Network Performance Questions and Answers

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Why would my L3 switch drop 20-80% of my pings?

Hi all, We are moving from a Linux based router to a L3 switch, Dell 6224. I've never configured a router before but I have experience with the Linux firewall, DHCP, DNS, etc. configuration so I was picked to configure the new router/ switch. We have 8+ subnets (labs) in the current configuration...

View Answer   |  Oct 13 2008  8:35 PM GMT
Linux, Switches, Routers
asked by Zork626

  15 pts.

Troubleshooting network connectivity

Which utility is used to troubleshoot network connectivity

asked by Robin29

  5 pts.

Network speed slow down over distance and time - Upgrades needed? (REVISED)

I apologize for the double post, but I didn't do my tags right. --------------------------- Hello all, I am a relatively new IT staff member of a few months. My title is Tech Support Specialist, but the business has only one IT staff member on this site (engineer/maintenance turned IT) and he...

View Answer   |  Sep 24 2008  12:35 AM GMT
Bandwidth, Network performance, Domain Controller
asked by Erin0201

  210 pts.

Measuring network utilization & analysis

How do you report on network utilization for your WAN? Check out my blog and give me some feedback. Crunching Numbers - is this any way to manage a network?

View Answer   |  Sep 19 2008  1:20 PM GMT
Monitoring, WAN, Performance metrics
asked by Labnuke99

  26230 pts.

Bandwidth Test

We do have a lots of Bandwidth testing sites like http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ where we calculate the download and upload speed. I want to know what is downloaded to our system and what is uploaded to the server and how are the Bandwidth calculated. what needs to be the prerequisite at the...

View Answer   |  Sep 19 2008  5:00 AM GMT
Bandwidth, Network performance, Bandwidth testing
asked by Sachindabu

  35 pts.

Noisy Network Line

We have a workstation in our organization that is experiencing very slow network connection. The connection is standard and resembles every other in the vicinity (it's wire goes straight to the closet). The port on the switch does not appear to be a problem and the hardware on the workstation...

View Answer   |  Sep 18 2008  6:54 PM GMT
Network performance, Port
asked by Schmidtw

  10495 pts.

Regarding the network connectivity

What speed will be good for a network connectivity. Is 2Mbps suficient for a single user in State Wide Area Network.

View Answer   |  Sep 8 2008  8:09 AM GMT
Network connectivity, Network performance
asked by 13081982

  15 pts.

Removing The Network Collision

Hello, Sir/Madam I have a problem with my network. my computers are connected with hubs but the hub is collied every time. so I just restart the hub. but the same problem happens. plz tell me the perfect Sollution.

View Answer   |  Aug 26 2008  5:38 AM GMT
Hubs, Network performance, Network collision
asked by BPGC123

  5 pts.

strange routing problem

I am having trouble getting from 72.42.222.4 (Indiana) to 67.159.44.24 (not sure where). I am getting stuck after I hit COMCAST-IP.edge1.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.71.248.22] according to a tracert. 67.159.44.24 is a hosting company that I use. I have contacted their support and they are not...

View Answer   |  Aug 19 2008  4:21 PM GMT
Routers, Network performance, IP blocking
asked by Pqdrummer

  5 pts.

What's the effect of multipath propagation on the performance of a WLAN?

What's the effect of multi-path propagation on the performance of a WLAN? Thank you.

View Answer   |  Aug 4 2008  5:50 PM GMT
WLAN, Network performance, Networking Channel
asked by NetworkingATE

  1445 pts.

Slow performance with Juniper WX 60 WAN application acceleration platform

We are using Juniper WX 60s on our WAN and they are not delivering the performance we expected. Has anyone tested the NX products against Juniper - and if so - how to they stack up? I'd be interested in any test results you could share?

Answer Question   |  Jul 30 2008  7:23 PM GMT
WAN, Application acceleration, Network performance
asked by NetworkingATE

  1445 pts.

Tuning

How to tune with snapshots? How to tune database links ? How to tune network traffic ? How to tune 2 phase commits ?

Answer Question   |  Jul 28 2008  5:06 PM GMT
Network performance
asked by Kk121

  15 pts.

network slow on a couple of machines

I am running a domain network with windows 2003 server and my clients are running windows xp pro. But they having a problem access the files from the server and it is taking them about a couple of minutes to access the files. Any Ideas why it would take a long time and why it is running slow??

View Answer   |  Jul 10 2008  7:50 PM GMT
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Network connectivity
asked by Shadow3865

  35 pts.

What happens if we add more switches on the network

What happens if we add more swiches on the network,Is it affect to the performence and is there any limitation for that.

View Answer   |  Jul 8 2008  10:31 AM GMT
Networking, Switches, Network performance
asked by ITdump

  20 pts.

Slow Login process from xp client to windows2000 Domain

I am using windows2000 server with sp4 and there is no DNS,no DHCP. But when the users login from xp client machine to the Domain it takes almost 7-10 minutes to login and there is no problem if they login from local account.No roaming profile is set for the users.please suggest me how do I...

asked by Kolkata

  25 pts.

Network Redeisgn

Hi, I am serving as a system admin for an organization. We have ISA 2004 network, with Exchange 2003 Standard edition server, 2 Microsoft SQL server 2005 Standard edition for database projects, Windows 2003 domain controller in two sites A and B using active directory services. These two sites...

Answer Question   |  Jul 2 2008  11:23 AM GMT
Networking, Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2003
asked by NetworkSanjay

  5 pts.

How many servers i required to maintain 1500 concurrent users for my web portal ?

How many servers i required to maintain 1500 concurrent users for my web portal ?

View Answer   |  Jun 23 2008  6:06 AM GMT
Capacity planning, Network design, Network performance
asked by Cuteharish

  5 pts.

NAT issue with load balancing between two ISPs

Hello everybody! This is my first question, I am brand new in this so please excuse me if I do not write properly or straight to the point. I will try my best. These are the devices related to my question: - cisco2811 (completely access) - DSL modem - cisco2900 series I have access to all...

View Answer   |  Jun 2 2008  4:31 PM GMT
Switches, Cisco, NAT
asked by Okrus

  5 pts.

Connectivity Testing

1) Connectivity between DMZ Server and Application Server 2) Application Serever to Database Server 3) Load Balancer to Application Server / Database Server Please suggest the sequence of Steps to check the connectivity between these layers (Telnet, FTP Tests etc.) which will be immensely...

asked by Vrajagop

  5 pts.

V-Lans VS Routers

To control network traffic when is it better to use V-Lans and when is it better to use Routers? Is the choice dictated by cost or by networking requirements. If so what are the requirements that would merrit V-Lans over routers?

View Answer   |  May 12 2008  6:09 PM GMT
Routers, VLAN, Network design
asked by NetBossUSA

  5 pts.

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