Re: Frustrated user

[Tricia PORTER]

Thanks for the advice.  We are going to do this test.  I'll let you know how it goes.  Tricia >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/01 12:41PM >>> Yes Bill,   Last week my accountant called and said another of his clients was trying to talk him into upgrading his server hardware to a 1Ghz+ box (its just a file server) because he was experiencing some dreadfully slow updates on a few workstations (even in a word processor).  The "Fix" according to the other guy was going to cost him $6000.  I told him to go workstation to workstation and copy a 4MB file from the server and then back to the server and time it.  7 of the workstations took about 15 seconds, 2 of them took about 9 Minutes.  This is for sure a NIC or cable (I had him swap the cables in the hub to make sure there wasn't a hub port bad) and a helluva lot less than $6000.  Many times just because we are able to get a network connection and use it, we are quick to accept that it is OK when it may be far, Far from being optimized. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: RE: Frustrated user > Dan, > > Tricia has that problem, but she also has some other problem in the > huge delay when R:Base starts. > > Some of the things that have helped beat those long delays at > CONNECT for other R:Base users on Novell have been: > > Use the MS Client on the workstation, not the Novell client. > > Remove extra, unnecessary protocol bindings in the "network > neighborhood" settings. > > Check for faulty network wiring or connecters or NIC cards or hubs. > > Replace hubs with switches. > > Set your antivirus software to exclude from checking *.rb1, *.rb2, *.rb3, > and *.rb4 files > > Bill > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 08:47:09 -0800, Dan Goldberg wrote: > > >When you go to version 6.5 and up R:base does not user the > server6.rbg file anymore!! All those problems will disappear!! > > > >No more admin program!! > > > >No more resetting the server6.rbg file!! > > > >Dan > > > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l