I have a client with a large network 25+ workstations, running a vertical market application.

They are having speed issues with their network - not just my application, but general speed.

Their network specialist have advised;

"We have installed WireShark on a workstation and on the server to try and find the cause of the problem.  It was noted that there are a lot of ‘Fragmented Packets’ going between the workstation and the server.

We isolated the source of the ‘Fragmented Packets’ by excluding all networked devices and creating a restricted network consisting of only the broadband router, the server and the workstation connected via a Gigabyte switch.  Initially there was no ‘Fragmented Packets’, however, as soon as <VFP application> was run the ‘Fragmented Packets’ started again.

It seems clear to us that there is a problem with the way  <VFP application>  is communicating with the network and therefore we need to work together to try and resolve the problem."

I am not a network specialist, does anyone know how VFP woudl cause fragmented packages and why this would be an issue?

Is there anything I could do to resolve/change this?

Gary.