RE: Client Access and Win 2000 (poor performance)

Let me clarify: I don't doubt you're having a problem.

I personally use CAX 5.1 through the Internet on 20 boxes scattered all over
the U.S. and Canada; two shops have two and all other shops have one.  There
are multiple OS/400 releases on small to medium-size boxes.  My staff, all
using CAX 5.1 on Win2K, work on a wider scope.

I'm doing coding (SEU, SDA) and testing; I'm hitting that enter key pretty
hard.  We have never observed any delay unrelated to iSeries and/or
Internet/network traffic.  I'd expect a statistically significant number of
users on multiple Win2K desktops working on multiple systems to report
frequent hangs. 

If you're having a problem, I suggest using Norton Utilities (or something
of that ilk) to clear disk clutter (including your TEMP folders) and to
defrag your disks.  Make sure your Win2K SP's are up-to-date.  

Don't forget to check for rogue applications with the Windows task monitor.
I suffered from audio dropouts for months until I ran the Win2K performance
monitor and found Windows was trying to reconnect to a phantom device every
seven seconds.  I deleted the device and my problem was solved.

I have seen performance problems related to the use of "dumb" hubs instead
of "smart" switches, or from improperly-configured network devices.  A
network specialist ought to be able to check for collisions or excessive
retries.  

-reeve

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> I must beg to differ.  I have 2 PCs beside each other.
> We are on an 825 V5R2 and I have up to date versions on CAE.
> The 825 has more capacity then we use. It is not the cause.
> The CPU usage mostly is <10% rarely goes to 60% (dual processor).
> The CAE on Win2000 PC suffers periodic delays of about 1-3 seconds
> , the same function on Win98 has negligible delay.
> The delay is not consistant.  There will be say 3 or 4 good reponses
> followed by the delay. It is very annoying and not an urban myth.
> 
> Frank Kolmann
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> >date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:03:44 -0500
> >from: "Reeve" <news@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >"Client Access has poor performance under Win2000"?  Not as far as I know
> or
> >have experienced; I think this is an urban legend.  Make sure you apply
> the
> >current CAX service pack.
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