It's not the server. The server has nothing to do with these issues. As a matter of fact, the new server has had zero errors or dropped packets since it was turned on.
You are not helping if you want to stir that pot.
Let's see, could it be
1) Comcast and Road Runner using a new traffic shaping solution which has caused so many problems there is a class action lawsuit filed against Comcast right now?
2) Could it be the holiday saturation of the Internet causing the U.S. bandwidht to exceed 75% saturation of the total bandwidth available?
3) Could it be the new AT&T finally getting around to absorbing the old AT&T's network, causing some random bandwidth issues?
4) Could it be the severe weather causing link outages to occur all over the U.S. interupting the capacity and routing of the Internet?
5) Could it be the phone usage being higher than normal eating away at the data capacity of the Internet for the holidays and bad weather situations?
Nah, let's blame the server, even though the server has not recorded one instance of a dropped packet. Not even a single CRC error. It has yet to break 1% CPU usage since it went online.
Or the switch. Let's not forget the Ethernet switch. But it has not dropped a packet or even had a collision since it has been running. Hmmm.
If you have access to better information than I do, then please post it. I am always willing to do whatever it takes to make sure our side of the network runs smoothly. It is the only thing we have direct control over.
