11-27-2013, 12:44 AM
Sorry about creating a separate thread, but I thought it was worth noticing...
Original thread: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1649010
As I mentioned in the last thread, the 8 port switch was going strong, but I only had the iMac and PS3 plugged into it.
When my brother got up, I told him about the issue (he'd be having to connect his devices to the switch since I didn't bother). Well, he went ahead and connected everything to the 8 port switch (minus one device since there wasn't room). Shortly afterwards, he noticed the same symptoms I had been experiencing earlier. By now I was taking a nap. So he proceeded to trouble shoot.
After plugging and unplugging various clients from the network, he discovered that it was the Netgear NeoTV MAX (a device my mom uses to get some Indian programing from the Internet to watch on the TV)! This device was something like 'clogging' up the network. My brother noticed it was stalled or something. He power cycled it and found that it needed to do an update. Either once it was power cycled or updated, all the problems went away.
So it was one freaking client that was hosing up the system!
It's been awhile since I messed with network stuff. I ether forgot or didn't know clients can hose up a network (I only figured 'zombie' computers could do that).
Original thread: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1649010
As I mentioned in the last thread, the 8 port switch was going strong, but I only had the iMac and PS3 plugged into it.
When my brother got up, I told him about the issue (he'd be having to connect his devices to the switch since I didn't bother). Well, he went ahead and connected everything to the 8 port switch (minus one device since there wasn't room). Shortly afterwards, he noticed the same symptoms I had been experiencing earlier. By now I was taking a nap. So he proceeded to trouble shoot.
After plugging and unplugging various clients from the network, he discovered that it was the Netgear NeoTV MAX (a device my mom uses to get some Indian programing from the Internet to watch on the TV)! This device was something like 'clogging' up the network. My brother noticed it was stalled or something. He power cycled it and found that it needed to do an update. Either once it was power cycled or updated, all the problems went away.
So it was one freaking client that was hosing up the system!
It's been awhile since I messed with network stuff. I ether forgot or didn't know clients can hose up a network (I only figured 'zombie' computers could do that).