>I have to have a conversation with someone tomorrow about their network. I am in no way a network guru and do not expect to be anytime soon. I just want to know enough to not look completely ignorant.
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>Network big picture: 2 facilities approx. 5 miles apart. Supposedly there is a T1 line between the 2 facilities.
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>Network has an app that is used in both facilities, courthouse and jail. Server for this app is at courthouse.
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>Users at jail have horrible experience i.e. 100 times slower than running app from courthouse.
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>Approx 6 months ago I entered the picture. I supplied a new VFP app (not related to pre-existing app in any way).
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>I supplied a server at the jail for this new app.
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>Users at jail have no problems but users at the courthouse are 100 times slower.
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>So the problem is the pipe.
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>I have no idea why so slow but as far as I know the only thing slower than a phone line is carrier pidgeon. How can it be slower than a telephone dialup because it most certainly is.
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>Thanks,
>John

See whether computers, at both sites, communicate amongst themselves at reasonable speed. If one of the sites is very slow (with computers talking amongst themselves), then you might check the local network first: for instance, replace hubs with switches.

Otherwise, if the problem only appears when connecting the two remote sites, I would say the connection doesn't have sufficient bandwidth. Another possibility is that too much bandwidth is used up. Use network detection tools to see what sort of traffic travels the backbone, and, if it uses a significant percentage of the bandwidth, forbid certain applications (like sharing MP3 files, for instance). Or simply get more bandwidht.