HPNA internet slow!!!

Col_M · 1 Apr 2007 at 23:27

I'm not sure if anyone will be able to shed light on this but it's worth a go as it's driving me crazy!!!

Basically in the appartment complex i live there is a HPNA internet service with a 5Mbps connection.

We have a HPNA3 128M ethernet bridge with 2 ethernet LAN plugs.
My girlfriend has her laptop plugged into LAN2 and my computer is plugged in LAN1.

She can use the internet as normal with almost instant speeds but my computer can't access it even half as fast, we're talking 7h30 to download the latest nvidia drivers (only 60ish Mb) :confused:

What can be causing these slow speeds? i've tried swapping from LAN1 to LAN2 still with no difference, hers is still normal and mine is deathly slow (d/l @ 2kB/sec etc)

Avalon · 2 Apr 2007 at 16:07

Nvidia are never lgoing to be a good indication of download speed especially if they've released a newer driver as they are more than likley going to be swamped. It sounds as though the problem is with your PC as opposed to the connection, as her's works fine in either port and yours works slow in both. What else have you got running (p2p ?). Usual suggestions about spyware/viri checking etc as well ...

Col_M · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:12

It's a brand new build, it was working fine back at my home in the UK, then my parents brought it here in parts, then i assembled it. Basically there is no other software on the computer being a new build and my brother installed all the latest drivers when he put it together in the first instance, it's also never really been on the internet to aquire any spyware or virii.
I did a speed test with a server close to where i am now and i got a downstream of 22kbps, upstream of 1.8kbps and a ping of 8000ms
which is strange as my girlfriend's computer is connected to the same bridge and she gets normal speeds of 2.2mbps etc.
I'm at a complete loss.

Avalon · 2 Apr 2007 at 23:53

It's your rig one way or another as you've said it's the same no matter what port you plug yours into and hers is fine no matter what port you plug into. If it's not software/drivers then have you considered the cable or NIC as being the potential source of the problem ?

quackers · 3 Apr 2007 at 08:02

I think the same avalon, are you using the same cable when connecting to the different ports?

Have you checked your pc for anything nasty?

Col_M · 3 Apr 2007 at 11:20

Avalon said:
It's your rig one way or another as you've said it's the same no matter what port you plug yours into and hers is fine no matter what port you plug into. If it's not software/drivers then have you considered the cable or NIC as being the potential source of the problem ?

Tried different cables, the firewall doesn't detect any unusual activity, and i really don't think it'll have any viruses as it's only had official CDs and clean drivers from the manufacturers website from a flash disk in it, it's only been on to install windows and those drivers. It also connected fine to our home network back home when my bro tested it. I only have one ethernet port on the back of the mobo, i may try borrowing a pci NIC from the IT guys in work to see if it's that.

The only other thing i'm thinking is that the guy that came to set-up the internet when my girlfriend was here before i had my computer "was typing stuff into a blue screen or webpage" on her laptop (so my girlfriend says) which could have been to authorise access to the internet server on the HPNA network, because my computer hasn't been authorised i can only get a "make do" throttled connection.
I'll get my gf to contact the guy today (i don't speak Czech)

DeeJay-Mo · 3 Apr 2007 at 11:34

Have you tried connecting you and your GF's computers together with a crossover cable? This should tell you whether the problem is with your rig alone or whether there are outside factors effecting the situation.

Avalon · 3 Apr 2007 at 14:53

Clone her MAC addy and try that

Col_M · 3 Apr 2007 at 22:24

Avalon said:
Clone her MAC addy and try that

that worked a charm

I owe you a beer mate

If anyone needs to know you can change the MAC address on a DS3 in the connection properties without needing to faf around with the registry, thumbs up to Gigabyte :cool:

Topgun · 4 Apr 2007 at 00:56

If you want to use both computers at the same time, you can get a router and clone the MAC onto that. You have probably already thought of ths

Col_M · 4 Apr 2007 at 07:08

Topgun said:
If you want to use both computers at the same time, you can get a router and clone the MAC onto that. You have probably already thought of ths

Yeah i was thinking that too

We were planning on getting a wireless router for the laptop anyway and share the connection.

Avalon · 4 Apr 2007 at 14:25

Just glad you got it sorted

I know what an utter PITA it can be when you know something works but can't get it to work with something else that also works fine by itself ... Any form of router is a good plan as it allows you to plug in anything without the agro of having to change the MAC (some NIC's won't allow you to do this and require you to use a 3rd party program), may also be worth getting your MAC added to the approved list just for the hell of it.