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Do more cables = better Bandwidth ?
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I am no physics major, but If I have 1 cable comming from 3 daisy-chained 24 switchs from another part of the building, to the main switch, could I improve any aspect by running 1 or 2 more cables to the main switch?
The 100 baseT network sometimes is dog slow. All the switches are on the third floor and the servers and the main Catalyst is behind me on the second floor.
I can easily do this if it will benefit.
I am no physics major, but If I have 1 cable comming from 3 daisy-chained 24 switchs from another part of the building, to the main switch, could I improve any aspect by running 1 or 2 more cables to the main switch?
The 100 baseT network sometimes is dog slow. All the switches are on the third floor and the servers and the main Catalyst is behind me on the second floor.
I can easily do this if it will benefit.
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You would also want to run a packet sniffer at your machine, and various other network connections to look for irregular traffic.
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No, the latency is normal, 128TTL. No dropped packets. The run is about 115 ft max.
This building is was at one time a office with multiple suites across 3 floors and now we have the whole thing. The phones are wacky too, having 5 different vendors doing the separate suites and then having someone combine them and not document it.
I'll have to start from square one. Thanks.
This building is was at one time a office with multiple suites across 3 floors and now we have the whole thing. The phones are wacky too, having 5 different vendors doing the separate suites and then having someone combine them and not document it.
I'll have to start from square one. Thanks.
Yeah sounds like the usual wiring mess. I'd run a couple network utilities to see what might be causing the issues. Perhaps running a new wire may fix it and be the easiest solution. Good luck sorting it all out.
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I just DLed the latest Ethereal. Can you recommend some free/shareware I could try?
I use ethereal it works very well.