File access trouble
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:23 am
Right we've had the network guy come around and he is going to give us a quote for an upgrade to cat6 for the technical team. The only trouble with that is that we don't know if it will fix the problem. A simple test would be to buy 50m of cat6 and run it around the floor to see if that solves it, but I can't for the life of me find any reputable sellers online.
Any suggestions anyone as Dabs, RS and Maplin only provide the required length in bulk and I can't be arsed to make my own?
Specs:
Cat5e cables for everything we have.
Don't know for the building but it was probably done 8 years ago.
2 Gigabit switches
All relevant workstations and servers are gigabit.
NAS box has 2 gigabit LAN ports, although I'm not sure if the second one does anything yet but tt does have a flashing LED though. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://i2.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Trouble:
50GB files on the NAS can't be accessed by the workstations so they have to be used locally. The files can be moved across the network from the NAS to the workstation where they do work. The workstations only read part of the file in normal use.
As far as I know smaller files such as 1 or 2 gig do work but the larger ones do not.
The app which is trying to use the file crashes out when this happens.
The first thing I tried was to put the 50gig file on a server and the result was that the app didn't crash this time, but it certainly didn't work.
Next thing was to run the app on a laptop that was connected directly to the switch, therefore bypassing the old and dubious office cabling. At this point the app does work correctly. However this was only tried on a smaller file and I need to test the 50gig one later today. The other trouble there is that people are using the machines that I need to use.
I'm thinking now that I'll just buy 50m cat5e and see if that works, at least that would eliminate or not whether it is an office cable legacy.
Any thoughts, suggestions or questions?
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Any suggestions anyone as Dabs, RS and Maplin only provide the required length in bulk and I can't be arsed to make my own?
Specs:
Cat5e cables for everything we have.
Don't know for the building but it was probably done 8 years ago.
2 Gigabit switches
All relevant workstations and servers are gigabit.
NAS box has 2 gigabit LAN ports, although I'm not sure if the second one does anything yet but tt does have a flashing LED though. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://i2.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Trouble:
50GB files on the NAS can't be accessed by the workstations so they have to be used locally. The files can be moved across the network from the NAS to the workstation where they do work. The workstations only read part of the file in normal use.
As far as I know smaller files such as 1 or 2 gig do work but the larger ones do not.
The app which is trying to use the file crashes out when this happens.
The first thing I tried was to put the 50gig file on a server and the result was that the app didn't crash this time, but it certainly didn't work.
Next thing was to run the app on a laptop that was connected directly to the switch, therefore bypassing the old and dubious office cabling. At this point the app does work correctly. However this was only tried on a smaller file and I need to test the 50gig one later today. The other trouble there is that people are using the machines that I need to use.
I'm thinking now that I'll just buy 50m cat5e and see if that works, at least that would eliminate or not whether it is an office cable legacy.
Any thoughts, suggestions or questions?
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<div class='signature'> I'm not addicted to porn, I'm addicted to masturbation. Porn is just an enabler.
<img src='http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ma ... Threat.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
There are plenty more fish in the sea, get your tackle out and see what bites.
Divers go deeper and stay down for longer.