[Cialug] Slightly OT, .. Troubleshooting a network?

[Jeff Davis]

 If it worked previously and all the windows machines are having the same
problem, definitely check DNS first and secondly the server event logs.
(Also if the server is windows and has an uptime greater than 90 days I would
reboot it.)


On 9/19/2010 6:27 AM, Dave Weis wrote:
> Use task manager on the server to check network stats or performance monitor. I think you may be looking in the wrong direction unless there is something else to indicate a physical failure. Investigate name resolution problems. 
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> Sent: Sat Sep 18 23:57:31 2010
> Subject: [Cialug] Slightly OT, .. Troubleshooting a network?
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> Have a problem with a small network (six machines, one server & router) -
> some of the Windoze machines are taking *minutes* tologin on the server,
> and I suspect that some of the network gear/cabling may be having
> problems.
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> Other than pawing through packet dumps or ramdonly running cables to
> byass what's in the walls, is there any way to collect 'statistics'?
> Collisions? Packet re-sends? Conversation failures?
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> 	TIA,
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> 	Lee
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