Originally Posted by streaker69
Aymen to that, i, like many others, had some seriouse issues with vista networking mainly wireless related stuff.
Sometimes I try to fit a 16-character string into an 8–byte space, on purpose.
Since the WinNT Sp2 debacle, no one should ever get an MS OS until it's been proven. Hell, I didn't even roll out XPSp3 until several months after it was released. I think I just rolled it to the last couple of machines a couple weeks ago.
I let all the early adopters find the issues, although I did make the mistake of installing the Kaminsky DNS patch when it was first released. Dan Kaminsky owes me 23 hours of time because of that patch.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
Random transaction number responses?
Sometimes I try to fit a 16-character string into an 8–byte space, on purpose.
Taking this off topic a bit.
Question for all the BoFh's on here, what process and/or program do you find best for testing/benchmarking Windows Data transfer speeds between Server and Clients.
There are still a number of things that could cause the effect you're seeing when simply swapping out the cables and not restarting/power-cycling the devices involved. Including but not limited to:
1) Windows XP speed/duplex auto-negotiation sucks.
2) Windows would have to renew or release/renew your DHCP settings which could cause some type of synchronization issue.
3) You haven't mentioned what type of switch/router/FW whatever you're connecting to but that could present similar issues as well (though less likely).
As for the whole ipconfig thing, I think me meant netstat and if he didn't no biggy, here's another suggestion.
"netstat -e" which produces something like:
or maybe "netstat -s" which produces something like:C:\>netstat -e
Interface Statistics
Received Sent
Bytes 8354196 2738477
Unicast packets 14882 13716
Non-unicast packets 1440 289
Discards 0 0
Errors 0 0
Unknown protocols 0
C:\>netstat -s
IPv4 Statistics
Packets Received = 14955
Received Header Errors = 0
Received Address Errors = 0
Datagrams Forwarded = 0
Unknown Protocols Received = 0
Received Packets Discarded = 0
Received Packets Delivered = 14955
Output Requests = 13897
Routing Discards = 0
Discarded Output Packets = 0
Output Packet No Route = 0
Reassembly Required = 0
Reassembly Successful = 0
Reassembly Failures = 0
Datagrams Successfully Fragmented = 0
Datagrams Failing Fragmentation = 0
Fragments Created = 0
ICMPv4 Statistics
Received Sent
Messages 24 10
Errors 0 0
Destination Unreachable 0 1
Time Exceeded 0 0
Parameter Problems 0 0
Source Quenches 0 0
Redirects 0 0
Echos 0 9
Echo Replies 24 0
Timestamps 0 0
Timestamp Replies 0 0
Address Masks 0 0
Address Mask Replies 0 0
TCP Statistics for IPv4
Active Opens = 300
Passive Opens = 5
Failed Connection Attempts = 18
Reset Connections = 15
Current Connections = 8
Segments Received = 8894
Segments Sent = 8105
Segments Retransmitted = 102
UDP Statistics for IPv4
Datagrams Received = 6046
No Ports = 18
Receive Errors = 3
Datagrams Sent = 5672
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
It isn't just XP, it's all Windows OS.1) Windows XP speed/duplex auto-negotiation sucks.
As I suggested previously in this thread, it's best if you're running managed switches where you can set the Speed/Duplex, and you're not running Gig speeds, you should configure everything for 100MbFDX. You'll find that the network will perform better by doing so.
To test this, set devices to Auto-negotiate and copy a 600MB file and it will take around 20 minutes to copy. Set everything to 100MbFDX and copy the same file, it should copy in less than 3 minutes.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
You're right I was too specific/me hangs his head in shame
I've been hit with this at a number of client sites and LAN parties. You try to copy something large from someone or they try to grab something from you and it's a huge world of pain because one of the end points it's auto-negotiating poorly because of Winblows.
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
cat 5 is voice and data
you get that though your isp or sometime your isp gives you cat 3 as your stock wire for broadband
cat 6 is pure data only
it's only 100 mhz of a difference
if your going to do a lot of dl it can make a difference plus performance and speed can vary
now if your let say on cable and your connect directly to the poll then you can expect speed up to 700 kbs plus
Oh? You mean to say that CAT3 run by the ISP directly to homes?
So CAT6 cannot run an analog signal, only a digital signal? That some pretty amazing wire.cat 6 is pure data only
How would one run CAT6 directly to the poll (sic), when Ethernet is not on the poll (sic)? You have either DSL, which uses standard phone line, which is NOT CAT3, Cable which uses Coaxial cable, or FIOS which uses Fiber? Where is the CAT6 going to connect?it's only 100 mhz of a difference
if your going to do a lot of dl it can make a difference plus performance and speed can vary
now if your let say on cable and your connect directly to the poll then you can expect speed up to 700 kbs plus
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
Cat 6 provides for performance of 150 MHz above Cat 5.... That's more than double the MHz level of Cat 5.
Not to mention 6a which provides for 500 MHz performance and supports 802.3an 10GBase-T....
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