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Technical Help & Discussion => Windows PCs & Software: Help, News & Discussion => Topic started by: grt on April 10, 2007, 08:59

Title: Office Network
Post by: grt on April 10, 2007, 08:59

My mate keeps complaining that his office internet connection is too slow .
They have up to 8 pcs , although usually only 3-4 running .
Broadband connection is 2Meg
Modem is small Netgear jobbie - will have to find out the model , but looks like a home network modem .
The modem connects to a 10/100 switch and out to the computers .

Where is the bottleneck ? or is it all bad ?

GRT

Title: Re: Office Network
Post by: GillE on April 10, 2007, 13:15

If they have 3 or 4 machines feeding off one switch, the chances are that's where the bottleneck is.  Few home office networks can cope with more than a handful of machines.  How do large data transfers between machines go?  I'd expect them to be quite slow too.

It strikes me that your mate ought to consider using a dedicated server for his internet connection.

Gill

Title: Re: Office Network
Post by: Reno on April 10, 2007, 16:09

I have a friend that keeps telling me every time my connection flops to build a router. Always seemed like alot of effort to me just to have a connection that isn't slow and doesn't drop. Surely there should a decent brand of router that actually does what it advertises.

Title: Re: Office Network
Post by: grt on April 20, 2007, 07:38

He has upgraded to 8Meg broadband and it is all running fine now .
And its cheaper than the 2 Meg !!

Title: Re: Office Network
Post by: sam on April 20, 2007, 09:37

excellent and cost effective!