File Transfers (Vista)

[shaft]

So I have a shared directory on my media center.

Why when I copy to that directory from my desktop pc it transfers at ~2MB/s
and when I copy from that same directory to my desktop pc it transfers at ~50MB/s


Ive gone to my media center pc and tried the same test copying to and from my desktop...same results.

why does it do this, and how do i fix it?

[shaft]

[AmIdYfReAk]

cat5e cables? what switch/hub/router are they plugged into? what cards are the computers running?

are they set to 100 full?

[shaft]

yes, gigabit, gigabit, yes?

look at the test...its the same on both pc's.

Also, if i map out a network drive it increases the "copy to" transfer speed by 3x, but its still 1/3 of what the "copy from" speed is. strange huh.

[^misantropia^]

http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/24/fix-to ... ta-faster/

[^misantropia^]

Oh, and this might apply to you as well: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931770

[AmIdYfReAk]

nice links Misa.....

Also, if those dont work out for you, try changing the modes of one or both computers to 100mbit full duplex.

[shaft]

Nones of those makes a difference ^misantropia^ , and the 2nd link doesn't apply. Thanks for trying though..ill keep searching.

amdy, changing the speed down to 100mbit on a gigabit connection cripples the speed even more.

[^misantropia^]

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/27/038227 - the comments contain some interesting observations.

[AmIdYfReAk]

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdo ... i=3233&p=2

[shaft]

pretty sure its a vista flaw. hopefully i see some change with sp1.