Big Files will not transfer

[Rainman45]

i have two computers going through a router,
i have set up a bridge network to easly pass
my movie files from my main comp to the other through my shared folder,
(for burning)
the problem is i can pass small files like covers and pics,
but i cant get my movie files in there,
i know this is possible because i have done this before
(a while back),
but at that time i didn,t have router,
it was one comp conected to internet the other was conected
straight to the back of the other comp,
i,m stumped, any help would be appreciated (and tried),
or isn,t it poss through a router,
i just cant figure it out(because like i said i can pass small files
like covers and pics)
because at the mo i have to send them through with msn
and takes a very long time.
(or does anyone know another way of doing this by other means)....
THANK YOU

 

[ojai00]

Is this a wireless router? If so, make sure there is no interference that would disrupt the transfer (2.4GHz cordless phones, microwaves, etc.)

 

[azev]

gives more detail on the current setup and the hardware please !!

 

[ScottMac]

Are you using commercial cables, or hand-made?

Bad termination or damaged cables can produce the symptoms you describe.

Try it @ 10 meg (10BASE-T - 10meg *HALF DUPLEX*) - if it works, then 1) your cables are crap or 2) your receiving side is incompetent and the traffic is backing up (and failing) the buffer(s) in the intermediate devices.

Good Luck

Scott

 

[spikespiegal]

Set the Network card properties to manual 100/half.

Larger files might be causing some issues with full duplex, hence the problem.

 

[Rainman45]

Tyhanks for the help guys. Was a bad connector on 1 of the cables. Seems it shorted out or something randomly and often.

I didn't post much detail on my setup...sorry about that. It was 4am and i was 1/2 asleep

 

[ScottMac]

It doesn't have to be a short ... a bad connection either increases the crosstalk or increases the attenuation (so that it takes less crosstalk to obscure or corrupt the valid data).

This is especially noticable on cables with the wrong pair order (pair, pair, pair, pair instead of EIA/TIA 568a or b pinouts). With a {pair, pair, pair, pair} pinout, pins 3 & 6 are a split pair and the crosstalk goes through the roof. Half duplex will work better than full duplex because there is no near-end crosstalk to interfere.

Classic syptoms; if it works at 10/half (and maybe even 100 half) but not at 100/full, then you almost certainly have a bad cable, and probably bad / incorrect termination.

FWIW

Scott