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From: Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com>
To: Dennis Jun <dennisjun@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Excessive LAN Collisions; Half/Full Duplex NIC
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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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