>I have two nic's in my PC. A intel PRO/100 VE and a 1GB D-Link DGE-530
> adapter. I am running DOS VMs in VS on a WinXP host. The host and guest
> are
> connected by MS loopback adapter. Both VMs contain a Dos app that accesses
> a
> data drive on one of the VMs. The VMs are networked to the host in order
> to
> provide disk management from the host. The network protocol used to
> connect
> the VMs together and to the host is NetBeui. The host is connected to the
> Internet via PRO/100. When a VM accesses the VM with the data drive,
> reading
> a 1.5 meg file is very poor.
>
> The VS is currently setup for 2 networks, the loopback adapter, and the
> D-Link. At one time, the VS included the PRO/100 as a network (however
> producing the slowest results). From the host, the Loopback adapter and
> the
> D-Link have TCP\IP disabled; VM network and NetBeui are enabled. The
> PRO/100
> has TCP\IP enabled; VM network and NetBeui disabled. Activating the VM's
> network adapters and the resulting file transfer rates are as follows:
> D-Link
> only slowest, D-Link and Loopback next fastest, Loopback alone is fastest.
>
> Is there anything else I can do to improve my file transfer rate? I read
> that multiple nic setup best and I have another D-Link adapter, but
> installing it did not seem to matter so I took it out. Did I set up the
> system incorrectly? Is the problem the host OS? Recommendations are
> welcomed.
>
> --
> Wesley

> So let me clarify: You're asking how to improve transfer speeds in DOS VMs,
> running in Virtual Server on XP, using the single disk on the host and
> leveraging NetBeui????
>
> --
> Ryan Sokolowski
> MVP - Clustering
> MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
>
>
> "Wesley" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >I have two nic's in my PC. A intel PRO/100 VE and a 1GB D-Link DGE-530
> > adapter. I am running DOS VMs in VS on a WinXP host. The host and guest
> > are
> > connected by MS loopback adapter. Both VMs contain a Dos app that accesses
> > a
> > data drive on one of the VMs. The VMs are networked to the host in order
> > to
> > provide disk management from the host. The network protocol used to
> > connect
> > the VMs together and to the host is NetBeui. The host is connected to the
> > Internet via PRO/100. When a VM accesses the VM with the data drive,
> > reading
> > a 1.5 meg file is very poor.
> >
> > The VS is currently setup for 2 networks, the loopback adapter, and the
> > D-Link. At one time, the VS included the PRO/100 as a network (however
> > producing the slowest results). From the host, the Loopback adapter and
> > the
> > D-Link have TCP\IP disabled; VM network and NetBeui are enabled. The
> > PRO/100
> > has TCP\IP enabled; VM network and NetBeui disabled. Activating the VM's
> > network adapters and the resulting file transfer rates are as follows:
> > D-Link
> > only slowest, D-Link and Loopback next fastest, Loopback alone is fastest.
> >
> > Is there anything else I can do to improve my file transfer rate? I read
> > that multiple nic setup best and I have another D-Link adapter, but
> > installing it did not seem to matter so I took it out. Did I set up the
> > system incorrectly? Is the problem the host OS? Recommendations are
> > welcomed.
> >
> > --
> > Wesley
>