Network Speed
After working on a computer network for awhile, you may notice that it doesn’t operate as quickly as it used to. You may find yourself waiting for several seconds while programs download or your browser finds a selected site. You may be wondering what happened and what you can do to regain some of the lost speed that used to make your system operate more efficiently. To locate the source of the problem, you can do one of several things. First, consult an IT team member who can look over your network and find the trouble spot. This could be a person who works at your company or someone from the community that makes service calls to check home or office computer networks. If your network is home-based and you want to try and figure out the problem yourself, consult the user manual and check each computer’s settings. Also clean out the networked system of unused programs or viruses that may have been picked up inadvertently. Another thing you can do is check with online sources of IT support. Technological professionals can test your system’s bandwidth, conduct a speed test, and let you download free programs to enhance the rate at which your network processes functions. Web hosts like Lunar Pages and Odyssey Computer offer free programs that you can get to test your computer’s performance. You can even visit sites where you click on a button and the program tells you how quickly the computer is operating. Whether you have DSL or dial-up Internet access will impact your system’s speed. Your network adaptor offers more clues as to the slowness of your network.