Guvnor at work looking for a fast 10-12 port network hub is a bit confused
as far as specs go. So am I come to that. :-)
Can anyone recommend a fast one, or what to look for in the specs to see how
fast one is?
Price is less of a consideration than speed.
TIA.
Mike.

"Mike G" <metier (AT) lycos (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Hub or switch?

Obviously you'll be looking for something which can support the higher
ethernet speeds - 100M or even gigabit.

(are any of the reputable brands actually slow?)

cheers,
clive

"Clive George" <clive (AT) xxxx-x (DOT) fsnet.co.uk> wrote

Thanks Clive.
Well he did say hub.
He's running Sage s/w which since their latest upgrade, is running slow.
Works fine on the server itself, but is slow on the network.
According to them, the latest version, has many more functions than the
previous version, hence the slowness, and they have recommended a faster
hub.
The Netgear one he's using at present, is about 3 years old.
Mike.

Mike G wrote:

Sounds more than a tad pants to me. Unless he's bought a really old dodgy
netgear hub/switch back then, it should be able to run everything on full
duplex, 100Mbit/s.

Depending on network traffic, a hub is a bad idea - you definitely want a
switch, not a hub. But before you even go there it may well be worth
checking that all client machines have full duplex connections at 100M and
not 10M. Oh, and then I'd look at how much network traffic you actually get
on the server as it may simply be maxing out the network card on the
server.

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"Mike G" <metier (AT) lycos (DOT) co.uk> wrote

you want a network switch as hubs are old skool! a switch if i remember
right doesn't have all that 10/100mbit shit it should go at the max to
whatever is shoved into it. switch is fuck all really for a 4-9 port jobby.
dunno if they started whacking switches into routers???

"Vamp" <None (AT) none (DOT) com> wrote

Thanks for that. It's definitely a hub he's running at present.
I'll tell hin he needs a switch tomorrow.
Mike.

"Timo Geusch" <tnewsSPAMMENOT (AT) unixconsult (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Cheers. A few things to think about. I'll tell him to check tomorrow.
There's got to be a bottleneck somewhere, as the problem only became
noticeable after Sage was upgraded.
Apart from generally running slowly, it's quite noticeable that the daily
backup which is done on one w/s is taking about twice as long as it did
before.
Mike.

Mike G wrote:

Unless the data size has grown by a factor of two this sounds like
network congestion...

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