Re: Collisions on lan using Linux versus Windows
On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 03:46:04PM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> Anyway, you snipped it but ifconfig shows close to 30000 collisions
> in the time it took to transfer a 80 Meg file.
>
> I have a feeling that it is perhaps a bit much, given that no other
> hosts are generating traffic (I removed their plugs for testing
> purposes). As far as I understand the physical part of networking
> (which I don't), it takes 30 packets or so before a collision
> occurs but only during heavy traffic (i.e. not when I am logged in
> working in a shell).
Which network cards (chipset) are you using in the machines? What are
you using to connect them (hub, switch, etc) and what model?
Off hand, I suspect that your problem is that the workstation NICs are
coming up in full duplex and your connection mechanism isn't trully
capable of operating in this mode.
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Jamin W. Collins
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