At 11:20 PM -0400 2001/10/9, Rich wrote: >As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago, I've recently been given new >duties involving maintaining a small Mac LAN at our agency, and I'm back >with another question. > >Here's the situation: > >We've just moved into a new office, where I've set up our network basically >as it was at the old office, except for the addition of the new cable >router/8-port 100bT switch. Every machine that is capable of 100bT is >connected at that speed to either the router/switch or another 100bT switch, >at least according to the router and Apple System Profiler (when it will >tell me at all). > >Those machines that are running 8.6 appear to truly be running at 100bT; a >beige G3, a couple iMacs, and a couple older beige machines with G3 cards. > >However, there are 3 G4s all running either 9.0.4 or 9.1 where Profiler >tells me it's connected at 100bT, but any kind of operations in Quark or >Photoshop with the server, specifically dealing with images, are quite slow. >One machine in particular is unbearable. > >Now I realize that Quark does not necessarily play well with file servers, >but the 8.6 machines running Quark are manageable, while the 9 machines are >not. > >I have scoured various forums looking for clues as to the problem, but >despite all the tips, the solution is eluding me. At this point, I am >wondering if maybe the server OS and Appleshare IP versions are not playing >nice with 9's appleshare client. The file server is a 233 Mhz beige G3 >tower, server version, running OS 8.1 and ASIP 5.0.4 -- a setup that's been >running for years. > >So, can anybody out there give me a clue? Will upgrading the server to OS >8.6 or 9.1 help? How about upgrading ASIP to 6.3.x?
I doubt if your problem is OS or server version based and suspect you may be having a duplexing issue between the switch(s) and the G4s, searching for duplexing issues may turn up some useful information and Apple has an unsupported tool which should allow you to manually set duplexing rather than letting the devices try and sort it out themselves. One other thing you might look at is are any of your switches running spanning tree? If so, turn it off and see if that helps. -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
