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    Windows 10 Unable to get the same performance on different WIFI devices for LAN - Solved!

    I recently purchased a dual band range extender to boost the signal for one WIFI device that has poor coverage. Both the main ISP router and the range extender are dual band. I can still get better performance from the ISP router that is only at one bar signal strength than the range extender...
  2. Windows 10 Killer Ethernet Controllers suck

    Stay away from the "Rivet Networks - Killer Gigabit Ethernet Controller" card driver. My cousin who lives with me has an Alienware gaming laptop. It was never able to transfer data as fast as my Realtek NIC. His has the Killer NIC. We have crazy fast fiber optic internet here but his could never...
  3. Slow data transfer speed in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

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    Windows 7 Transfer of a video file over a wired network

    I posted the below on a board in Ireland and it's not coming up with a solution - Would be interested in hearing any opinions you guys have on this situtation: I have a wired network - ethernet cable from pc upstairs down to modem at television. Cable from modem to WD TV live. So all...
  5. Windows 7 win7 to win vista file copy problem (man in the middle file copies do not work)

    I've had this Link Removed copying files between 3 network devices - from a linux box to a vista box, via windows 7. (e.g. win7 is man in the middle as both vista, linux are faceless devices). I've spent the whole day trying out different combinations of a set of test files trying to pin down...
  6. Windows 7 Xbox 360 as Media Center extender

    My flat-mate purchased one of the new "slim" 360's the other day and though I had no interest in it, I found that it is a convenient way of using the Sky Player rather than having to physically go over to the media pc and use their software, or search endlessly and without result for a way...
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    Windows 7 Bandwidth or Traffic Shaping

    Hola, For Win XP Pro I was using Traffic Shaper XP, its free and as long as installed on each individual machine and setup properly I can limit each PC on my networks bandwidth usage at any given time. It just runs in the background. Dont get me wrong I have like a T2 Down stream and a T1...
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    Windows 7 Why is copying data between my 2 computers VERY slow? Hi Copying data on to my ne

    Hi Copying data on to my new Windows7 PC (from my old PC) seems EXTREMELY slow. For example copying about 1.5GB of various data files takes over 50 minutes (claimed speed c.500KB/sec) However I have a new-ish "good quality" Router and the network adapters for both my PCs claim to be running...