Check your wiring.

• Any pinched cables?
• Any UTP cables running close to electrical fields like florescent light fixtures? This can cause electrical interference and disturb data flow.
• Any stapled cabling?

Mind the Four Repeater Rule

• See an explanation of the rule and solution
• Do you have more than three hubs strung together without being on separate segments?
• Use a large 24 port hub as opposed to three 8 port hubs

Consider Upgrading and Segmenting

• 10BaseT Switched
• 100BaseT Shared
• 100BaseT Switched

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