> connection
> > >>with a broadband router. All the computers see eachother on the
network,
> > >>but
> > >>accessing the shared contents on one system from another is
> excrutiatingly
> > >>slow. Whenever I open the window to see all the computers within the
> > >>workgroup, it takes a good 3 or 4 minutes to finally show all the
> > >>computers.
> > >>I have played games over this network with what appears to be no speed
> > >>problems, does anyone have any idea of what this might be? thanks.
> > >
> > > A hint as to the operating systems in use would have been helpful, as
> one
> > > possibility is you have a mix of default protocols in use.
> > >
> > > Do you use an LMHOSTS file?
> >
> > Oh my gosh, I can't believe that I forgot to mention that.. It's XP Home
> on
> > all.. and as for your question, I do not know, I'll have to research
that
> > and get back to you.
> >
> >
>
> I believe that a LMHOSTS file is in use although it had a file
extenstion..
>
>