Re: OT? network speeds

["bodothemeerkat" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Wayne and others,

Yes I am well aware of these type of things, so much so that I am
trying to become office bound as I get fed up with always being the
problem as soon as you enter a room on some sites!

I am sure you all know what I mean?

I just need a scientific way of doing things so I can prove the speed
problem one way or the other.

What was the Fluke tester mentioned?

Thanks all,

B.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Wayne <Wayne@p...> wrote:
>
> Hiya!
> Just to add another "couple o' p" to the pot,
> fix your network card speed - if your switch can do 100mb full
duplex -
> then fix the card to that, according to some 3com guy - there is a
> generic problem with the algorithm that works out the lan speed -
as so
> much as it 'can' take the lowest common denominator when things get
busy
> - 10mb hd - and not tell you that its done it. A reboot being the
only
> way to 'auto' detect again.
>
> Loose the 'allow the computer to put this card to sleep' power
saving
> option on the card. It very rarely gets it right all the time.
>
> I've also found that simply 'being in the room' often cures all
problems
> - with people saying 'it was defiantly going slow before I called
you'.
> How effective this will be with the rest of you guys :-)...
>
> Have Fun!
> Wayne.
>
> bodothemeerkat wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have been tasked with trying to find out why some peoples
network
> >speed is "slow"
> >
> >You know the feeling, you go onto site and someone stops you and
says
> >the "network is slow today"
> >
> >What do any of you network administrators use to test this? I have
a
> >feeling it is an infrstructure issue but I need to check this by
> >technical means other than what the user thinks is slow.
> >
> >Thanks all,
> >
> >B.
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> >Yahoo! Groups Links
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