One fairly reliable way to check connectivity speed is to go to http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/ Select a city near you and run the test. It checks download and upload speeds.
On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 09:57 -0700, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote: > Judy, > > > If it is a network connectivity issue, it is undoubtedly related to > your Internet connectivity, not the distance between you and ESI. You > should be able to test that pretty easily if you get the right > equipment in. Any local network/WAN company could do some of that > testing. > > > So, it isn't limited to OPAC access? It's from the client as well? > I'm just thinking about the slowness problems KCLS ran into, which > seemed to be primarily OPAC related. > > > Lori > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Judy Daniluk <jdani...@ntrls.org> > wrote: > Our libraries are all in North Texas, but our server is in > Georgia (hosted at Equinox). > > > We often have problems with slow response time, and individual > libraries have days when they get lots of network errors, > which I assume are caused by timeouts. One library has days > when they can't use Evergreen online at all, even though the > other libraries are operating normally and the affected > library can access other Internet resources normally. We also > see quite a few cases where items get scanned for check-in but > the system doesn't actually check them in, and I'm guessing > that that's caused by network issues. > > > Some of the problem might be caused by network infrastructure > at the libraries or the ISPs serving the libraries, but we > also suspect that the distance between us and our server might > be aggravating the problem. > > > What do the experts out there think? Would we see better > performance if we shorten the network distance between us and > our server? > > > > > > Judy Daniluk > > Technology Consultant, North Texas Library Partners > > 6320 Southwest Blvd., Suite 101, Fort Worth, TX 76109 > > jdani...@ntrls.org 817-201-6778 (cell) 817-377-4440 > (office) www.ntrls.org > > > > > > -- > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant > The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com > (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com > > > Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, > workflow optimization, and materials handling > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >