Matthew Stainforth || Technical Services Manager || BrunNet Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malcolm Joosse [mailto:malcolm@hotline.net.au]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 9:40 AM
> To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> Subject: RE: [NTISP] 100Mbit slowdown problem
>
>
> We have tried to set the server to 100FD but it would only
> run for a short
> period of time before going back to 100HD. The same thing
> happens on the
> workstations with 100FD settings.
> We are running a 16 port Planet 10/100 Switch.
> Both the server and CAD stations have 3Com 10/100 3c509's, I
> believe that we
> have ruled out cabling and the cards in the PC seem ok it
> only the switch
> could be the problem.
> I will be contacting the supplier today.
> Thank you all for the suggestions
> Regards
>
> Malcolm Joosse
> Hotline Support Pty. Ltd.
> malcolm@hotlinesupport.com
> www.hotlinesupport.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of
> Stainforth, Matthew
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:40 PM
> To: 'ntisp@iea-software.com'
> Subject: RE: [NTISP] 100Mbit slowdown problem
>
>
>
> manually set the switch port and the card to 100 mbit full or
> half duplex.
> When these settings don't jive between the card and switch it
> can cause the
> problems you describe.
>
> Matthew Stainforth || Technical Services Manager || BrunNet Inc.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Malcolm Joosse [mailto:malcolm@hotline.net.au]
> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 12:45 AM
> > To: winnt-inet@net-shopper.co.uk; ntisp@iea-software.com
> > Subject: [NTISP] 100Mbit slowdown problem
> >
> >
> > Hello List,
> > We have a client that has grown from 5 staff to 50 in 1 year.
> > They were having network slowdown problems so we put in a
> > 3Com 100Mbit card
> > in the server and a 10/100Mbit Switch. This made a huge
> > difference to the
> > speed of the entire network. The problem now is that they
> > have 3 CAD PC's
> > that were on 10Mbit and they thought that it would be good to
> > put 100Mbit
> > cards in them. So we did and plugged them straight into the
> > switch. They
> > tested by saving a 1Mb file, it took 5sec on 10Mbit but 30sec
> > on 100Mbit. I
> > thought that the problem may be the CAT5 cabling but we got a
> > shielded CAT5
> > cable and ran it directly from the PC to the switch, but it made no
> > difference. I thought that the server cable may be the
> > problem so we ran
> > another shielded cable from the server to the switch but no change.
> >
> > The problem I have is that the client wants to have a fast
> network but
> > nothing we change seems to make it any faster.
> > Any ideas as to why the files take longer to save at 100
> than at 10 ?
> >
> > Help
> > Regards
> >
> > Malcolm Joosse
> > Hotline Support Pty. Ltd.
> > malcolm@hotlinesupport.com
> > www.hotlinesupport.com
> >
> >
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