----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:56 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Small Network
"Check you cable runs. Use category 5 or above type cable / terminations and patch cables." Yes, very important. I had poor network performance because the installer used Cat 3 cable terminations on a Cat 5 cable. Dramatic increase in thru-put by changing out the Cat 3s for Cat 5s. Bob Speth > > If you correct the scratch file issue (I learned about the scratch file > about 2 weeks ago here on the forum) and you still have issues, here a a > few things I would try: > > > Check you cable runs. Use category 5 or above type cable / terminations and > patch cables. Have a professionalelectrician run and test (with a pair > scanner) the cabling runs. In over twenty five years in the hardware > business you would be amazed at how many poor performing small and medium > sized networks we have straitened out buy cleaning up cabling runs that the > 'brother in law - the electrition' did on the side. It should cost you > around $ 75 to $150 per drop depending on the work involved. > > > Put a fast disk drive in the 'server' machine (preferably SCSI if multiple > users will be accessing it at the same time - a good SCSI card will have > cache built into the SCSI controller). The lower the average access time, > the better. The higher the RPM 15000 vrs 7200 vrs 5400, the better. > > 10/100 Switches, not hubs for connection of the systems. At a minimum the > 'server' should have a switch port. Use at least a 100 mbps network adapter > card (they are full duplex - can send and receive at the same time - 10 > mbps cards are half duplex. You can get a cheap switch for under $ 100.00 > > > Hope this helps! > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/05
