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yeah, you want to move away from hubs if that is what you are running and
get a 10/100/1000Mbps switch.  What cabling are you running Cat5, Cat5e or
Cat6?  How many broadcast networks do you have?  i.e. is your network
segmented per department or is it just one big broadcast zone.

Windows networking chatters a lot and so if you are on one broadcast zone
then there will be a lot of traffic floating round your network.  Also check
your switch(es) to see if you have an collisions going on.  Usually
indicated by an orange flashing LED as opposed to a green one.


On 11/1/07, Richard Davey <rich at corephp.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> Thursday, November 1, 2007, 3:43:24 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Which part of the setup is likely to be the problem? Surely
> > switching between applications is a client PC RAM deficiency or
> > something like that? How could it relate to network speed or server
> > speed? I guess email problems are attributed to the server speed, or
> > maybe the internet connection. Do we have a strong enough server to
> > handle this load?
>
> Are applications installed locally or on the server? I.e. are you
> running thin clients?
>
> Also what kind of apps are you dealing with? Are we talking Photoshop
> with massive images, or just general email/Word type stuff?
>
> A 100Mbs network shouldn't be a bottleneck for 30 PCs, but that
> depends entirely on what you're using it for and how much data you're
> kicking around it.
>
> Also what is the set-up like re: the network? Local switches/hubs? One
> giant one?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich
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