Oh, and yes, it's the latest and greatest, R:Base 7.1, release 76! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claudine > Robbins > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:35 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Network Performance > > One, two, thr.... and the form is up. I can't believe it! And that's the > first one, the next one is one, t... It used to take as much as 22 > seconds > to bring the first form up. > > I had what you might call a hybrid network. I had recently added an Intel > switch but my computers plugged into the phones and the phones into the > walls. Even though the NICs were 10/100, the phones only supported a > speed > of 10. I once tested plugging one computer directly into the wall thus > obtaining a speed of 100 mps but the rest of the computers having not > changed, I believe it slowed down the one being tested. > > Well, I was determined to see this through and ordered a GB network, new > drops and a new 3Com switch as well as 10/100/1000 NIC's for all the > computers and servers. Now voice is on the Intel switch and data is on > the > 3Com switch and I must say, I'm very impressed with the performance. > > I was prepared to ask Razzak to come to Houston to fix it if it hadn't > worked! Even though there was some cost involved, I would be way down the > road with my other projects had I not wasted almost a year on this > problem! > I can't wait to tell my employees on Monday that 6.5++ is going bye-bye by > the end of next week... <g> > > Just couldn't wait to share my good news with y'all! > > Claudine :)
