So I have to guess that you didn't know that you need better switches. Cisco and other companies sell such things and you can get them on the internet.
Sometimes you run into a new IT tech that thinks they can fix a cranky/buggy switch. For them you give them time to learn.
Bob
Network problem: computer does not reply.
by labist
Dear all I have a problem in my Computers network. We have more than hundered computers
in our network. When I ping from my computer to other computers that are on the same switch. Does not
show any problem. But when I ping to the computers that are on the switched which are not directly connected to the same
switch but are on the other swtiches. Ping replys some times and some times it gives request timeout as shown in the picture.
But As i copy something from that computers that are on the other switches continuous reply recieves without request timeout
as shown here. Please help me to resolve this issue.
Note: There is no error when accessing computers with \\servername\sharename. Problem is with
ping and reply.

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