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Packet Loss Problem on LAN

Sorry about the measly points,
All I have left.

I'm having a problem with one of my software packages,
Basically it is down to lost packets on my network.

Can anyone recommend a course of action and what software to use to track down the source and or cause of this packet loss?
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Could also be as simple as a duplex mismatch between a NIC card and switch port.
Switch port error statistics will show high number of collisions. You can only get collisions on a switchport if there is a duplex mismatch, or if that switchport is connected to a hub.
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OK I have incrreased the points, Like I said it is not that this is not important to me, just that I have no points and have as yet been unable to convince my bosses that they should actually give me some money to do just that.

Petelong, thanks for all the info, as this is a once off thing (a client is having this problem on theur network, and it's not really our side of things but we are doing it as a favour), I don't think we'll be forking out for any hw/sw, but I will definitely try some of the freeware.

I was actually out on site last week and discovered one of the machines with a dodgy IP address and the same machine was infected with:

3 Instancres of W2Blaster worm
6 Instances of W32BugBear virus
7 Instances of W32Welchia virus

So I updated the Norton Anti Virus and cleaned up this machine.
Hopefully this was the source of the problem.
As only time will tell , It might be a week or two before I close this question and award points.