"pg" <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message
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> Hello all !
>
> First of all, let me say that I am not sure which newsgroup I should
> post this message, I am using the shotgun approach, in crossposting
> this message to 5 newsgroups, trying to look for the solution to solve
> my problem. If this is not the correct newsgroup to post my question,
> please accept my sincerest apology.
>
> With the above done, here's my problem.
>
> In the office we use our notebook to access the Net via WIFI. Normal
> web operations post no problem. We can go to any site, do anything.
> Satisfactory speed too.
>
> Downloading files normally don't post any problem as well. Depending
> on the speed originating server (where files are residing), files
> normally downloaded without any fuss.
>
> For large files, such as ISO files (680+ MB in size), we often use
> download managers to expedite the task. Again, normal file downloading
> posts no problem.
>
> However, whenever we try to access file-sharing servers such as
> RapidShare or MegaUpload or whatever, things slow down to a crawl, and
> sometimes downloads just DIE in the middle.
>
> Since we can't use download managers in downloading files from the
> likes of RapidShare, we have no control over how the file transfer
> process would be done. Often files would be successfully downloaded,
> albeit V_E_R_Y S_L_O_W !!
>
> But many times, the file transfer process slows to such an extend it
> just STOPS !! I mean, the thing just grind to a halt in the middle,
> and there's no way around it other than re-download the file.
>
> This has been a very frustrating experience.
>
> The WIFI router is LinkSys, we set up according to the owner's manual.
> So far, we don't see any weirdness about the router. We have checked
> the settings of the WIFI router several times, again, we found no clue
> as to what is going on.
>
> BTW, if we use the DESKTOP PC, which is connected to the Net via ADSL,
> to download files from RapidShare, the problem of S_L_O_W_N_E_S_S
> didn't happen. And ten times out of ten we can download ANY FILE of
> ANY SIZE (up to 100MB) from RapidShare without a hitch !
>
> I know that we can use the "sneaker + USB-drive net" to get around the
> problem, ie, download the files from RapidShare on the desktop PC,
> copy the files to the USB drives, and then transfer the files into our
> notebooks. And often times we had to do that, when we are frustrated
> enough on the "die in the middle" events.
>
> But all in all, we would preferred that we can find a solution to
> solve this S_L_O_W_N_E_S_S problem.
>
> Dear Gurus,
>
> Do you have any suggestion as to how to solve this problem?
>
> Please help !!
>
> Thank you !
>
> PS. All our notebooks run Win XP. The desktop runs Win XP as well.
>



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