i was concerned about collisions on my own small network.
i replaced my hub with a switch.
the collisions stopped,or really dropped off.
my throughput didnt really improve much :(
i do feel better though
randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Zygmont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: Collisions
> I remember reading that collistion on an ethernet network is quite normal
> as long as it doen't exceed around 30%. It also mentioned that you may
> only get as little as 40% of capable bandwith with ethernet.
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Vidiot wrote:
>
> > >
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> > >Hello!
> > >I have two network cards in my box and on one of them
> > >about 20 collisions a day !
> > >What could be the problem?
> >
> > Only 20? What are you complaining about? Here is mine:
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:78:1E:F6:FD
> > inet addr:208.171.49.43 Bcast:208.171.49.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:139134200 errors:0 dropped:171 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:208827627 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:36339630 txqueuelen:100
> > Interrupt:10 Base address:0xbc00
> >
> > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:6D:11:1C:E4
> > inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:87663101 errors:16 dropped:0 overruns:16 frame:16
> > TX packets:92646241 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:3 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> > Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd800
> >
> >
> > eth0 is connected to the DSL line. My box is a web and ftp server,
hence
> > the large amount of traffic over the past month. eth1 is the connection
> > to the two peecees that I have on my local net.
> >
> > Now, if you've only sent 20 packets and get 20 collisions, then I'd be
> > worried, but since you didn't list the RX/TX info, I can only assume
that
> > it is a lot more than 20 packets :-)
> >
> > BTW, the collisions are 0 with eth1, because the computers are connected
> > via a switch running at 100.
> >
> > MB
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> >
> >
> >
> > >Thanks in advance!
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