Internet connection problem

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Ok so for the last 2 weeks or so I have been having the following problem when connecting to the internet.

The problem is that on my downstairs PC whenever I open Firefox 4, or IE for that matter, it is taking at least 10-20s to load my homepage (TSN.ca).

I am on shaw and have a D-Link dir-615 router. I have the modem connecting to the router which then runs to my PC. (the router is also wired to my XBOX 360). I also have another PC upstairs that has a D-Link dwa-160A2 USB internet stick.

Both PCs are HP, the one upstairs in brand new, the one downstairs is about 3 years old.

The modem and router are both with the older downstairs computer.

It just says connecting for like 20s and it is driving me insane. After the page finally loads I am getting very similar internet speeds on both PCs. Only the downstairs PC is experiencing this delay when connecting to the internet. Not the upstairs PC.

The only thing that has changed in the last 2 weeks is I bought the 2nd PC (upstairs) and connected it to the wireless network using the D-Link USB adapter dwa-160a2 and I upgraded to FF4.

One last question, how do I go about creating a network so that my PCs can share data like music and movies? This would be very handy. is there a away I can make it so that my new upstairs PC can have access to my old downstairs PC's HD? Please explain the steps if you can. Thanks!

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Ok so for the last 2 weeks or so I have been having the following problem when connecting to the internet.

The problem is that on my downstairs PC whenever I open Firefox 4, or IE for that matter, it is taking at least 10-20s to load my homepage (TSN.ca).

I am on shaw and have a D-Link dir-615 router. I have the modem connecting to the router which then runs to my PC. (the router is also wired to my XBOX 360). I also have another PC upstairs that has a D-Link dwa-160A2 USB internet stick.

Both PCs are HP, the one upstairs in brand new, the one downstairs is about 3 years old.

The modem and router are both with the older downstairs computer.

It just says connecting for like 20s and it is driving me insane. After the page finally loads I am getting very similar internet speeds on both PCs. Only the downstairs PC is experiencing this delay when connecting to the internet. Not the upstairs PC.

The only thing that has changed in the last 2 weeks is I bought the 2nd PC (upstairs) and connected it to the wireless network using the D-Link USB adapter dwa-160a2 and I upgraded to FF4.

One last question, how do I go about creating a network so that my PCs can share data like music and movies? This would be very handy. is there a away I can make it so that my new upstairs PC can have access to my old downstairs PC's HD? Please explain the steps if you can. Thanks!

The first question is really open ended, but the problem seems like it has nothing to do with your network, and everything to do with FF4. Google about that first.

As for sharing data across the network, assuming you are not talking about streaming to (or from) a particular device(apple tv, oplay, wdHDTV, PS/xbox) or program (itunes, ps3server, xmbc) and just moving files around. The easiest way is to share a folder on one PC and then map it as a network drive on the other. If you are doing one of the things I just named, then just RTFM.

Note: This should work for most modern windows versions, but I don't have a XP box to check to see if. Either way it is pretty close.

1. Sharing a folder. http://compnetworking.about.com/od/w...winxpfiles.htm

2. Map a network drive to that folder.
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/w...tworkdrive.htm Note: the path name will be UNC, so in the form \\<other computer name>\<share name>

It is very similar for Windows Vista/7, but I am too lazy to find a link. If it doesn't work, it is probably your permissions are not set right.