jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Mar 19 12:27:49 CDT 2012
>Next thing I would check is the link lights on the switch or NIC of the machines (switch is probably a better bet). See if it's indicating a 100mb/sec connection or 1000 mb/sec. Good idea, thanks! I am betting that it is actually saying 1 gbit but I will definitely check. John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 3/19/2012 11:01 AM, Jim Dettman wrote: > > So more then likely, you need to be looking else where. > > Next thing I would check is the link lights on the switch or NIC of the > machines (switch is probably a better bet). See if it's indicating a > 100mb/sec connection or 1000 mb/sec. > > Jim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:20 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Network speeds > > Jim, > > >5e can go up to 1000 mb/sec. I would be surprised if you simply had 5 > everywhere. It wasn't that > long ago that you moved there. > > You are correct it is 5e, and I wired the house myself. I bought the cable. > I just clump all cat 5 > together and and all cat 6 together... > > >The other thing to check (assuming you did your own wiring) is that the > connectors are on properly. > > I bought a wire checker which does this testing for me. > > Everything is truly switches. I stopped using hubs a decade ago. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > On 3/19/2012 7:52 AM, Jim Dettman wrote: >> John, >> >> <<It is not cat 6, in fact the whole house is cat 5.>> >> >> This is something you really need to look at. Cat 5 is only certified > up >> to 100mb/sec. It will go faster, but it is not recommended. 5e can go up >> to 1000 mb/sec. I would be surprised if you simply had 5 everywhere. It >> wasn't that long ago that you moved there. >> >> The other thing to check (assuming you did your own wiring) is that the >> connectors are on properly. They need to be wired in a specific pattern >> (white/orange, orange, white/green, blue, white/blue, green, > w/brown,brown) >> and the last twist in the wires should be within 1/2" of the end of the >> connector. >> >> But with all that said, your getting so little speed, I think your > problem >> lies else where as the rest of the house is wired the same and seeing much >> higher speeds. >> >> A simple ping test from one to the other should show<1 ms response if >> everything is basically sound. >> >> I would also suggest swapping some ports and seeing if the problem > moves, >> just in case you have a bad port on one of your switches, but I doubt it >> will. >> >> And are these truly switches or are they hubs? If the latter, you > should >> have no more then three devices in a chain (hub, hub, hub, and device is a >> no-no). >> >> Jim. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby >> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 11:13 PM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Network speeds >> >> It is not cat 6, in fact the whole house is cat 5. >> >> I have a pair of "servers", one of which really is - dual cpu 16 core 64 > gig >> ram. That is at the >> far end in the basement under the living room. In that same location is a >> former workstation which >> is now my unraid file server. They plug into a gigabit switch. Coming > off >> of that is a wifi >> hotspot (router with the dns turned off serving wifi) sitting in the drop >> ceiling in the basement, >> under the living room floor providing wifi to the front part of the house. >> Another cable going off >> to a small 100 mbit switch upstairs behind my TV. >> >> In the middle is another gigabit switch about 80 feet (of cable) at the >> place where the internet >> comes in to the house. So that switch basically has a cable from the > above >> mentioned servers, a >> cable from my router / wifi (which is of course 100 mbit) and a cable > going >> upstairs two floors to >> my home office. At my office end is another "server" and my workstation >> laptop. That has a gigabit >> switch and a wifi hotspot (router with the DNS turned off just serving >> wifi). >> >> >> (1st floor Living room / end of house) >> 100 mb sw behind tv>WMC TV (computer / tv) >> V >> >> (basement under living room) >> gb sw >SQL Server (computer) Win 2008 x64 >> >Unraid file server (computer) >> >wifi hotspot >> V >> >> (basement Middle of house) >> gb sw >Internet router / Wifi> Wife's laptop (computer) >> >Living room public PC (computer) >> >gb sw Back bedroom>WMC (computer / tv) >> V >> >> (2nd floor office end of house) >> gb sw >VM Server (computer) Win 2008 X46 >> >Dev workstation laptop (computer) >> >Wifi hotspot >> V >> >Old workstation laptop (computer) >> >> I have done file transfers on the SQl Server from disk to disk and get >> 150-400 mbytes / sec. This >> is all either SSD raid or raid 6 hard disk. >> >> I have done file transfers on the VM server on the other end of the house. >> Again very good speeds, >> 150 MB / sec or better. Raid controllers or SSD. >> >> But between these two machines... 10 MB / sec transfers. It certainly > looks >> to me like the LAN. >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> >> Reality is what refuses to go away >> when you do not believe in it >> >> On 3/17/2012 9:14 PM, Stuart McLachlan wrote: >>> Is all your wiring Cat6? >> >> >