Bandwidth Speed

[jbenge]

We have a new wireless internet connection. Everything works but the bandwidth. We should be getting T1 speeds but we our getting dial-up speeds. I can plug the internet connection to a hub and get 1.4 mg. but when I go through the router we get 26k. The internet connection is going through a ethernet port(NM-1E).I was thinking about switching the internal interface card and making it the external to the internet and
vice versa.It's a fast ethernet port.Can any one help?

Thanks
J.R.

 

[jbenge]

No bother at all. I need all the help I can get. Were getting the problems worked out but I don't think it is durable enough for this size of a company.

 

[JOAMON]

How many users and do you support any VPN connections to other sites? Also consider that their wireless is probably in the 802.11b range (2.4ghz). Take a good look at network and phones. If you have any 2.4ghz internal wireless and 2.4ghz phones these could be potential problems.

 

[jbenge]

We have about 150 users. We have two VPN connections to two other sites.

 

[JOAMON]

It sounds like your Boss is pretty set on this course. All you can do is document the date, time, and duration of any service interuptions. I can tell you from past experience that you will have problems with your VPN connections bouncing. We had lots of problems with the VPN not actually going down but with the telnet sessions to the business system disconnecting due to momentary hiccups with the wireless.

T1 data around $850...wireless gotta be at least $500...how much downtime will cost the company $350?


Good Luck....

 

[jbenge]

Downtime here will cost alot more than $350

 

[JOAMON]

Our last wireless provider took a class A address and subnetted it int class C blocks. Something like:
66.110.194.52 255.255.255.0
default gateway for all customers 66.110.194.1
One huge broadcast network. Could use CDP to determine neighbor routers address and capabilites and was logging duplex mismatch errors for other routers not in my network.