Network issue

I'm having an issue with my home p2p network. My setup: 3 xp home, 1
linspire linux, and a newly built vista ultimate. I also have an lan-server
enclosure with a 250 gig drive used for backup. I can read and write to the
shares on all each machine. My problem is, from the vista machine I can see
the lan-server but it takes an extremely long time for a file (a mp3 for
instance) to open. That is if it opens. Sometimes the system freezes and I
have to power off.

I hope I'm making some kind of sense.

David

What OS is the server running? How fast is the server's hardware? Is any of
your network hardware gigabit?

I know Vista has some network issues but I'm not a network guy so not sure
what to tell you...I've heard MS is working on it.

I have no issues reaching either a 2003 Server or the Windows Home Server
CTP, on a 100Mbps wired and wireless network.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"BkStCrawler" <daerob@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having an issue with my home p2p network. My setup: 3 xp home, 1
> linspire linux, and a newly built vista ultimate. I also have an
> lan-server enclosure with a 250 gig drive used for backup. I can read and
> write to the shares on all each machine. My problem is, from the vista
> machine I can see the lan-server but it takes an extremely long time for a
> file (a mp3 for instance) to open. That is if it opens. Sometimes the
> system freezes and I have to power off.
>
> I hope I'm making some kind of sense.
>
> David

Dana,

Thanks for the reply. Sorry if I didn't make myself clear, but as I stated
in the original post, it, the lan-server is an external drive enclosure with
a 250 gig hard drive.

I can see and write to the drive sometimes. When a file, that I click, opens
it's very slow ( like 2 or 3 minutes). Other time the system will freeze and
the only way to recover is to power off. I have the lan-server set up with a
static ip address as suggested in it's documentation.

Also, I'm not seeing this issue with xp or linux and I don't have a problem
vista and the xp or linux systems. My network hardware is a Trendnet
wired/wireless router and an 8 port linksys switch and the lan-server drive
is hooked into the router.

David


"Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@scriptpro.com> wrote in message
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> What OS is the server running? How fast is the server's hardware? Is any
> of your network hardware gigabit?
>
> I know Vista has some network issues but I'm not a network guy so not sure
> what to tell you...I've heard MS is working on it.
>
> I have no issues reaching either a 2003 Server or the Windows Home Server
> CTP, on a 100Mbps wired and wireless network.
>
> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
>
> "BkStCrawler" <daerob@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:A49958FE-5001-44EE-A45A-2657E0FDF7FF@microsoft.com...
>> I'm having an issue with my home p2p network. My setup: 3 xp home, 1
>> linspire linux, and a newly built vista ultimate. I also have an
>> lan-server enclosure with a 250 gig drive used for backup. I can read and
>> write to the shares on all each machine. My problem is, from the vista
>> machine I can see the lan-server but it takes an extremely long time for
>> a file (a mp3 for instance) to open. That is if it opens. Sometimes the
>> system freezes and I have to power off.
>>
>> I hope I'm making some kind of sense.
>>
>> David
>
>