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

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 23:58 -0500, L. V. Lammert 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.
> 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?

If you are using a managed switch it knows all [or most] these things.
Otherwise, no.


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