Re: Collision on NIC

2003-06-01 Thread Wes Peters
On Saturday 31 May 2003 02:43 am, Erwane Breton wrote: > > Repeat after me: "Collisions are normal on ethernet. 0.03% is > > nothing to be upset about." > > "Collisions are normal on ethrnet. 0.03% is nothing to be upset > about." Very good. ;^) Another freebsd-net success story. --

Re: Collision on NIC

2003-05-31 Thread Petri Helenius
>Changing both sides to full-duplex removes to collisions. >However: Changing only one side _always_ results in packet-loss! It´s only when both sides transmit at once. Which is not always. It happens almost always though. Pete ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] m

Re: Collision on NIC

2003-05-31 Thread Erwane Breton
> Repeat after me: "Collisions are normal on ethernet. 0.03% is > nothing to be upset about." > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Collisions are normal on ethrnet. 0.03% is nothi

Re: Collision on NIC

2003-05-31 Thread Wes Peters
On Friday 30 May 2003 09:26, Erwane Breton wrote: > > > Well, I don't see the problem. > > > > > > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so deep in > > > the noise as to be practically zero. What do you _think_ it > > > should be? > > > > Even Mr. Inventor of the ethernet himself

Re: Collision on NIC

2003-05-31 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 06:26:56PM +0200 I heard the voice of Erwane Breton, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > > > Well, I don't see the problem. > > > > > > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so deep in the > > > noise as to be practically zero. What do you _think_ it should be

RE: Collision on NIC

2003-05-31 Thread Sten Daniel Sørsdal
> > > > > > Well, I don't see the problem. > > > > > > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so > deep in the > > > noise as to be practically zero. What do you _think_ it > should be? > > > > > Even Mr. Inventor of the ethernet himself regrets calling > them collisions beca

RE: Collision on NIC

2003-05-31 Thread Sreekanth
Of Erwane Breton > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Collision on NIC > > > > > > > > Well, I don't see the problem. > > > > > > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so deep in

Re: Collision on NIC

2003-05-31 Thread Erwane Breton
> > > > Well, I don't see the problem. > > > > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so deep in the > > noise as to be practically zero. What do you _think_ it should be? > > > Even Mr. Inventor of the ethernet himself regrets calling them collisions because > that term has a b

Re: Collision on NIC

2003-05-30 Thread Petri Helenius
> > Well, I don't see the problem. > > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so deep in the > noise as to be practically zero. What do you _think_ it should be? > Even Mr. Inventor of the ethernet himself regrets calling them collisions because that term has a bad ring people u

Re: Collision on NIC

2003-05-30 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 03:51:43PM +0200 I heard the voice of Erwane Breton, and lo! it spake thus: > > On my FreeBSD box > Network interface status: > Ipkts Ierrs IbytesOpkts Oerrs Obytes Coll > 21852457 0 280187344 28530965 7 3906410421 8584 > Lot of collisio

Collision on NIC

2003-05-29 Thread Erwane Breton
Hi, Few weeks ago, i discovered i have collision on my NIC for my Adsl ethernet modem (ed0). After research i found the other FreeBSD box i used, have same problem. Take a look. On my FreeBSD box Network interface status: NameMtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Ibytes