An application runs on a server connected to LAN at office A. This application u

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An application runs on a server connected to LAN at office A. This application uses 2mbps of bandwidth for each trader and there are 2 traders in office A and 2 in office B. 3 more traders are hired in each office A and B. After the new 3 traders start working they notice a slowdown in the application. Keep in mind all pc's connect to the LAN at 100 Mbps. The IT dude sees that the network supports 10mbps/100mbps or 1000mbps. He changes the server to use 1000mbps. He thinks he solves performance problem because traders tell him it's running fast again. Explain why u think the IT dude still has a network bottleneck problem?

Explanation / Answer

if you manually specify the link speeds, than you are bound to run into speed mismatches. Why? Because it is nearly impossible to document the various connections between switches and servers and then follow that documentation when making changes. Most failures I have seen are because of mismatches and you only get in to that situation when you start manually setting speed settings.

Using "auto-negotiation" should have been the choice.

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