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    *Schreck, Fred

    Wide Area Network performance problem...

    80 Views, 1 Replies
    10-26-1999 01:42 PM
    Hello....

    Our office is currently working on a large project in the Midwest. We are
    sharing drawings between our San Francisco and Michigan offices over a Wide
    Area Network. We are noticing the following problem: When we load a
    drawing stored on a remote server, AutoCAD R14 performance slows
    considerably, specifically relating to dialog box display times. Also,
    whenever a command is incorrectly typed at the keyboard, AutoCAD will spend
    a significant amount of time searching for a command that matches the
    string.

    Has anyone else experienced these problems, and is there any work-around
    available?

    Thanks,

    Fred Schreck
    CAD/IS Manager
    Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz Architects
    San Francisco CA
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    *Varner, Charlie

    Re: Wide Area Network performance problem...

    11-02-1999 10:31 AM in reply to: *Schreck, Fred
    We work in the same fashion, though not over quite as wide a geographic
    area.
    I have not noticed the problems your systems exhibit, though I can imagine a
    number of variables that might affect you.

    HARDWARE:
    What size pipe (bandwidth) do you have to your Midwest office?
    What type of connection are you using at both ends?
    How fast are your LANs?
    Are they switched?
    Is this a dedicated, single-use circuit, iow, a circuit that doesn't have
    Internet traffic on it as well?
    What other tasks are your servers performing?

    SOFTWARE:
    What version of autocad are you using?
    Is demand-load enabled?
    What size dwgs do you typically open?
    How is autocad setup, local/network install?

    Many other variables could affect your thruput, it could take some
    troubleshooting.
    Good luck to you,

    Charlie Varner, CAD/IS Manager

    Integrus Architecture
    Seattle

    Fred Schreck wrote in message <7v53n0$c2o27@adesknews2.autodesk.com>...
    >Hello....
    >
    >Our office is currently working on a large project in the Midwest. We are
    >sharing drawings between our San Francisco and Michigan offices over a Wide
    >Area Network. We are noticing the following problem: When we load a
    >drawing stored on a remote server, AutoCAD R14 performance slows
    >considerably, specifically relating to dialog box display times. Also,
    >whenever a command is incorrectly typed at the keyboard, AutoCAD will spend
    >a significant amount of time searching for a command that matches the
    >string.
    >
    >Has anyone else experienced these problems, and is there any work-around
    >available?
    >
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >
    >Fred Schreck
    >CAD/IS Manager
    >Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz Architects
    >San Francisco CA
    >
    >
    >
    >
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