I have three machines on a home network. All have Intel 10/100 NIC's hooked up to a 5 port Netgear switch.
This problem /just/ started this week. Everything had been working fine until then.
Machine 1: WinME
Machine 2: Win2K
Machine 3: Win2K
Switch: Auto-sensing Netgear 5 port. All ports indicate 100Mb.
The problem is this:
I can transfer files from Machine 2 to Machine 3 and back again with no problem. I can transfer files from Machine 1 to Machine 2 or 3 with no problems as well. However, I can not transfer files from Machine 2 or 3 to Machine 1.
I shouldn't say "cannot." Rather, I have a 12 meg file that I've been using to test transfers between the machines. When I try to transfer this file from Machine 2 or 3 to Machine 1, it takes upwards of 40 minutes to transfer the complete file. This is obviously not right. The transfer of the same file between Machine 2 and Machine 3 takes about 4 seconds I'd guess.
So what's going on? Why would transfers from Machine 1 to Machine 2 and 3 be ok (about 4 seconds to transfer a 12 meg file) but any transfer /to/ Machine 1 basicly doesn't work?
Additional info:
I forgot to add what I've done so far:
1. Swapped out the network card on machine 1.
2. Tried different ports on the switch.
3. Tried different network cable on different ports on the switch.
No change in the behavior of Machine 1 with any of those tests.
This problem /just/ started this week. Everything had been working fine until then.
Machine 1: WinME
Machine 2: Win2K
Machine 3: Win2K
Switch: Auto-sensing Netgear 5 port. All ports indicate 100Mb.
The problem is this:
I can transfer files from Machine 2 to Machine 3 and back again with no problem. I can transfer files from Machine 1 to Machine 2 or 3 with no problems as well. However, I can not transfer files from Machine 2 or 3 to Machine 1.
I shouldn't say "cannot." Rather, I have a 12 meg file that I've been using to test transfers between the machines. When I try to transfer this file from Machine 2 or 3 to Machine 1, it takes upwards of 40 minutes to transfer the complete file. This is obviously not right. The transfer of the same file between Machine 2 and Machine 3 takes about 4 seconds I'd guess.
So what's going on? Why would transfers from Machine 1 to Machine 2 and 3 be ok (about 4 seconds to transfer a 12 meg file) but any transfer /to/ Machine 1 basicly doesn't work?
Additional info:
I forgot to add what I've done so far:
1. Swapped out the network card on machine 1.
2. Tried different ports on the switch.
3. Tried different network cable on different ports on the switch.
No change in the behavior of Machine 1 with any of those tests.