From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 15 09:10:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA13249 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:10:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA13244 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:10:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA06912; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 11:10:11 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id LAA12617; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 11:09:39 -0600 Message-ID: <19981115110939.05697@right.PCS> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 11:09:39 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon To: David Kelly Cc: Dave Bodenstab , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are collisions normal on a local net References: <199811150216.UAA28559@n4hhe.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <199811150216.UAA28559@n4hhe.ampr.org>; from David Kelly on Nov 11, 1998 at 08:16:41PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Nov 11, 1998 at 08:16:41PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: > Dave Bodenstab writes: > > Is this normal or do I have something wrong with my setup? Could it be > > something with the fxp driver or hardware trying to go at 100M instead of > > 10M? I notice that the fxp driver can be ifconfig'ed with a media type > > and options... I tried -media 10baseT/UTP but it didn't seem to affect > > anything. > > I've been searching for the Really Good Collision URL I once had filed > away. Seems it didn't survive housecleaning one day. But it was at SGI > if that rings any bells. How about the following: "Measured Capacity of an Ethernet, Myths and Reality": http://www.research.digital.com/wrl/techreports/abstracts/88.4.html There is probably a section on collisions in the Ethernet FAQ, posted on comp.dcom.(something) -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message