poweredge 2400 very slow under windows 2000 server

[mrscary]

A client of mine has a Poweredge 2400 server, currently running NT4.
This provides a decent speed.

Hardware config:
1Gb Ram. Dell Perc2 S/i raid array.
Intel Pro 100+ Server network adapter.

I have installed Win2K on a seperate partition - just in case something when wrong - I could always revert to NT4. Good job I did that...

Anyhow - the install went smoothly, got all the latest patches and drivers for everything (as far as I am aware). But the performance of the network is now very poor. I am not sure if it is the network card, or the raid array or something else. Suggestions please.

The network runs DHCP - but the DHCP server is provided by a router. The Server is provided with a static IP address.

SOme of the PCs also have static IP addresses. All systems have seen a marked degredation in network performance (approx 20x slower) - and occasionally workstations lose the connection to the server completly.

Suggestions please!



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[ABOzIT]

Maybe 2K has set a default of Auto negotiation of speed and duplex on the NIC. Try matching the speed a duplex settings with the switch/hub.

A speed/duplex mismatch can really make things crawl.

Hope this helps!