Knowledge Base for Windows

Description/Problem:
Few days ago I need test the stability and throughput of the network between two servers in our organization. I have tested several free tools but the most interesting tool for me was NETIO Benchmark. It’s small tool which is working on client/server technology, allow easy and fast check of the network throughput via NetBIOS, TCP and UDP protocols (using various different packet sizes).

Solution:

• Download & decompress the NETIO Benchmark tool
• Execute Win32-exe file on the server side with parameters: “-s -t -u”
• Execute Win32-exe file on the client side with parameters:
  • for TCP test “-t {server_IP}”
  • for UDP test “-u {server_IP}”

Description/Problem:
The Microsoft Windows Server – Cluster Service offer cost-effective high availability for a wide variety of applications that are easy to deploy and manage. Sometimes issues of cluster service can be related also to the network – strictly speaking to the configuration of Cluster Heartbeat LAN.

Solution:
KB258750

Description/Problem:
This article describes how to fix problem with negative ping values on computers which using AMD Multi-core Processors. It’s related to the timing issues between the cores.

Solution:
Download AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver Version 1.3.2.0053

Description/Problem:
This article describes how to reserve a range of ephemeral ports on a computer that is running MS Windows XP/200x. In some situations, you may want to reserve a range of ports so that a program or process that requests a random port will not be assigned a port that is in the reserved range. When you reserve a range of ports, only a program or process that specifically requests a port that is in the reserved range can use the port.

Solution:
KB812873 / Daniel Schneller’s Blog