INACOMP BUG REPORT

          PRODUCT: INTEL NETPORT II

             DATE: 92/09/21

          SUMMARY: The default settings for a Netport make it
                   send out lots of network traffic.

HARDWARE AFFECTED: Intel Netport II

SOFTWARE AFFECTED: Netport software version 4.11 in this case

         SYMPTOMS: Played around with a Lanalyzer at a client site
                   and discovered that the Netport, by default,
                   is set to check for print jobs once every second
                   (the default parameter is 10 tenths of a second).
                   This sends out one send and one reply packet
                   every second for every queue defined on a
                   Netport.  This was generating a signifigant
                   (about 100 packets/second) amount of traffic on
                   the client network.

              FIX: In NPADMIN, this parameter can be changed.  I
                   changed it to check every 15 seconds (150 tenths
                   on the menu).

           SOURCE: Todd Dailey, Advanced Systems, Cincinnati

         KEYWORDS: INTEL NETPORT PRINT SERVER NETWORK TRAFFIC
                   COLLISIONS