I just setup my two PC's in the house, they are both connected directly and are using a Cable connection to the internet.I was just wondering if there was any types of tweaks,etc that i could do for the network to be a lot stabler or faster or anything that i should be aware of?
 
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1st Computer
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AMD 1700+ Athlon XP
ASUS A7V133A VIA Motherboard
512MB PC-133 RAM
64MB GeForce 3 Ti200 (Det 27.10)
60GB IBM 7200RPM HardDrive(Primary Master)
16x/48x LG DVDDrive(ATA100 Master)
40x Compag CDDrive(Secondary Master)
16x/10x/40x LiteON ReWriter(Secondary Slave)
Creative SoundBlaster Live! 1024 Player
Creative 4.1 Surround Sound 1600 Speakers
10/100 Genius Ethernet Adapter - 2nd Computer Networked
WinTV Primio FM TV/Radio Tuner
 
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2nd Computer
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1.2Ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird
512MB PC-133 RAM
64MB GeForce 2 MX200
60GB IBM 7200RPM HardDrive(Primary Master)
40GB Seagate 5400RPM HardDrive(Primary Slave)
16x/48x LG DVDDrive(Secondary Master)
24x/10x/40x Samsung ReWriter(Secondary Slave)
Creative SoundBlaster 128
10/100 Netgear Ethernet Adapter - Cable Connection
10/100 Genius Ethernet Adapter - Laptop (to be Networked)
10/100 Genius Ethernet Adapter - 1st Computer Networked
300Watt RMS 2.1 Active Subwoofer Logic Speakers
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Windows XP Professional Corporate Platinum Edition
Windows XP Plus Pack
Office XP Corporate Edition with Frontpage
Publisher XP Corporate Edition