On Wed, Jan 19, 2000, Arnie Rothenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have the same setup over here, except I have 4 imacs and 2 pc's. What
email software is your friend using? I use powermail and Outlook Express
5. Powermail work just fine, OE5 has touble. If everything else is
running well, I would look to see if the email software is working
correctly with open transport. Maybe he needs to update the email client.
Just my two cents.
>I setup STN for a friend who has two workstations, a Pentium Gateway
>running Win98 and a new iMac.
>
>The STN is connecting through AT&T cable modem.
>
>Both can get out to the net and can surf at relatively the same speeds.
>The Win98 using Netscape and the iMac uses IE, perform well when
>surfing.
>
>The Win98 workstation receives mail just fine, but the iMac takes
>forever (6 hours if you let it complete) to pull down 3 short text only
>messages. The Win98 Gateway pulls these down in seconds.
>
>With admin, it appears that the byte counts move quicker (but still
>slow) through the external nic but very long delays then a few increased
>counts when moving through the internal nic. Then long delays (no byte
>activity) again for both. Then the process starts over again. So, my
>suspician is that the bottleneck is between the STN box and the iMAC.
>
>The Pentium Win98 Gateway, again, does not have this e-mail problem.
>
>Anyone have a similiar situation?
>
>Are patches or updated drivers required, maybe, on the iMac side?
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Again, it appears that the STN box is functioning propery as noted
>throught the performance of the Gateway.
>
>Any help/suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Arnie
>
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