Slow home network access

[vzinoviev]

Hi,

I have a strange problem with my Glofiish X500 / WM5. No issues with establishing the wifi connection to my access point connected to the home desktop machine with Windows XP. The desktop is conneted to the Internet through the ADSL modem. The ADSL connection is shared. So, once connected, I can go to the Internet from my X500, sync Outlook, etc. The Internet is fine. But when I try to open a shared resource on my desktop, it is very slow. It takes couple minutes to open almost any folder. Copying files takes forever. But it is only if I use standard X500 connectivity tools. Once I install the Wifi Companion tool, all connections become just flying as they should. Copying files is not an issue. I am wondering what is that magic in the Wifi Companion? I tried to tweak different things without it and nothing helped. While with Wifi Companion, no special tweaks are necessary - automatically assigned IP / DNS are working just fine.

I am observing this issue only with my home network. Once in the office, I can successfully browse the local network without Wifi Companion. You might reasonably say - why would not you just use the Wifi Companion? Well, I would, but it is not stable. I cannot go to a connection setup - the setup screen is immediately rewritten by the connections list. The Companion's taskbar icon disappears pretty soon after the installation while it keeps working. Sometimes wifi connection is established, but Wifi Companion does not catch it and shows no connections at all.

So, I would really appreciate if anyone has any ideas what can be done with my home network in order to let the X500 work with its own tools. Perhaps it is something to do with WINS setup or something else that Wifi Companion sets up?

Thanks,
Vitaly

[qdabean]

Bump

I'm suffering a similar problem. I use a Prophet running WM5 and I finding that it takes forever to establish a connection (if at all) with shared folders on my PC (running WinXP). Once connected the connection is slow and often drops. I find that this is the case no matter what file browser I use. However, I use a VNC browser (PTvnc) and I find it works quickly and flawlessly allowing me to browse my PC's shared folders without any issues. Obviously PTvnc handles the network better than the standard file browser ... so it's not a hardware issue but rather some sort of software setting. I use a Belkin WIFI router.

Any help greatly appreciated.