Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 00:59:12 -0700 From: Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com> To: Dennis Jun <dennisjun@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excessive LAN Collisions; Half/Full Duplex NIC Message-ID: <20000303005912.A57823@area51.v-wave.com> In-Reply-To: <20000303060658.4542.qmail@web604.mail.yahoo.com>; from dennisjun@yahoo.com on Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 10:06:58PM -0800 References: <20000303060658.4542.qmail@web604.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 10:06:58PM -0800, Dennis Jun wrote:
> to my Windoze 98 box: I get an incredible amount of collisions. I can
> tell by doing a netstat -i and by just looking at my collision light on
> my hub.
There's your problem. Use a switch:
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll
mx1 1500 <Link> 00.a0.cc.32.eb.80 206153517 0 401373197 0 0
mx1 1500 192.168.1 deepthought 206153517 0 401373197 0 0
mx1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:a0:cc:32:eb:80
media: 100baseTX <full-duplex>
supported media: autoselect 100baseTX 100baseTX <full-duplex>
100baseTX <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
<half-duplex>
Using a Linksys 8 port 10/100 autosensing switch. $280CDN.
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