Greetings Helen,

Thankyou for the reply.

[Helen]
Are these slow machines trying to connect via NetBeui instead of TCP/IP.

[Mike]
No, they are using TCP/IP.

[Helen]
Alternatively, are they engaged in some form of networking operation
involving NetBeui? or IPX/SX?

[Mike]
Yes, some of our workstations have the IPX/SX protocol setup. This office
has two servers (WinNT and Novell). However as a side note, one of the
computers that run has IPX/SX setup runs fines, while another one that has
it does not.

[Helen]
Another thing to look at is their network protocol stacks: remove IPX/SX
altogether and tell them to play Quake on another network. :) No kidding,
if IPX/SX is being used on that network, it will stupefy TCP/IP. Try to
push TCP/IP up to the top of their stacks if you can.

[Mike]
Well since we must have both TCP/IP and IPX/SX protocols installed so we can
attach to both WinNT and Novell, How do I push TCP/IP to the top of the
stack. I guess I'm not sure what you mean here.

[Helen]
If it is the Win95 workstations in particular, check whether they have the
latest Plus! upgrade - slow connection often indicates that they are using
the old Winsock 1.

[Mike]
Well I know that none of the 95 stations are going to have plus installed.
So how can I tell if they are using Winsock 1? And if they are is there any
other way to find and install Winsock 2?

[Helen]
Make sure that they are all connecting to
OURSERVER:D:\ourpath\ourdatabase.gdb with *no* variation on this connection
string format; no mapped drives, no drive designators that are missing the
backslash after, no IP addresses.

[Mike]
When you say to make sure they are all connecting to the database with *no*
variations on this connection string format.

I have an ini file that stores this info...
[Database]
DBPath=\\OGDENNT\F:\SYS\Frontline\Imaging\Bin\FLImage.GDB

[Server]
ServerName=\\OGDENNT

Then in the login routine this is used to log all workstations on. So I
assume that this is ok.

Thanks for your help on this matter.

Mike