Yea, thats my suspiscion too - although the management company swears that it isnt. This issue is in the process of being escalated, and I'd like to be able to come at them with as much information as possible.
Its my understanding that they have a bad reputation of blowing things off. The thing that confuses me though is how much faster the throughput is when the D-Link switch is involved, over the direct connection. -- ME2 On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Don Ely <[email protected]> wrote: > Without seeing any QOS configs, I would bet on some traffic shaping of some > kind... Bandwitdth throttling, etc... > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm at a new job/network where I have started to become aware of some >> odd-ball performance issues. We have a 3rd-party managed VoIP solution >> with Cisco Catalyst 2950 switches, for which I have absolutely no >> access or control over our internal switching and routing equipment - >> except for our perimeter firewall. >> >> For the majority of the desktops, their workstations/laptops are >> daisy-chained through Polycom IP 501 phones to the switches. A few of >> us, like myself, use two data ports (one for phone, one for our >> workstation.) >> >> What lead up to this aside, here is the throughput I am seeing ala >> RoboCopy while copying XP SP3 (316.43 MB) as a test subject: >> >> Via direct connection: Speed=131.192 MB/min, in 2:24m (meh) >> >> Via phone-chained: Speed=36.764 MB/min, in 8:36m (asolutely horrible) >> >> Via D-Link DGS-2205 switch: Speed=451.726, in 0:42m (WTH ?!) >> >> I'm currently stymied, and our telco provider isn't able to make heads >> or tails of the issue. Everything is hard-coded for 100 Mbps / >> Full-Duplex. >> >> Any ideas? TIA! >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
