We have 2 floors in our building,the first floor has a normal connection speed. The second floor is really slow. My best est is that we are under 100m limit of cat5. Both floor's connections come together on the first floor into 2 hubs and 1 switch. Its doesn't seem to matter if the slow connection is plugged into the hub or switch.
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Slow Connection
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franklin97355
Technical User
ALL connections on second floor are slow?
Servamatic
IS-IT--Management
I am curious, how are you determining it is slow?
What is slow?
Why 2 hubs and 1 switch?
How is everything connected?
Was the cable ever certified?
Is it only 1 cable that is slow?
Richard S. Anderson, RCDD
What is slow?
Why 2 hubs and 1 switch?
How is everything connected?
Was the cable ever certified?
Is it only 1 cable that is slow?
Richard S. Anderson, RCDD
robertjo24
MIS
View the hub for the second floor connections and look for collisions.
If you have several heavy users on the second floor, they will certainly cause collisions on the hub, slowing them down.
I would suggest placing switches on each floor with a connection between them, or a sepparate switch for each floor located in one closet. If you have Cisco, you can span multiple links between the switches and run them in load balancing mode. I am not sure how other managed switches do it, but with Cisco you can do "Etherchannel". I wouldn't try multiple connections between unmanaged switches, as you will create a loop and shut down the network.
If you have several heavy users on the second floor, they will certainly cause collisions on the hub, slowing them down.
I would suggest placing switches on each floor with a connection between them, or a sepparate switch for each floor located in one closet. If you have Cisco, you can span multiple links between the switches and run them in load balancing mode. I am not sure how other managed switches do it, but with Cisco you can do "Etherchannel". I wouldn't try multiple connections between unmanaged switches, as you will create a loop and shut down the network.
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