Re: Slow Network

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

From: Johan Arwidmark (johan.please_respond_to_forum.arwidmark_at_lutteman.se)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:53:45 +0100

Try disabling smb signing and see if that helps otherwise change the
tcpackfrequencey value for smb to 1

Solving XP SP1 Network File Errors (great article by Paula Sharick)
http://www.winnetmag.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=27148

New Registry Entry for Controlling the TCP Acknowledgment (ACK)
Behavior in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328890

In case that don't help...there is a hotfix available.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815230

Other Reference:

Error Messages When You Open or Copy Network Files on Windows XP SP1
Clients That Require SMB Signing
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810907

File Lock or Access Denied Error Message When You Save Files Over the
Network
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=812937

MS02-070: Flaw in SMB Signing May Permit Group Policy to Be Modified
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329170

regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 07:03:25 -0800, "Steve Barnes" <steve@pcswin.com>
wrote:

>I have installed 3 different networks lately using
>2003server on a 3Ghz server with 512MB and using various
>net cards Intel 10/100 3com 10/100 and onboard net
>cards. Properly configured DNS on all workstations and
>servers. Network works ok quick logins and so forth.
>But the network throughput is not good at all.
>
>Last week I upgraded one of the networks from a nt 4.0
>server 350Mhz cpu mirrored 9.1 gig SCSI drives 128mb ram
>to a 3Ghz system 1-36Gb ultra320 10K scsi drive and 2-
>Mirrored 73GB ultra320 SCSI drives. 512MB ram Adaptec
>29320-R SCSI controler. Using Manufactures Latest drivers
>server is only server so used 2003 setup defaults to
>configure server with AD,DNS,DHCP, and file share only.
>Setup work stations to point to server for all DNS and
>set DHCP to point to router for gateway.
>
>The Old NT server saved and retrieved word documents
>slowly but within 2-3 seconds. The new 2003 server takes
>3-5 seconds. I also needed to move files to different
>directorys so I went to the users directory on the server
>from the workstation opened win explorer and draged all
>the files to the new directory. After 20 seconds the win
>explorer started the process and said it would take 15
>Min. I let it go for 5min and it said it would still
>take 12 Min. I stopped the process, went to the server
>and did the same thing the whole process to 5 seconds. I
>would just say that there is too much net traffic but I
>have done the same thing here in my office and with only
>one workstation on connected to my old 500 mhz server
>with 2000 on a IDE hard drive my accounting system was
>instant but once I switched to a dual 900Mhz server with
>2003 on a 4 drive raid 5 system I have lots of time I
>have to wait for the accounting system to switch screens.
>The workstations nor software on them changed any in
>either situation.
>
>Any Ideas Help!!!!

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