Re: [Hampshire] NAS devices and MTU

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Author: Rob Malpass
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] NAS devices and MTU

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From: "Keith Edmunds" <kae@???>
To: <hampshire@???>
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] NAS devices and MTU


> That's probably your problem - you're either violating (most likely) the
> 5-4-3 rule, or are very close to doing so
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-4-3-2-1_rule). You need to reduce the
> number of hubs in the connection (switches, being active, are OK, but
> there is a limit to how many hubs you can have).
>


Ah - thanks very much. This is the sort of thing that happens when you're
(or rather I am) self taught. I've managed to get two hubs out of the way
and it's already gone up from around 860KBps to 947KBps. Is this the
sort of speed I can expect?

Cheers
Rob