Dear sir,
I have networked 6 PCS through a switch of 100MBPS which run on Windows NT 4.0 Networking.
The PCs are networked via domain level networking and have ethernet adapters of 100 mbps and 1 has an ethernet adapter of 10 mbps.
There is a D-link 1008 (8 port) switch to control the traffic. There is 10base-T UTP cable to connect the computers.
All computers except server are celeron above 366 mhz and their RAM is > 64 MB. The server is P-III 800 Mhz and has 256 MB RAM.
The problem is that I am not getting required throughput from the computer. The actual data transfer speed between server and workstations is only 1 to 1.5 MBPS even when there is no traffic.
Is it due to the incompatibility of lancards (4 of them are 100 mbps and 1 is 10mbps) or due to fault in cable? What is the normal throughput I should get through a switch and adapters of 100 MBPS.
Should I upgrade to Windows 2000 to increase the network speed. Will installng win'2k help to increase the throughput.
Please guide me and help me in solving the problems.
Thanx.
Vaibhav Jain
[email protected]
I have networked 6 PCS through a switch of 100MBPS which run on Windows NT 4.0 Networking.
The PCs are networked via domain level networking and have ethernet adapters of 100 mbps and 1 has an ethernet adapter of 10 mbps.
There is a D-link 1008 (8 port) switch to control the traffic. There is 10base-T UTP cable to connect the computers.
All computers except server are celeron above 366 mhz and their RAM is > 64 MB. The server is P-III 800 Mhz and has 256 MB RAM.
The problem is that I am not getting required throughput from the computer. The actual data transfer speed between server and workstations is only 1 to 1.5 MBPS even when there is no traffic.
Is it due to the incompatibility of lancards (4 of them are 100 mbps and 1 is 10mbps) or due to fault in cable? What is the normal throughput I should get through a switch and adapters of 100 MBPS.
Should I upgrade to Windows 2000 to increase the network speed. Will installng win'2k help to increase the throughput.
Please guide me and help me in solving the problems.
Thanx.
Vaibhav Jain
[email protected]