Forcing the NIC Card
RTFM
Thanks. Been away a few days.
It's plugged into a dual speed DS-108 Netgear Hub and I have tried forcing the Computer end into full duplex but it made nil difference. Not sure about how to force the other end into full duplex mode?????? Also tried cable-plugging it into the rear switch ports of a WGR614 Netgear wireless router - and that made no difference either.
I'm going to try and repair the dodgy pigtail connector on another laptop adapter that also used to perform well in the same laptop and see whether it has the same problem.
Whilst I've got your attention, seeing as we're running two networks here (one cabled into the ADSL modem (also Netgear) and one wireless), what's the easy way to interface the two? Running WINS is supposedly not an answer due to an ADSL Modem limitation. I've found that IP-mapping directories (\\192.168.1.6\officedesk\storage and \\192.168.1.2\conservatory\My Documents) etc is about the only way to achieve communicability (i.e. you cannot browse for the computer across the networks). Or is my computer education sadly lacking and there is another way?