Windows 10: LAN file sharing too slow

The problem is very old i found reports from 10+ years, with hundreds of "copypaste" and generic anwers from microsoft over several websites and this forum, why no one ever cared enough to fix this, or at least tried to look into it?!?!Comparing a large file 20GB transfer:Internet download speed: 200-250MB/s from remote server, web, torrent, whateverFTP speed: 200-250MB/s filezilla server+clientWindows explorer transfer speed: 5-10MB/sThis doesnt make any sense, if the network is capable of handling faster speed, why windows isn't taking advantage of it. Changing settings such as:-

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Good LAN party games?

Most of my suggestions have already been listed.

However, I found Swat4 to actually be a pretty fun LAN game, especially at smaller LAN parties.

 

Sharing files via homegroup became very slow

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I appreciate your time and effort.

I understand that you are facing the issue with slow file sharing. I will certainly help you with this.

I would suggest you to run the home group troubleshooter:

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  Press WIN+X.
  
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  Click on Control Panel.
  
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  Click on Troubleshooting.
  
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  On the left pane, click on view all.
  
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  From the list, click on Home group.
  
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  Run the troubleshooter.
  

I hope this helps. Please let us know the results. Feel free to write us back for any further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

SHARING FILES WITH WINDOWS 7

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

• Have you made any changes on your PC?
• Did you perform any Windows update recently?
• Are you connected to Domain network?

I suggest you to try the below steps and check if that helps.

1. To share files over file explorer refer the following
   
   article.
2. Refer article for
   file sharing over a network.

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking, Yes or No.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community - Moderator