John I think you may have solved my problem. I followed what you said and disconnected one computer and whamo the other computer worked fine, then reversed it and slowwww. I did several repeats and was watching the network monitor and after about the third try the suspect computer went to zero and I cannot even get the program to boot. It does not appear to be the switch because I also replaced it with a router(both are new) and had the same results. Also replaced the cable, no help. Will stop by tomorrow to get a new network card and hope for the best. I want to say that this Rbase list is the best place for help. I had surfed the internet to no avail. Like I had said in my previous post I new it was not Rbase because I use the same App at another business with 4 computers and have had no problems. I will reply after new card installed. Thanks Tom Hart
----- Original Message ---- From: John Engwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 11:18:58 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Network issue Tom, I have several clients on a peer-to-peer running a 7.5 compiled version with very good results. Two of the clients have the max of 10 PCs on the network. If you have a peer-to-peer network you should have a PC that is used exclusively as a pseudo file server. Put the database files on the server PC and the RBASE exe, dll etc files should be on the individual workstations so that you don’t have to pull the RBASE program across the network every time you load RBASE. There are a lot of possible causes but here are a few things that I would do: If you suspect hardware, I would start by shrinking the network to two PCs (power off the 3rd one and disconnect it from the switch) to isolate the problem. A bad NIC or cable can pull the entire network down. I have seen virus checkers cause slowdown issues. Temporarily disable the firewall and virus checker. Press ctrl/alt/del to access the task manager. It has a networking tab that will give you a graphical view of your network performance. View it from the PC that contains your database files. John From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TOM HART Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:27 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Network issue I have a network issue that I can't seem to resolve, so if anyone can help, please do. I have 3 computers networked thru a switch running a compiled app in 7.5 On the master computer the program runs fine, but on the 2 workstations when I try to load the program sometimes it will not load other times it will. Sometimes when I try to load it once it won't, until I try to load again, then both sessions load. When they do load, they are very, very slow. I had done a google search and found that if I changed my settings on each network adapter to 100 full duplex(from autonegotiate), that initally it made a remarkable difference, but suddenly stopped and went back to being slowwwwwww. I have even moved the app from computer to computer and sometimes that makes a difference, for awhile. All three computers are brand new. To futher complicate things I run the same app on 4 computers at another location and have never had a problem. I am pulling out what little hair I have. Tom Hart
