[Tfug] Need help on a server performance issue...

[Harry McGregor]

 On 9/27/10 7:03 AM, Jim March wrote:
> No, I have a router and a hub.  Every machine is getting DHCP off of a
> quality router, but the router doesn't have enough physical ports.  So
> one port off the router gets split eight ways at a dumb but powered
> hub, which should be OK.
>
Where did you find a hub?

There were a few 100mbit hubs, but not many.

And even the cheapest 5 or 8 port devices today are switches.


                        Harry

> Jim
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:55 AM, b1nary g0d <b1naryg0d.ws at gmail.com> wrote:
>> well keeping that in mind...he mentioned using a hub instead of a
>> switch...any network tech will tell you thats a no-no unless you cant afford
>> anything else
>> --B1naryG0d
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <angussf at geoapps.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 26 Sep 2010 at 17:01, Jim March  wrote:
>>>
>>>> So...I'm thinking I need to see if the Ethernet port in the server is
>>>> going south, OR check for something on the local net dumping excess
>>>> packets.  Been years since I've had to wrassle with something like
>>>> this.  Do I use Wireshark or the like to check for something screwy?
>>> Back in the day when I used to support a lot of Netware networks, problems
>>> like
>>> this were often caused by 10/100 duplex mismatches caused by crappy
>>> autonegociation between the switch and the server's network card.  Usually
>>> we
>>> made the problem go away by forcing the server NIC (and the switch port,
>>> if we
>>> had a manageable switch) to 100 mB Half Duplex.
>>>
>>> Also, are you running Samba on Ubuntu, with Active Directory?
>>> --
>>> Angus Scott-Fleming
>>> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
>>> 1-520-290-5038
>>> Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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