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"Dave Griffiths" <daveginorge@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi All
>
> I am using Vista x64 and while I am very happy with the results and speed
> I had one major problem, opening a file over the network was slow and I
> mean SLOW.
>
> I conducted tests towards my two different servers opening the same file
> in exactly the same depth of directories on the servers. The servers W2K3
> completely updated and Fedora Core 8 completely updated. The file was a
> word file of 73Kb and only text. The network is a 1 Gbit network
>
> I performed the tests with both NVC 64bit and NVC 32bit software.
>
> My initial setup was with Norman Virus Control and Windows firewall. To
> open the file from the respective servers took.
> W2K3 - 43 secs
> FC8 - 36 secs
>
> I then turned off Windows FW
> W2K3 - 43 secs
> FC8 - 35 secs
>
> I uninstalled NVC and turned on Windows FW
> W2K3 - 1.5 secs'
> FC8 - 1.5 secs
>
> I installed AVG Free 8 with windows FW on
> W2k3 - 2 secs
> FC8 - 2 secs
>
> I hope this information will help others who may be suffering from slow
> networking
>
> Dave.
>
>
>