Hi Chris,
On 14/01/13 22:31, Chris Dennis wrote:
> Hello folks
>
> Sorry to mention the W word...
>
> A client of mine, a small business in Fordingbridge, uses various Sage
> products on Windows 7 which generate a lot of LAN traffic, and they're
> experiencing various intermittent problems.
Sage accounts is awful across networks, I would first look at if they
can run a standalone version. the last small company I worked with that
had sage, ended up putting it on a Win VM which people would VNC onto to
access.
>
> There's a Linux server on the network, but it seems to be
> Windows-to-Windows networking that's causing the trouble.
>
> Does anyone know of ways to stress-test the network to pinpoint the
> problems?
Have you tried putting wireshark on the Windows "server" and seeing what
is going on there as a starting point?
>
> I don't yet know if it's a hardware or software issue.
I have found lots of people complaining about Sage over networks.
Are the windows machines using AD / domain members?
Hope this helps a little
Rgds
Peter.
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