"D. R. Grindstaff" wrote:
Hi Folks,
I am experiencing what seems to be excessive packet "collisions" on my 10BaseT network.
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-- D. R. Grindstaff
First, to reiterate your point, a certain amount of collisions are okay. In fact, Ethernet wouldn't exist as we know it without collisions. Bill Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, once said, it is claimed, that he wishes he hadn't used the term 'collisions' in the first place :) I don't know if this is true or not but collisions are perfectly normal to an extent. Now, I have a question for you: what do you mean by excessive? You say that "there seems to be a collision for every packet sent" How do you know this? By looking at the "idiot lights" on the hub, as they are known? Have you installed and/or used an ethernet packet sniffer (such as tcpdump) Until you answer those questions, your assertion of excessive collisions wouldn't really hold much water. In general, once the number of collisions approach 100f total traffic, one should start getting concerned. If you don't like collisions, I suggest you buy yourself a switch. Cheers and good luck. -- Frederic Woodbridge Network Janitor Anexis, Inc. (954) 964-2772 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e