Network traffic v.s. a bad network setup

[Thunderwind]

Currently a Server in our office is connected to an office in a remote area. The remote office is connected from a router through a 24 port hub (all ports filled) then consecutively through 2 8port hubs (all ports filled also) then to the server. The server is only running @ 10mbps (old server).

I have done some calculations, and it would seem that if the remote office had 300 users all going at once and my LAN was peaked with traffic, each one of those users would only have a data response time of 2.7 bytes per second!

Does this sound correct or am I way off?

Thanks

[widget]

Yikes!! Get some switches to replace 1 or two of those hubs. Hubs will pass along broadcast messages to everyone as well as regular traffic, a switch will filter the packets more efficiently.

[trinitro]

You can also replace the 10Mb card with a 100Mb card for virtually no cost. However, you don't specify how the server in your main location is connected to the remote office. Either way, it's unlikely that all of the remote computers will use their bandwith at the same time, so unless you have laggins issues now, it's unlikely you have problems. The bottleneck will probably be the connection between the offices, and the 10Mb NIC, not the hub. Although going to a swich will vastly increase the intenal speed (the traffic within the remote office).

[Mauser]

Sounds like you need to put some swithces in place. Bump connection to 100 if you can. No optics?