Before reinstalling XP I was getting around 5MB/s. After my recent
reinstallation of XP Home I'm getting less than half of that.

The main PC is connected to a Netgear DG632 router on the USB.
A secondary computer is connected via the ethernet. This one
maintains the 5MB rate, which leads me to suspect the USB on the
main computer is the problem.

The ports are shown as:

1.  Standard Enhanced PCI to USB host controller

2.  Standard Open HCD host controller.

I suspect that the controller in 2. is USB-1 and is slowing down
the ADSL to the main computer.

If so, can it be 'upgraded' or reset to USB-2 ?

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On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:06:55 +0000, Afton 
wrote the following to uk.comp.misc:

> Before reinstalling XP I was getting around 5MB/s. After my recent
> reinstallation of XP Home I'm getting less than half of that.
>
> The main PC is connected to a Netgear DG632 router on the USB.
> A secondary computer is connected via the ethernet. This one
> maintains the 5MB rate, which leads me to suspect the USB on the
> main computer is the problem.
>
> The ports are shown as:
>
> 1.  Standard Enhanced PCI to USB host controller
>
> 2.  Standard Open HCD host controller.
>
> I suspect that the controller in 2. is USB-1 and is slowing down
> the ADSL to the main computer.
>
> If so, can it be 'upgraded' or reset to USB-2 ?

Better just to get a cheap ethernet card and a 100 Mbps switch (less than
£10 for the card and about £20 for the switch) one) and use that instead.
Having it set up like this also means you don't lose connectivity between
the 2 machines if the router freezes or needs rebooting. I've actually got 2
switches on my own network, one for the "upstairs" office and the other for
the "downstairs" PS2 and BT V-Box.

Might be an obvious question, but what happens when you disconnect the other
machine?

mh.
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On 9 Jan 2008 00:45:25 GMT, Marcus Houlden  wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:06:55 +0000, Afton 
>wrote the following to uk.comp.misc:
>
>> Before reinstalling XP I was getting around 5MB/s. After my recent
>> reinstallation of XP Home I'm getting less than half of that.
>>
>> The main PC is connected to a Netgear DG632 router on the USB.
>> A secondary computer is connected via the ethernet. This one
>> maintains the 5MB rate, which leads me to suspect the USB on the
>> main computer is the problem.
>>
>> The ports are shown as:
>>
>> 1.  Standard Enhanced PCI to USB host controller
>>
>> 2.  Standard Open HCD host controller.
>>
>> I suspect that the controller in 2. is USB-1 and is slowing down
>> the ADSL to the main computer.
>>
>> If so, can it be 'upgraded' or reset to USB-2 ?
>
>Better just to get a cheap ethernet card and a 100 Mbps switch (less than
>£10 for the card and about £20 for the switch) one) and use that instead.
>Having it set up like this also means you don't lose connectivity between
>the 2 machines if the router freezes or needs rebooting. I've actually got 2
>switches on my own network, one for the "upstairs" office and the other for
>the "downstairs" PS2 and BT V-Box.

You mean a switch connected to the (only) ethernet port on the modem/router,
then connect each computer to the switch?

If so, Damn!! I have a switch, but just yesterday evening I ordered a modem/
router with 4 ethernet ports... :o(( 

>Might be an obvious question, but what happens when you disconnect the other
>machine?

Hang about, Ill try it.

It's 2412 connected, 2397 disconnected. So no significant difference.

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Jock McSporran of McSporran