- Networking question. Win98 machines SO
- Posted by JohnF on July 24th, 2003
We have 9 machines running on a peer-to-peer network here. I set it up
several years ago and it's slow but it works. What do I need to do to
make the system faster? I'm using 10/100 LAN cards in all machines and
10/100 hubs (4). Do I really need to go to an ethernet software like
Novell or something? Is there a decent webpage with this kind of info?
When I search Google I get so much advertising and BS it's almost
impossible to dig out good old basic info.
TIA
JohnF
- Posted by HamMan on July 24th, 2003
"JohnF" <mpi-brwNADA@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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No way in hell should you use Novell, you could replace the hubs with a
16port Switch.
Better yet, setup a server and a domain.
If you dont want to dismantle the building to lay cable consider wireless,
802.11g will provide upto 54Mbps
- Posted by Lee on July 24th, 2003
what is it you want to make faster? the systems? or the network?
If its the systems than depending on what processor you currently have
this is the vital part of the system that determines speed, also
depending on how ram is in the machines this is another vital part of
performance.
100mbit=10mb/s which is pretty standard for a network now and considered
fast enough if its not then there is consideration of getting gigabit
ethernet cards.
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:00:05 GMT, mpi-brwNADA@pacbell.net (JohnF) had
the will to write:
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Lee
- Posted by HamMan on July 24th, 2003
"JohnF" <mpi-brwNADA@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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Replacing the hubs with switches would give you much nearer the 100Mbps,
depending in what youre doing.
Provinding you are using CAT5e or CAT6 cable.
Switches are faitly cheap on ebay now
98SE isnt the fastest thing ever on networks in my experience, consider 2000
or XP (Pro if youre considering domian)
- Posted by Jeffrey Edwards on July 24th, 2003
The important thing is to determine why your network is considered "slow".
The most obvious thing is if you've updated some of your computers, you now
perceive your network to be slow because you become comfortable with your
faster computer. If your company is growing...i.e. your adding workstations
to your network, the you really want to consider getting a secure network.
Novell provides an excellent operating system in Netware 6. Microsoft
Windows 2000 Server is more user friendly, but has a higher price tag to go
along with it. All in all, before you do anything, you need to determine
the point of lethargy in your network. This way you will not be exhausting
time and resources without proper results.
--
Jeffrey Edwards
CNE5,CDE,MCP2k,CCA1.8
"JohnF" <mpi-brwNADA@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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- Posted by HamMan on July 24th, 2003
"Jeffrey Edwards" <jedwards8381@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Good point, you could setup a very small scale server running not WinNT or
Novell, but use a linux based OS, nice and fast; and more importantly free.
Get a cheapo Athlon1600+ or Duron 1.3 and you'll be well away
- Posted by JR on July 25th, 2003
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:00:05 GMT, mpi-brwNADA@pacbell.net (JohnF)
wrote:
Define "slow". What sort of file transfer speeds across the LAN do you
get?
jd
