Small Windows XP LAN problem

[muhaha]

Hello,

Got one unindentified problem on a setup that goes as follows:

5-port 10/100 switch.
3 WinXP's, one of them acts as ICS and file server.
Each has identical connection options (100tx full duplex, 128 r/t
buffers), and protocols installed:
client for microsoft networks,
file and printer sharing for microsoft networks,
internet protocol (tcp/ip with netbios over tcp enabled).

The problem shows itself only when i try to open a program on a file
server from another workstation that loads couple of 1000's of files
from the server but not if i copy large files from/to the server.

I've read that disabling tcp and installing pure netbeui might help
with the small files ovehead, does that make sense - especially if i
intend to continue providing the internet connection using ICS on the
file server ?

Otherwise bandwidth goes from 7.2MB (task manager) to 10.5 (AIDA32)
for large files.

?

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

try to setup half duplex.

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"muhaha" > wrote in message
om...
> Hello,
>
> Got one unindentified problem on a setup that goes as follows:
>
> 5-port 10/100 switch.
> 3 WinXP's, one of them acts as ICS and file server.
> Each has identical connection options (100tx full duplex, 128 r/t
> buffers), and protocols installed:
> client for microsoft networks,
> file and printer sharing for microsoft networks,
> internet protocol (tcp/ip with netbios over tcp enabled).
>
> The problem shows itself only when i try to open a program on a file
> server from another workstation that loads couple of 1000's of files
> from the server but not if i copy large files from/to the server.
>
> I've read that disabling tcp and installing pure netbeui might help
> with the small files ovehead, does that make sense - especially if i
> intend to continue providing the internet connection using ICS on the
> file server ?
>
> Otherwise bandwidth goes from 7.2MB (task manager) to 10.5 (AIDA32)
> for large files.
>
> ?

[Eric Cross]

Greetings mrblase,

The problem is on the machine you are attempting to connect to. It's not on
the machine you see the error. On the computer you are connecting, checking
the Event Viewer for an event ID 2011. You need to fix the IRPStackSize that
is in the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article below. Norton Antivirus can cause
this to happen.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;177078

_______________
Eric


"mrblase" <mrblase @hotmail.com> wrote in message
...
> Situation:
>
> 2 XP Pro desktops both connected to a D-Link router (my gateway)
> 1 Windows ME laptop connected to the same D-Link router
> cable modem connected to the D-Link router
> all PC's on the same workgroup, MSHOME
> Windows firewall not enabled on any PC and no 3rd party firewall software
used
> all PC's can connect to the internet through the router
> all network cards have TCP/IP, MS Client & MS file & print sharing
> I can share one of the 2 printers on the XP machines but not the other
printer (can't even see it)
> I am the administrator on all machines; there are no other user accounts
> printers and shared directories have sharing enabled.
>
> I can see all the shared folders on the various machines but can only
access the folders on the Windows ME machine from either XP machine. I
cannot access the folders on the XP machines from any of the 3 PC's. In
other words there is a LAN but it's inaccessible.
>
> In addition to not being able to share files I can't play multiplayer
games on the 2 XP machines.
>
> I've been reading various solutions on the MS Knowledgebase and various
newsgroups for a week now and nothing seems to work. I even bought a
networking book from Microsoft Press. Here is the exact error message that
I get when I try to access the folders on the XP machines:
>
> "\\PC1\SharedDocs in not accessible. You might not have permission to use
the network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions.
> Not enough server storage is available to process the command"
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated greatly
>

[Eric Cross]

You're very welcome mrblase! =) I'm glad you've got it fixed.



"mrblase" > wrote in message
...
> Eric,
>
> You are indeed a computer god. That was the problem. I never mentioned
that I was using Norton Anti-Virus on each machine but you pegged it. I
can't tell you how many technicians at work tried to figure this out and
coundn't and how many hours I've spent reading and looking for that one
little piece of data that would unlock the secret to letting it all work. I
was going to completely rebuid my PC tomorrow and now, instead, I can play
Age of Empires against my son on the LAN.
>
> Thanks,
>
> mrblase