Panther & Windows File Sharing

[J . P . Pellet]

Hi Listers,
I keep having problems using Windows file sharing and accessing windows 
shared folders from Mac OS X 10.3.5. Here's my configuration:

Cable modem --> Airport Station --> Wireless --> other iBooks and iMacs
                             |
                             |----> Ethernet Switch --> **Titanium**
                                                  |     IP 10.0.1.2
                                                  |
                                                  |---> **Dell 
Inspiron**
                                                  |     IP 10.0.1.5
                                                  |
                                                  |---> LocalTalk Bridge
                                                  ...

Windows File Sharing is activated on my Titanium, and my main folder is 
shared on the Dell. Now whenever I try to copy files from the Dell to 
the Mac using the Dell (i.e. connecting from the Dell to the Mac using 
Windows File Sharing), file tranfers are so slow that I suspect them to 
go through the cable modem, wander around on the internet for a while 
and finally get back to the Mac. It's slower than sending mail...

I also tried to access the Dell's shared folder from my Mac. No luck: 
although I can (slowly) browse through directories of the mounted 
shared folder, it disconnects about 10 seconds after I try initiating a 
file transfer.

This is driving me crazy: I am only using this Dell to check that my 
Java application can run on Windows, too. As I am developing it on my 
Mac, I have to wait half an hour before each test build is transferred 
to the PC. The network used to perform at correct speeds in the past 
and I really don't see what's changed between then and now so that it 
becomes so unusable. I may have reinstalled Win2k as well as upgraded 
from Jaguar to Panther, but I don't see how this should affect network 
performance or routing in the same subnet (10.0.1.x).

Am I missing something?
TIA,
JPP
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