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connected at 10 or 100MBPS?
Name: Joe Date: August 28, 2002 at 14:02:43 Pacific
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our PC's are connected to a LAN. How can i tell at what speed the data is tranfering on the network. Is it 10 or 100MBPS?
The task manager on the pc's shows 10MBPS as link speed. Is there anything I can do to the machines or to the hub, inorder to get the link speed go upto 100MBPS.
one more thing all the connected ports on the hub has a green light and yellow blinking light. Is the green represents 100MBPS? I'm not sure. Need some help please?
Name: Jerry Date: August 28, 2002 at 14:09:55 Pacific
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If you’re using a HUB then you’re only as fast as the slowest speed NIC card on your network. If you have a 10mbps NIC card on one of the PC's then that PC is slowing down your network. You will need to replace the NIC card(s) or get SWITCH.
Good Luck
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Response Number 2
Name: sid Date: August 28, 2002 at 14:39:26 Pacific
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Are you saying with 10/100 hubs one 10mb nic makes everything run at 10?
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Response Number 3
Name: boojum Date: August 28, 2002 at 20:12:15 Pacific
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Not true that one pc on a network with a 10mps NIC will slow all others down to 10mps. It would be true if the hub were 10mps or the cable wasn't capable of 100mps (both of which you should verify). To function at 100mps you need 1. 100mps or 10/100 NIC (on whichever pc you want to function at that rate)2. 100mps hub/switch 3. Cable that's capbable of that rate. If you have all of the above then some software setting is out of joint.
On a tiny network of a few computers there is no advantage in using a switch over a hub. Network doesn't generate enough traffic.
It should say on the hub what the LED indicates, normally it should say something like 100mps.
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Response Number 4
Name: boojum Date: August 28, 2002 at 20:13:05 Pacific
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should read mbs not mps.
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Response Number 5
Name: Harry Date: August 29, 2002 at 07:22:54 Pacific
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Did you read the switch's manual first? Everything you have to know should be there.
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Response Number 6
Name: Joe Date: August 29, 2002 at 07:28:44 Pacific
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Actually i got a switch. Not a hub. It's a 3com superstack II desktop switch with 100BASE-TX and all the cables are 3.0 ohm capable of handling speeds upto 100mbp ( has 8 wires insdide each cable.)
I'm not sure about the NIC cards. I'm going to check them all.
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