Re: Hub or switch
From: Paul Landregan (plandregan_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/03/04
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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 16:23:20 +0100
"Bart" <bigbart5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have just set-up a network with three PCs connected to an old server via
>a
> hub. The server has various external drives connected via firewire, USB2
> and
> firewire 800. We occasionally backup a lot of data from any of the PCs to
> any of the external drives on the server.
>
> The first time we tried to backup some data (200GB) onto the external
> drive
> it took well over 24 hours. My thinking is that the hub is not dual speed
> and only 10baseT. Do I need to upgrade to a dual speed hub or are there
> other things I can try first, like perhaps changing some settings on the
> network PCI card (duplex mode?)? Would a switch be better for
> transferring
> this amount of data?
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Bart.
>
>
>
A switch wiuld give you full duplex connection, and are very cheap.
>
>
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