10 tips for troubleshooting slowdowns in small business networks

Topics:

Network Administration,

Network Design,

Switching

Tags:

small business,

information technology,

network interface card,

DNS,

IP,

network,

performance

Source:

Joshuva Daniel

Overview: A sluggish network can mean cranky users, loss of productivity, and big headaches for the IT staff. But solving--and even preventing--slowdowns is a whole lot easier when you know the most likely culprits.

IT consultant Erik Eckel has identified some performance-compromising issues that small business IT pros may encounter, including bad NICs, failing routers/switches, IP conflicts, and DNS errors. He explains how problems can occur and what you can do about them.

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