1394 Firewire Networking in windows XP : Problem w/ large files

[curious314159]

I just setup a PC to PC networking between two XP
machines. The connection seems to be there (400Mbs
networking, I can login, file sharing is in place etc.)
but the connection is

A) Slow
B) Flaky

I can transfer small images (~1MB), but
with large files (10MB+), a small portion is transfered
then connection hangs and eventually gets lost?
(network name no longer available type error messages).
What could be wrong? Any comments would be greatly
appreciated.

Ben

 

[REAF]

I just setup a PC to PC networking between two XP
machines. The connection seems to be there (400Mbs
networking, I can login, file sharing is in place etc.)
but the connection is

A) Slow
B) Flaky

I can transfer small images (~1MB), but
with large files (10MB+), a small portion is transfered
then connection hangs and eventually gets lost?
(network name no longer available type error messages).
What could be wrong? Any comments would be greatly
appreciated.

Ben

This is an interesting parallel to the problem I observe when using a
1Gb/s ethernet LAN connection (see my post: GB file transfers kill
1Gb/s LAN connection; comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows; message
<[email protected]>).

In my case the connection breaks down when I transfer (always only if
in one direction) files with a few GB whereas files of several tens of
MB size get across without problems. The otherwise apparently
identical behaviour with different physical channels may indicate,
that the bug underlying this failure might on reside in the higher
layers of the protocols or even the OS itself.

Being no solution to your problem my observations might provide a
pointer where to search for it.

Regards, Rainer Facius