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I don't think there is any real cause for you to change your network equipment - you're only using one shared program. Ethernet was designed to work in a CSMA/CD environment (such as you have) (Carrier sense multiple access/ with collision detection). If you switch to a switch (
) it isn't going to fix your problem. And, you don't use the internet that much, so it isn't really an issue right now either to move to broadband.
The problem is you're using a database in a client server mode when you're running your network in a peer to peer mode.
There ARE some databases that are designed as client/server. And there ARE some capabilities that exist on a Windows server which don't on a workstation.
So, if this is the Key piece of software that the business operates on and the manufacturer is telling you you're doing it wrong, I think it would be prudent to listen to the manufacturer. If you've done everything they tell you to do and you still have problems, then it's their problem, not yours.
You could maybe pick up a copy of NT4.0 Server somewhere for a discount price and put that on your "server" and you'll be good to go. Check with the software peeps if it'll run on NT. They might want Win2K Server.
) it isn't going to fix your problem. And, you don't use the internet that much, so it isn't really an issue right now either to move to broadband.The problem is you're using a database in a client server mode when you're running your network in a peer to peer mode.
There ARE some databases that are designed as client/server. And there ARE some capabilities that exist on a Windows server which don't on a workstation.
So, if this is the Key piece of software that the business operates on and the manufacturer is telling you you're doing it wrong, I think it would be prudent to listen to the manufacturer. If you've done everything they tell you to do and you still have problems, then it's their problem, not yours.
You could maybe pick up a copy of NT4.0 Server somewhere for a discount price and put that on your "server" and you'll be good to go. Check with the software peeps if it'll run on NT. They might want Win2K Server.
