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Entity formerly known as alien_mame
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Reged: 11/11/03
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Loc: Wakefield, West Yorks, UK.
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Re: New router, slow(er) file transfer between PCs
05/02/12 03:40 AM
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> For that situation, I'd recommend getting a cheap 4-port switch (not a hub, an actual > switch) and connect the PCs and the router to 3 of the ports on the switch. The > switch will make a temporary direct connection between two ports that are talking to > each other and isolate them from the rest of the network while they're talking. So > that way PC-PC transfers don't involve the router, and PC-router transfers don't > involve the other PC.
Just what I've done here only with an 8-way switcher!
I can highly recommend it.
Cheers,
Ralph.
Coherance of posts inversely proportional to Foster's consumption!!!
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