>either the router or one of the ethernet cards may be corrupt. it could >also be that one particular cable is bad, at the connectors or elswhere, >or that the cable is picking up allot of interference. they do make >shielded cat 5 cable, and i do know of a case where it made all the >difference even though they never found the interference source. try >the copy between other macs as well as switching the connections around. > a tight bend or crimp somewhere in the cable could be enough to cause >problems. Thanks for these ideas. Now, I do have one question for all--what measure or benchmark can one use to determine if indeed AppleTalk is functioning sufficiently well? That is, one suggestion has been that the apparent slowness may just be how it is. Since I don't have anything to compare it to, how will I know if my troubleshooting has shot the trouble?
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