Network performance Questions


How fast does IPv6 run?
Does the IPv6 protocol perform any faster than the IPv4 protocol? Would there be any need for a network running IPv6 to use an application acceleration or other network performance enhancing device? Does that answer change when an organization is running a dual-stack (both IPv4 and IPv6) environment?

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2012  7:49 PM
Application acceleration, enterprise WAN, IPv4, IPv6, Network performance, WAN, WAN optimization
290 pts.

What tools can you use to measure network throughput?
What tools can you use to measure WAN and LAN network throughput?

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2012  3:19 PM
LAN, Network performance, WAN
290 pts.

CIFS vs NETBIOS & network performance
Testing file open performance across a WAN vs LAN. I open a 1MB .rtf file. When opening on the LAN, the traffic is on port 445 (CIFS). When opening the same file from the same server across the WAN, the traffic is on port 139 (NETBIOS). My question for all of you protocol gurus: Is [...]

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2011  7:12 PM
CIFS, LAN, NetBIOS, Network performance, Network performance management, WAN, Windows Server 2008
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32,630 pts.

Open IT Forum: Suggested networking hardware and software
Share your favorite networking tools to work with and why. We want to know vendors, model numbers, and whether you enjoy the quality of the product or your swayed by the outstanding customer service. Let us know in the discussion area, and you’ll earn 50 knowledge points, good in our latest contest!

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2011  5:34 PM
Knowledge Point Bounty, Network performance, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking Products, Open IT Forum
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6,315 pts.

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5 pts.

Why do I constant get disconnected from VPN
We have VPN at work and I log nto it to get to our secure sites. Too often i get logged out – why does that happena dn can I correct?

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2010  8:04 PM
Network Connection Problem, Network performance, VPN, VPN connection problem, VPN connectivity
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5 pts.

Unauthorized wireless networks in your environment
Do you have an official policy on unauthorized wireless networks in your environment? How do you go about detecting and disabling unauthorized devices, and what are the consequences? How often do you encounter this problem in your business?

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2010  8:51 PM
Network performance, Network permissions, Network security, Network Security Management, Wireless LAN, Wireless networks, Wireless routers, Wireless security
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16,755 pts.

Network monitoring software
Hi i am using an internet connection of 1Mbps. i have like 50 users who are usgin through LAN DHCP . all are connected lynksys  router  and with ehternet cable . Some time my internet is becoming slow . I want to know which IP is utilizing more bandwidth . Al users are windows XP/ [...]

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2010  10:05 AM
Linksys, Network administration, Network monitoring, Network monitoring software, Network performance, Windows XP
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320 pts.

need recommendations for a bit error rate tester
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Answer Question   |  January 19, 2010  8:31 AM
BERT Testers, Network performance, Network testing, Network troubleshooting, Networking
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15 pts.

identifying cause of unexplained network traffic
Our organization’s firewall has been reporting some curious network activity coming from a few specific computers on our network.  The source always comes from the same dozen or so computers on our network, and the destination is always the same computer on the domain.  And it always follows the same pattern.  First an ICMP ping [...]

Answer Question   |  September 11, 2012  7:52 PM
ICMP, Network performance, Network performance management, Network performance monitoring, Network traffic
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15 pts.

How to improve system speed ?
In our organisation,we have a 120 clients pc (o.s-XP) & one Domain Server (N.O.S-Win 2003 Server) .In this environment most of the computers are so slow.means ,network folder,shared folder,exel files are not opened fast. The  most of computers are hanged in this condition. ,already we changed the RAM from lower MB to 1gb RAM but no big changes in [...]

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2009  8:40 AM
Network performance, Network performance monitoring, RAM, System engineering, Windows XP
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10 pts.

How improve System Speed?
In our organisation,we have a 120 clients pc & one Domain Server .In this environment most of the computers are so slow ,is not cause RAM because we already have 1gb RAM. In this condition we how improove our systems please give me replay. regards, Parashu

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2009  9:09 AM
Network performance, Network performance management, System maintainance
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10 pts.

Help Removing Wireless connection in a Gatewat T-Series (MSVistahome)
I have lost the facilities to completely remove a wireless connection router … LOL Some time ago I do remember doing this task, but I have worn this path down to rock running in circles on this one trying to find & remove it. —From control panel/network & sharing/manage Wireless I get to “manage” networks using that [...]

Answer Question   |  October 27, 2009  5:02 PM
Network, Network administration, Network applications management, Network connectivity, Network design, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network performance, Network protocols, Wireless, Wireless Access Points, Wireless networking, Wireless routers
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10 pts.

network slow
machines in Win2k server domain working very slow( i.e while loging , copying data , printing on Network printer)

Answer Question   |  August 20, 2009  9:46 AM
Network performance, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Performance
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5 pts.

what is rack awareness of HDFS?
What is reck awareness of HDFS and how can i optimize the network bandwidth using replication factor 2 ?

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2009  7:41 PM
Database optimization, HDFS, Network performance, Rack Awareness
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50 pts.

Network Bottlenecking
How can I monitor the network for bottleknecking. Every Monday and/or tuesdays our network is so slow. Is there a way I can pinpoint what going on here? Free tools?

Answer Question   |  July 13, 2009  3:34 PM
Network Bottleneck, Network monitoring, Network performance, Network performance monitoring
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145 pts.

Random Request timed out when ping router?
I just noticed my internet was unstable and slow. I connected my laptop directly with leased line modem, I can able to work & ping without request timeout But when I connected through router am facing this problem, Random Request timed out when ping with router I am suspecting the problem with router configuration So [...]

Answer Question   |  December 17, 2010  6:44 PM
Network connectivity, Network performance, Ping
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20 pts.

Network speed
what is the best network speed for a small company internal and external

Answer Question   |  August 15, 2009  10:00 PM
Network design, Network performance, Network speed
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10 pts.

Routing problem
Our office comprises of two buildings connected by fibber optics cable.Primary domain server is placed in one building and its backup domain server in the other. total No. of nodes: upto 400 IP ranges: 192.168.41.1 to 192.168.41.254 192.168.42.1 to 192.168.42.254. These are created within the DHCP superscope. Domain Server+DNS sever+DHCP server are all on same [...]

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2009  9:02 AM
Network administration, Network connectivity, Network performance, Network troubleshooting, Routing problem in LAN
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Tay
5 pts.

Scan network for each computers Mapped Drives
Hello, Our companies network and shared network drives has become majorly disorganized. I was wondering if anyone had ideas on how to check computers on the network and view what networked drives they have in My Computer. Thank you for the input

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2009  3:29 PM
Mapped Drive, Network performance, Network performance monitoring, Network scanning
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100 pts.