Hi guys,
I am having some issues with my network at home. I have 3 machines, called: my machine, dad's machine, and HTPC. All these computers are connected to a Billion ADSL router (4 ethernet ports) via ethernet (non of this WiFi c@rp). All computers are connected using their onboard NICs.
My computer and the HTPC are running vista ultimate, and my dad's is running XP pro. All IP addresses are assigned using DHCP by the Billion router.
The issue I am having is as follows: When attempting to move large amounts of data (for instance stream videos from my machine to the HTPC) the connection cuts out for a short while (not noticeable) which obviously causes the app playing the file to crash. Initially, I thought that it was just a streaming problem, but then I tried to just copy the files over to the HTPC. This didnt work either, as it just cut out mid way, and said something to the extent of: the file can not be accessed. I have tried both pulling the file from my machine (copy operation initialized on HTPC) and pushing the file to the HTPC (copy operation initialized on my PC). Neither worked.
Copying the same files from my machine to my dads (1.5GB) works flawlessly. Copying from my dads machine to the HTPC also works perfectly. Copying from the HTPC to my machine also works without any issues. The only time I have problems is copying from my PC to the HTPC
I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do about this problem now. I cant detect a fault anywhere, since all of them seem to be communicating with each other perfectly.
Also, If I ping the HTPC from my machine while copying or streaming, things seem to be a lot more stable and consistent.
Any suggestions that I can try out? An idea I just had now, is that this is an IPv6 issue, since when pinging the HTPC by name, it pings the IPv6 address, and not the IPv4 address.
I am having some issues with my network at home. I have 3 machines, called: my machine, dad's machine, and HTPC. All these computers are connected to a Billion ADSL router (4 ethernet ports) via ethernet (non of this WiFi c@rp). All computers are connected using their onboard NICs.
My computer and the HTPC are running vista ultimate, and my dad's is running XP pro. All IP addresses are assigned using DHCP by the Billion router.
The issue I am having is as follows: When attempting to move large amounts of data (for instance stream videos from my machine to the HTPC) the connection cuts out for a short while (not noticeable) which obviously causes the app playing the file to crash. Initially, I thought that it was just a streaming problem, but then I tried to just copy the files over to the HTPC. This didnt work either, as it just cut out mid way, and said something to the extent of: the file can not be accessed. I have tried both pulling the file from my machine (copy operation initialized on HTPC) and pushing the file to the HTPC (copy operation initialized on my PC). Neither worked.
Copying the same files from my machine to my dads (1.5GB) works flawlessly. Copying from my dads machine to the HTPC also works perfectly. Copying from the HTPC to my machine also works without any issues. The only time I have problems is copying from my PC to the HTPC
I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do about this problem now. I cant detect a fault anywhere, since all of them seem to be communicating with each other perfectly.
Also, If I ping the HTPC from my machine while copying or streaming, things seem to be a lot more stable and consistent.
Any suggestions that I can try out? An idea I just had now, is that this is an IPv6 issue, since when pinging the HTPC by name, it pings the IPv6 address, and not the IPv4 address.