Set Duplex settings before downloading wim file?

[garg]

Hello,

 

When I try to deploy an OS to a Dell Dimension 3000 using SCCM 2007, the network autodetect does not seem to work and I end up downloading the .wim file at 2Mbps. I tested this on a machine and if the network card settings are set to autodetect, I get speeds of 2Mbps, but when set to 100Full I get around 80Mbps.

 

Is there a way to tell WinPE to set the network duplex speed to 100 Full at the beginning of the PXE install? Thanks

[anyweb]

how did you test this > but when set to 100Full I get around 80Mbps. <

[garg]

Thanks for the response! I installed windows XP on the same machine and then used NetSpeed (tool from http://www.optimumx.com/). I ran NetSpeed in server mode on the windows XP box, and I sent it a stream of 1000MB from the SCCM server.

 

When the windows XP box was sent to Auto/Auto, I got 2Mbps, but when I set the windows XP box to 100/Full I got 80Mbps.

[anyweb]

well being a dell dimension (consumer system, aka home computer) the nic (network card) is more than likely not configured or supported for mass deployment, but that said all dells are deployed via pxe in the factories that they are built in, and they wouldn't accept slow deployment times

 

so, i'm guessing that you have a switch/hub/something in between you and the server you did the test on, have you checked the port settings on that ?