Thanks for the input. I failed to mention an important piece of info. The network person is unapproachable (I'm being kind).

Is there anything I can do to get an overall "speed of the network" that would serve as a benchmark without installing any new software (that would not be an option because of the network person)?

I mean would PING tell me anything that I could come back here and say here is the results. What does it mean?

Thanks,
John