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<blockquote data-quote="Savage1701" data-source="post: 232820" data-attributes="member: 25018">I just stumbled across this because of another problem I am having, but have you considered a network switch that has QoS features?&nbsp; They are pretty common and don't really add to the cost of the switch.&nbsp; If you are cabled for 5E I would consider gigabit switching as well.&nbsp; Also, as a network tech once told me, not all switches are created equal.&nbsp; The cheapest ones have low-capacity switching fabric.&nbsp; They may technically hit their mark, but start loading anything onto the network and they fall apart in terms of speed, etc.&nbsp; I think the analogy is like in the 80's when every stereo manufacturer was quoting higher and higher wattages for their amps, but they in fact sounded terrible at those levels.&nbsp; They could only hit the numbers under tightly-controlled, narrow-range lab-type tests, and still sounded awful.Oh, and one other thing, I stumbled across an obscure problem where WinXP put the wrong ethernet driver on my NIC, even though it looked like a correct choice.&nbsp; I had to force the correct one on.&nbsp; That fixed a number of baffling network issues for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Savage1701, post: 232820, member: 25018"] I just stumbled across this because of another problem I am having, but have you considered a network switch that has QoS features? They are pretty common and don't really add to the cost of the switch. If you are cabled for 5E I would consider gigabit switching as well. Also, as a network tech once told me, not all switches are created equal. The cheapest ones have low-capacity switching fabric. They may technically hit their mark, but start loading anything onto the network and they fall apart in terms of speed, etc. I think the analogy is like in the 80's when every stereo manufacturer was quoting higher and higher wattages for their amps, but they in fact sounded terrible at those levels. They could only hit the numbers under tightly-controlled, narrow-range lab-type tests, and still sounded awful. Oh, and one other thing, I stumbled across an obscure problem where WinXP put the wrong ethernet driver on my NIC, even though it looked like a correct choice. I had to force the correct one on. That fixed a number of baffling network issues for me. [/QUOTE]

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