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by cpatterson

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I am running a Suse' Linux server and Windows XP Pro clients. We use SAMBA as our file server. My network is running incredibly slow since switching to this setup. Saving work now takes between 5-10 minutes whereas before it used to take a maximum of 1-2 minutes for large files. My former setup was a Mac server 8.6 and old Mac computers. . . this doesn't make sense. I am running much faster units now, but it takes three times as long to get anything accomplished.

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by warwizard

check to see if you are auto negoiating to 10 MB/S simplex mode on your network switch/hub/router. Setting the interfaces to explicit rates like 100 duplex may resolve the issue. (Nic cards and hub/switch/router autonegoiation fails to reach optimum speed configuration).

by warwizard

check to see if you are auto negoiating to 10 MB/S simplex mode on your network switch/hub/router. Setting the interfaces to explicit rates like 100 duplex may resolve the issue. (Nic cards and hub/switch/router autonegoiation fails to reach optimum speed configuration).

by johnw

Check your protocols also. Make sure that you are not running ipx, netbios or other unnecessary protocols - possibly leftovers from the Macs.

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