re: Network speed between WinXP and Win98
Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 10:36 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Josh Rodman
(4 messages posted)
There are apparently two fixes (as well as standard setup issues, same workgroup,
guest account on, with password logons, etc) needed to get XP to network correctly
(fast) on a peer-to-peer SMB network.
I tried to get TCP to work, but with all the extra parameters, I gave up, and instead
resorted to IPX/SPX with NWLINK NetBIOS. This may not be as fast [when working] as
TCP/IP, but it sure seems to WORK, and it also eliminates the security headaches
you must go through to secure SMB on TCP. (Someone is invited to see if they can
extend these directions to also apply to TCP/IP.)
These are the directions I would suggest:
1. Run all IPX (I have standardized on frame type Ethernet II, as I have found more
than one suggestion that to make IPX work, a SINGLE frame type must be selected among
all clients, and that the "auto" setting doesn't work so great) Make sure that Netbios
is enabled over IPX, and that you "Disable NetBios over TCP/IP" in the Advanced settings
for TCP/IP.
2. Go into "Network Connections" on the XP machine, and go to the menu item "Advanced"
-> "Advanced Settings".
Select your Ethernet card in the "Connections" box and make sure it is listed first
(MAKE it first, if it isn't) and that under bindings, ONLY "NWLINK IPX..." is checked
for File and Printer Sharing AND Client for Microsoft Networks, and that they are
listed FIRST. For other potential Connections, make sure that NONE of them are bound
to File and Printer Sharing or Client for Microsoft Networks. On the TAB "Provider
Order" make sure that "Microsoft Windows Network" is first.
3. Make sure that all 98 machines successfully authenticate as Guest, not as a user
account. You can find this out by going to Event Viewer (one way to get to it is
by right-clicking on My Computer, and going to "Manage", then looking through the
list) and to the Security area, and look at some of the audits.
4. [TO BE ABLE TO COPY FAST FROM WIN98 CLIENTS] Make sure that on both client and
server machines, the keys in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
and
{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
are both deleted. The client side is optional in these instructions, because I've
not been able to proove it helps.
5. [TO BE ABLE TO COPY TO WIN98 FROM XP] See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321169
-- these directions worked. I'll note that neither of these values, RequireSecuritySignature
or EnableSecuritySignature, existed on my system, and they are DWORD values (which
the article doesn't state, since it ASSUMES they exist). Synopsis:
Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
Double-click the RequireSecuritySignature value, type 0 in the Value data box, and
then click OK.
Double-click the EnableSecuritySignature value, type 0 in the Value data box, and
then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor.
I noticed that I didn't need to restart XP to see the performance difference. No
more dying/quitting after 35 seconds, but on a 100Full Switched Ethernet connection,
609MB could be copied in 6-9 minutes in either direction.
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