Two Computers, Two Interweb Speeds

[BETTEH]

So the other day I attempted to host up a Zero Gear server, and came across an odd problem.

On my normal PC I get roughly 50mbps down, and 10mbps up. When the other computer is connected it gets 10mbps down and 276kbps up. A few things I tried was updating the firmware for my linksys router and a different cord. Both to no avail. I am thinking about throwing in a NIC card for it although its a rather old PC running on XP, anyone have any suggestions for a cheap card or perhaps any other trouble shooting ideas?

[Gizanked]

What slots do yo gabba have to install a card? Pci or pciexpress?

[BETTEH]

A quick check of the model number gave me specs. Weeeeee


http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/10090 ... 3sp2.shtml

[Boss Llama]

The first test, to determine if it's the computer or the network equipment, is just to switch which cable is plugged in to which computer. If it reverses the problem it's the networking hardware, if it retains the problem it's the computer. My guess is that it's the computer.

If you're running the linked box stock, it has a number of things that might be limiting it. The most obvious/likely in my mind is that its old 10/100 NIC card might be set to only operate at 10mbps speed. The NIC might have to be manually compelled to use the higher speed option, though I don't know how to do that specifically. Start hunting in Control Panel in the networking options. Less likely but possible is that it may be bottlenecking on the RAM, as 2GB might not be enough to give the cache needed for higher speed networking while still running the computer and the game. The FSB might also not be able to handle the data load, though I believe that issue is generally a thing of the more distant past.

[Gizanked]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003CFATNI

I think it is also the same price on Newegg with free shipping.

[BETTEH]

Tried the same cord i use for my current PC and recieved the same speeds, went ahead and grabbed that card giz. Thanks again, we shall know soon if we can have a stable 16 man zero gear server.