Re: network troubleshooting

From: Param R. (pr_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:43:22 -0500

Is there anyway I can test the line speed without setting up ftp? I dont
have FTP Service setup on the SBS Server and I dont want to break anything
by installing it. Any ideas?

TIA!

"Jonathan Lotman [MSFT]" <a-jonlot@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:U7AJIlXrEHA.752@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...
> The netmon tool that comes with SBS2003 can be useful isolating network
> issues. However, I would first recommend bringing the gigabit NIC down
> to
> 100Mb Full Duplex, as well as going into the properties of the NIC and
> disabling any jumbo frame and offloading features. As far as testing
> line
> speeds, a simple test might be to set up an FTP site on the LAN interface
> of the server and then transfer a large file to it and see what the
> sustained transfer rate is. Externally, there are a number of sites that
> can give you a line speed test on the WAN side, but I suspect that the
> issue is more in your local network than with your ISP, based on your
> description.
>
> Thank you,
> --------------------------
> Jonathan Lotman
> Microsoft Online Support Engineer
>
> Microsoft Corporation
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> | From: "Param R." <pr@nospam.com>
> | Subject: network troubleshooting
> | Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:17:31 -0500
> | Lines: 17
> | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
> |
> | Hi all, we are experiencing some network latency in our SBS network
> | environment. The SBS server has 2 NICS as follows:-
> |
> | Internal GIGABIT Nic plugged into gigabit switch where other PCs plugin.
> | External 10/100 NIC plugged into linksys router for gateway to internet.
> |
> | Our users are experiencing very slow internet browsing and also slow
> file
> | copy times over the network. We have contacted our ISP and they came
> back
> | with our line is OK.
> |
> | Are there any free tool out there that I can use to monitor the network
> to
> | see what is going on? Test line speeds between a particular client and
> the
> | server etc?
> |
> | TIA!
> |
> |
> |
>

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