I have a five computer network: two NT workstations, one Win95, one Win 98,
and one BeOS system.  The systems all use 3Com 10Mb/s cards, except for the
Be machine which uses a generic NE2000 compatible card.  One of the systems
(running 98) is a notebook with a 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA card.  One of
the NT boxes has two 3c509's because I'm about to use it as a gateway to an
ADSL router.  The whole mishmash of hardware uses a Linksys eight port hub
which I already know has one dead port.

I appear to be suffering from a tremendous number of packet collisions, if I
can believe what the indicator on the hub is saying.  The network is an
amalgamation of NetBUEI and TCP/IP, if that makes any difference.  I'm
honestly not sure if the collisions are having an effect on the network's
performance because it's been happening for quite a while.  Also, both NT
machines have service pack 3 freshly installed, the 95 system is using OSR2,
the 98 system uses RC0 and the Be computer is running release 3.

There you have it.  Any ideas?  And, for that matter, do I actually have a
problem?

Thanks!

Drew Dunn
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