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Chips
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:06 am Post subject:
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I have Win 2K Pro on a laptop, WinXP Pro on a desktop. Using ACAD LT 2002.
It has worked fine with a Linksys network hub.
Now with a Belkin Pre-N wireless hub I have a problem.
Plain file transfer is fast and reliable.
When I open a drawing on the desktop from the drive on the laptop and go to
save it, the progress bar for saving goes fine, but then the drawing sits
for several minutes before it's ready to use again. Sometimes it gives me an
error message that it could not save the drawing.
Other programs don't seem to have this lag in saving.
Anybody else had this happen, or know of the cure?
GC
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Dean Saadallah
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD LT 2002 slow save over wireless NW |
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Belkin Pre-N wireless hub only runs at a g-speed: on a good day with only
you on the wireless network, that's half the speed of a wired connection.
Usually, you run slower despite the marketing hype: if they call it an
802.11g on the box in writing (and they do), then it is just that and all
other claims are 'lab-conditions only' numbers you will rarely achieve,
otherwise we could all sue them and make a ton of money.
Notice the 'pre' N name: it is NOT an 802.11n network (not really available
yet anywhere), which is supposed to run at full speed.
Plenty of good reading on the topic if you want to explore:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=802.11g+speed
and
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=802.11n+speed (check
out the honest review of your product here)
From your post alone, it would appear you have too much traffic and signal
is getting dropped, forcing AutoCAD to time out. AutoCAD is a true resource
hog and an excellent test tool for claims of speed from network
manufacturers.
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Dean Saadallah
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
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Dean Saadallah
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Chips
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:14 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD LT 2002 slow save over wireless NW |
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It seems a bit odd to me, the reception it shows is always about 97%. The
actual file transfers are fast. But it seems like after the file transfer is
done (or the save) that something else hangs it up.
I may check with different locations and distances to see how it works.
GC
"Dean Saadallah" <info here at pendean the company> wrote in message
news:4204f3a6$1_2@newsprd01...
| Quote: | Belkin Pre-N wireless hub only runs at a g-speed: on a good day with only
you on the wireless network, that's half the speed of a wired connection.
Usually, you run slower despite the marketing hype: if they call it an
802.11g on the box in writing (and they do), then it is just that and all
other claims are 'lab-conditions only' numbers you will rarely achieve,
otherwise we could all sue them and make a ton of money.
Notice the 'pre' N name: it is NOT an 802.11n network (not really
available
yet anywhere), which is supposed to run at full speed.
Plenty of good reading on the topic if you want to explore:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=802.11g+speed
and
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=802.11n+speed
(check
out the honest review of your product here)
From your post alone, it would appear you have too much traffic and signal
is getting dropped, forcing AutoCAD to time out. AutoCAD is a true
resource
hog and an excellent test tool for claims of speed from network
manufacturers.
--
Dean Saadallah
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
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Chris Dodge [Microdesk]
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:11 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD LT 2002 slow save over wireless NW |
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Hmmm... I'm not so sure it's just your wireless router that's the problem.
I've seen it quite slow across a normal network. Try:
- Disable virus protection (just for testing) on both client and server.
Much faster?
- Type APPLOAD in acad and unload WHOHAS.ARX. Cant remember for sure if it
gets loaded in 2002 or not. If it is loaded, an extra .DWL file gets
created when a drawing file is opened or saved.
- Open the same DWG file on a completely different network share (doesn't
have to be a server). Is it still as slow, or only slow saving to one
server?
- If 2004/2005 has been installed on same box, right-click on a DWG file in
Windows Explorer, and disable "Digital Signatures".
Also, keep in mind that AutoCAD first writes to drawing.ac$, renames
drawing.dwg to drawing.bak, then renames drawing.ac$ to drawing.dwg. Its
not as simple as saving a text file
Test with Microsoft Word and Excel files across the network. They tend to
have a pretty complex save process too.
Chris
"Chips" <chips@reliableins.nospam> wrote in message
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| Quote: | It seems a bit odd to me, the reception it shows is always about 97%. The
actual file transfers are fast. But it seems like after the file transfer
is
done (or the save) that something else hangs it up.
I may check with different locations and distances to see how it works.
GC
"Dean Saadallah" <info here at pendean the company> wrote in message
news:4204f3a6$1_2@newsprd01...
Belkin Pre-N wireless hub only runs at a g-speed: on a good day with only
you on the wireless network, that's half the speed of a wired connection.
Usually, you run slower despite the marketing hype: if they call it an
802.11g on the box in writing (and they do), then it is just that and all
other claims are 'lab-conditions only' numbers you will rarely achieve,
otherwise we could all sue them and make a ton of money.
Notice the 'pre' N name: it is NOT an 802.11n network (not really
available
yet anywhere), which is supposed to run at full speed.
Plenty of good reading on the topic if you want to explore:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=802.11g+speed
and
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=802.11n+speed
(check
out the honest review of your product here)
From your post alone, it would appear you have too much traffic and
signal
is getting dropped, forcing AutoCAD to time out. AutoCAD is a true
resource
hog and an excellent test tool for claims of speed from network
manufacturers.
--
Dean Saadallah
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
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