*** Quoting Jeff Dunlop to All dated 06-30-96 ***
> I had a LAN fall flat on its face a couple times this week because of 
> very
> heavy load. There are about 25 PCs, ranging from 486/66 with Intel 
> EtherExpress 16 to Pentium/75 with Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 PCI 
> running a Foxpro 2.6 for Windows app off the server. There are three HP
> 4 Plus printers, 1 on the server, 2 on JetDirect cards operating as 
> queue servers.
> 
> We've running into occasional problems when running reports from 
> several PCs at the same time. It appears that the lan segment collapsed
> under the load because the Netware 3.12 server reports about 800,000 
> collisions and other assorted traffic-related errors.
> 
> I know that I can run multiple segments from the server, and that 
> bandwidth can be improved in other areas. Indeed, we have a Compaq 
> Proliant 300 150mhz server on order with an extra PCI NIC and all the 
> performance bells and whistles. This will probably address our 
> immediate needs, but we're still left with the probablistic nature of 
> Ethernet.
> 
> size that I've seen statistics on, and some of them went for months or 
> longer with fewer than a dozen collisions. I have a 28-user LAN on a 
> WAN running on a single segment and an almost identical server that has
> never had a hiccup.
> 
    My first question toward your solution: 
1. You mention a WAN, are you doing any sort of filtering? With that much 
collisions, that would be the area of first concern. 
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