If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
keeping wireless network alive during long transfers
I have been trying to send a hard disk image file across my wireless
network from my Win98SE machine to an XP Home machine for storage, via ethernet cable to a WAP wireless enabled router, then wireless to the XP machine. About 7 or 8 minutes into the transfer I get an error message on the sending Win98SE machine saying that the network has become "unavailable" and the transfer stops/fails. I have tried turning off the screen savers and power saving on both machines but still encounter this. The wireless adapter on the receiving machine has power saving DISabled. Small file transfers work fine and the wireless network seems otherwise stable. Incidentally every time I switch users on the XP machine the wireless connection goes down and then comes back up again. Is there anything else I should be checking - I'd like to be able to do these large file transfers if possible. Many thanks. -- Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission goes to our partners in Bulgaria) http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
keeping wireless network alive during long transfers
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:50:58 +0100, Robert M Jones
wrote: Is there anything else I should be checking - I'd like to be able to do these large file transfers if possible. Try selecting a different channel (frequency) on the wireless router in case something is interfering with the signal. The xp machine will automatically detect the frequency change so you only need to reconfigure the router. Jim. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
keeping wireless network alive during long transfers
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:50:58 +0100, Robert M Jones
wrote: Is there anything else I should be checking - I'd like to be able to do these large file transfers if possible. Try selecting a different channel (frequency) on the wireless router in case something is interfering with the signal. The xp machine will automatically detect the frequency change so you only need to reconfigure the router. Jim. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
keeping wireless network alive during long transfers
James Egan wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:50:58 +0100, Robert M Jones wrote: Is there anything else I should be checking - I'd like to be able to do these large file transfers if possible. Try selecting a different channel (frequency) on the wireless router in case something is interfering with the signal. The xp machine will automatically detect the frequency change so you only need to reconfigure the router. Jim. I am not seeing any instability on the wireless network over lengthy periods EXCEPT when I do an unattended large file transfer - I am inclined not to think that there is any instability in the actual wireless link itself. If I keep pounding away on the kb this network link is solid. -- Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission goes to our partners in Bulgaria) http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
keeping wireless network alive during long transfers
James Egan wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:50:58 +0100, Robert M Jones wrote: Is there anything else I should be checking - I'd like to be able to do these large file transfers if possible. Try selecting a different channel (frequency) on the wireless router in case something is interfering with the signal. The xp machine will automatically detect the frequency change so you only need to reconfigure the router. Jim. I am not seeing any instability on the wireless network over lengthy periods EXCEPT when I do an unattended large file transfer - I am inclined not to think that there is any instability in the actual wireless link itself. If I keep pounding away on the kb this network link is solid. -- Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission goes to our partners in Bulgaria) http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
keeping wireless network alive during long transfers
Robert M Jones wrote:
I have been trying to send a hard disk image file across my wireless network from my Win98SE machine to an XP Home machine for storage, via ethernet cable to a WAP wireless enabled router, then wireless to the XP machine. About 7 or 8 minutes into the transfer I get an error message on the sending Win98SE machine saying that the network has become "unavailable" and the transfer stops/fails. I have tried turning off the screen savers and power saving on both machines but still encounter this. The wireless adapter on the receiving machine has power saving DISabled. Small file transfers work fine and the wireless network seems otherwise stable. Incidentally every time I switch users on the XP machine the wireless connection goes down and then comes back up again. Is there anything else I should be checking - I'd like to be able to do these large file transfers if possible. Many thanks. I'm now trying this the "other way round" - while sitting at the XP machine (the one with the wireless connection to the router) I am copying from a shared folder on the Win98SE machine, to a shared folder on the XP machine, and keeping the XP machine awake by using keyboard etc. The win98SE machine is unattended and has all Windows power saving including screen saver disabled, including power saving disabled for the ethernet adapter. So far so good. I've copied one 300Mb image file and am copying the second 700Mb one at present. Next I will try the same exercise leaving the XP unattended and see what happens. It should stay awake as there will be disk acitivity via the IDE controllers which are enabled (in Setup/BIOS) to reset the suspend timers. If that works, then I will have found that things work with XP wireless copying from Win98SE wired, but not with Win98SE wired, pasting into to WinXP wireless. -- Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission goes to our partners in Bulgaria) http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
keeping wireless network alive during long transfers
Robert M Jones wrote:
I have been trying to send a hard disk image file across my wireless network from my Win98SE machine to an XP Home machine for storage, via ethernet cable to a WAP wireless enabled router, then wireless to the XP machine. About 7 or 8 minutes into the transfer I get an error message on the sending Win98SE machine saying that the network has become "unavailable" and the transfer stops/fails. I have tried turning off the screen savers and power saving on both machines but still encounter this. The wireless adapter on the receiving machine has power saving DISabled. Small file transfers work fine and the wireless network seems otherwise stable. Incidentally every time I switch users on the XP machine the wireless connection goes down and then comes back up again. Is there anything else I should be checking - I'd like to be able to do these large file transfers if possible. Many thanks. I'm now trying this the "other way round" - while sitting at the XP machine (the one with the wireless connection to the router) I am copying from a shared folder on the Win98SE machine, to a shared folder on the XP machine, and keeping the XP machine awake by using keyboard etc. The win98SE machine is unattended and has all Windows power saving including screen saver disabled, including power saving disabled for the ethernet adapter. So far so good. I've copied one 300Mb image file and am copying the second 700Mb one at present. Next I will try the same exercise leaving the XP unattended and see what happens. It should stay awake as there will be disk acitivity via the IDE controllers which are enabled (in Setup/BIOS) to reset the suspend timers. If that works, then I will have found that things work with XP wireless copying from Win98SE wired, but not with Win98SE wired, pasting into to WinXP wireless. -- Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission goes to our partners in Bulgaria) http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420 |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
connecting ME to XP, re wireless network | aqw | Networking | 6 | July 11th 06 09:47 AM |
Mapped drive error with wireless network | Lorne | Networking | 6 | December 8th 05 11:23 AM |
Wireless Network Faults | allandlee | Networking | 0 | March 1st 05 01:49 PM |
Smart Portable Shortcuts | ForestSpirit | General | 5 | February 28th 05 03:50 AM |
Seeking advice on what to buy for Win98/XP home network... | Jack | Networking | 3 | July 30th 04 02:48 PM |