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i am a beginner at networking.
I bought a broadband router to route my 1mb connection to two computers but when they are connected the internet on both of them runs at like slower then 56k.
I did nothing to any settings whn connecting them i just pluged them in. Are there any settings i am ment to adjust to fix this?
Or how could i fix it so both computers run at 500k each as i am on a 1mb connection?
Thank You
So your broadband comes into the router, and you have both pcs connected to that router? Or do you have a different configuration?
How have you measured the slowness?
Have you done some proper tests? here is a speed test that is not affiliated to any one provider
What is the model number of the modem, the router and what type of broadband is it?
yeh modem to router router to both pc's
just opening web pages and stuff goes incrediably slow!!
and its adsl?, cable?, isp is? speed test results are?
Need INFO.
What kind of router are you using??
How are the PC's plugged into it?
What OS on the PC's?
Are they getting IP's from the router through DHCP or are they hard coded?
Shot in the dark: Are you using any file sharing programs and alowing others to upload from you? If so this can just kill your connection as the upload speeds are often capped at a fraction of the download speed.
I am not familar with this hardcoded thing u speak of i am only a beginner i have a motorola sb4100 surfboad modem. It is 1mb cable connection supplied by telewest blueyonder and my router is a "Mentor ADSL/CABLE Broadband Router.
ok did you set up the router when you got it? Usually you open it by going to http://192.168.0.1 in internet explorer.
If there is an option for the router to do dhcp, check it. Apply and restart the router using the buttons on the web page.
Restart both computers.
Now about the last question ILTU asked, do you have filesharing?
no i didnt do that with the router and yeh i wanna file share between computers but i dont know how to
I believe he was refering to pier 2 pier sharing, like kazaa, morpheous, bear share, imesh etc... if that's running on 1 of the two systems, you can kiss most of your speed good bye.Quote:
Originally Posted by djspitfire
djspitfire, I am pretty sure that the router came with an instruction manual, maybe it is on a cd, but it definitely has a userguide on how to set it up. May I suggest you do some basic reading before posting again.
We are still outstanding a speed test result from the link I posted.
I have read the manual it has not helped at all.
Now this is staring to do my head in i have no idea what im doing with this router.
I have pluged both pcs into the router and the interent wont load on either of em???
:(
OK, what did the manual say about setting up the router?
if you have MR4A/UK (check on the bottom of it) then this is the manual for it.
hi i contacted the people who sold me the router and they have quided me through it
both computers now have the internet.
I now need to know how to share files.
I have taken a file and placed it in shared documents but when i open shared documents on the other pc the file is not in there.
ok are these both XP pc's?
Need to know what operating system is on each of the computers 98, 2000, XP, ME?).
What did you do to fix the issue with internet?
Hi they are XP Home and XP Pro
I contacted the supplyers and they simply guided me though step by step how to install the network. Thus fixin my internet problems
:)
OK, what you must now do is write down in a way you can understand, what they told you to do, so that if the worst happened, you can do it again.
Now, filesharing. To enable each computer to share each others files, they must have permission to do so.
In xp pro you have two choices. The guest account - an insecure account that requires no login, but does enable the shared folders to be read.
The better way is to do the following
Assuming that your two machines have names, lets say Beavis and Butthead.
Beavis has two accounts, Beavis and a new one you must create, call Butthead.
Same goes for Butthead, it must also have an account called Beavis.
XP works better if both of those Accounts have passwords.
When you have set both those up, you should check the my network places (may need a reboot, and can take up to 12 minutes to show up). In there you should see an icon for Beavis and and Icon for Butthead. They both should show both computers.
XP has an automatic shared directory, which you have found, but you were looking on your own machines shared directory, not the other machine.
So to look at the other machine's shared directory, you double click the other machines name. If you are Beavis, double click Butthead. This should then show you the shared directory. Double click to look in there.
OK, so you want more shares, that's pretty easy. Right click on a folder you want to share, click sharing. Click make new share (always do this even when there seems to be a share there already). Name your share. A hand will appear under which ever directory you shared. Then the other machine will be able to see that share.
Get that far, and post with your progress, ok?