Ha, no worries Cliff. Re all read things the wrong way once in a while. I appreciate you putting your mind to it though.
-- ME2 On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Cliff Partlow <cliff...@cox.net> wrote: > Sorry Michael for not digesting the original post, up late no sleep. The > issue that I encountered was with the Vlan tagging. Siemens had to write a > script/sting for my DHCP servers and we used this information to add to > Catalyst config. > > Excuse me while I remove the egg from my face :-) > > > Clarification, > > I assume that daisy chaining is the phone through the workstation to the > port or the workstation through the phone to the port. > Apologize for the spelling on my last. > > Michael, > > I administered a Siemens HighPath 4000 system. My suggestion right off of > the top of my head is try one that is not daisy chained. I had a Cisco Power > over Ethernet switch, 4 blades in a 3600 Catalyst if I recall correctly. The > Siemens engineer and I had a lengthy discussion about not "Daisy Chaining" > them. I do not recall the details right now, but did make the decision not > to to avoid as many variables as possible as company headquarters was on the > east coast and me being on the west coast, a more junior engineer, there was > a great deal of high level observation on the roll out and operation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:39 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Need help making sense out of odd network performance > > Hi everyone, > > I'm at a new job/network where I have started to become aware of some > odd-ball performance issues. We have a 3rd-party managed VoIP solution > with Cisco Catalyst 2950 switches, for which I have absolutely no > access or control over our internal switching and routing equipment - > except for our perimeter firewall. > > For the majority of the desktops, their workstations/laptops are > daisy-chained through Polycom IP 501 phones to the switches. A few of > us, like myself, use two data ports (one for phone, one for our > workstation.) > > What lead up to this aside, here is the throughput I am seeing ala > RoboCopy while copying XP SP3 (316.43 MB) as a test subject: > > Via direct connection: Speed=131.192 MB/min, in 2:24m (meh) > > Via phone-chained: Speed=36.764 MB/min, in 8:36m (asolutely horrible) > > Via D-Link DGS-2205 switch: Speed=451.726, in 0:42m (WTH ?!) > > I'm currently stymied, and our telco provider isn't able to make heads > or tails of the issue. Everything is hard-coded for 100 Mbps / > Full-Duplex. > > Any ideas? TIA! > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
