[vox-tech] Massive network collisions

[Doug Huckaba]

Appologies for the very late posts... apperently balsa hasn't been sending 
the e-mail queue...

On 16:00 31/03 Doug Huckaba wrote:
> I had this problem. it has to do with the NIC settings, check to make 
> sure both are running at 10mb half-duplex. On mine my laptop nic was set 
> to 100mb full duplex and server was set to 100mb half both going through 
> a 100mb hub. I believe that hub's are always half duplex. (switches can 
> go to full).
> 
> -Doug
> 
> On 14:00 31/03 Patrick Stockton wrote:
>> I am expierancing a huge ammount of trasmission collisions on my home
>> lan.
>> Currently there have been 11,493 transmission errors and 304,565
>> collisions
>> after an uptime of only 2 days of uptime.  My linux box acts as a router
>> between our cable modem and the rest of the lan.
>> 
>> The disto is Mandrake 8.2
>> Kernel 2.4.18-6
>> eth0 uses the Realtek 8139too driver and is connected to the lan
>> eth1 uses the tulip driver and is connected to the cable modem
>> 
>> On the other end I've got a Sony Vaio laptop also using a Realtek 8139
>> built
>> in network card running Windows XP Home.
>> 
>> Inbetween them I've got a 10 Megabit hub.
>> 
>> Anybody have any ideas of avenues I should look down to resolve the
>> collisions?
>> 
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