Dudes pls help,
I was formerly using win xp for my network server system, then just replaced it with win server 2003 cos the win xp was incosistent and not capable of carrying about fifty systems on the network. and after all installation and configuration, the browisng become dam too slow, i cant figure out what the problem is now. am using Norton 2007 antivirus and have downloaded spyware terminator on it. pls is there anything i can do to make it browse faster?
thnx for ur contributions

Firstly, the move to install Windows Server 2003 in place of Windows XP is not necessarily a good move. XP is a client OS most suit for personal use, in this case, for browsing.

I dont know what server roles you also installed on the systems, but these could churn up you resources a bit. Before any suggestions, run through this check list:
- Have you ascertained your networks physical layer?
- Make sure you dont have a fault NIC on any host on your network. Imagine a faulty NIC sending broadcasts on your network, all others hosts would be forced to process whatever "jargons" it sends.
- Confirm that you ISP is still delivering the usual bandwidth you've been using.

There are a lot of other checks but these are the basics for now.

Hello to you,

The first question i will ask you is that which ISP are u using then av you inform your ISP about it may be is from them before you start do what is not suppose to do. so do all this then reply and let us know.

infact in this day all the network is not ok at all. even in my office I av something like this.
so do this first
ok

web accelerator is what u need

are u sure the next time is web accelerator?

I'm going to guess u are using a lesser than required bandwidth for ur 50 PCs. Easy way to confirm? Disconnect 49 and try browsing with only 1 and see if ur speed improves.

Has your network always been slow? Are you talking Internet Access or just local network access? If you're talking about Internet Access, then how many systems do you have and what kind of bandwidth do you have?

Meanwhile, scan your systems for spywares Go here: http://www.newfreedownloads.com/find/spybots.html to download Spybots S&. then run Avast to kill viruses or get a good AV.

Cheers.

Delta007:

I'm going to guess u are using a lesser than required bandwidth for your 50 PCs. Easy way to confirm? Disconnect 49 and try browsing with only 1 and see if your speed improves.

thats right. Ensure you are not trying to use above whats given to you. Disconnect 49 browse with one. What role is the server 2003 playing on your network? Is it a cyber cafe network or what?

How is your intranet communication. Try to send a file from one system to another and see what the speed is like. How long does it take to send a small packet of file?

there are still more but these are the basics

Thnx so much wonderful people that contributed on this topic. God will bless u all.
Meanwhile, the ISP am using is netcom africa, n i ve called them, they confirmed they are giving me my dedicated bandwith. also, i realesed that as soon as some systems are put off the network, the internet performance improves and am still using the same bandwith i usually use and my network has not being slow at all. my LAN is quite fast and ok. i downloaded Apyware terminator and scanned yet no improvement. In fact, am still awaiting more contribution
thx a million times,

ok visit www.myspeedtest.com. test your bandwidth.

because i know these people, they don't give what they say they do. shut down ur server and manually give ip addresses to all systems and try to see your browsing speed. what services are you running on the server even?