[GRLUG] Slightly OT, .. Troubleshooting a network?

[Ben Rousch]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:58 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> Have a problem with a small network (six machines, one server & router) -
> some of the Windoze machines are taking *minutes* tologin on the server,
> and I suspect that some of the network gear/cabling may be having
> problems.

Are user profiles stored on the server? I've found it gets really slow
if my users store a lot of files or big files in their profile, which
gets synced to and from the server at login/logoff. It gets much worse
when two of the slow pokes try to login at the same time.

>
> Other than pawing through packet dumps or ramdonly running cables to
> byass what's in the walls (already swapped the switch), is there any way
> to collect 'statistics'? Collisions? Packet re-sends? Conversation
> failures?
>
>        TIA,
>
>        Lee
>
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