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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.san.rr.com!usenet From: brian@tierranet.com (Brian Scott) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 3Com and collision stats Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 01:43:34 GMT Organization: None Lines: 15 Message-ID: <332f4416.57544424@192.168.0.1> Reply-To: None NNTP-Posting-Host: dt6h3n8a.san.rr.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99f/32.275 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37266 We just replaced an Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 with a 3Com Etherlink XL. Before the replacement, we were getting 10-20% collisions as reported by netstat -w, and I was under the impression that this was entirely reasonable on a loaded hub. Now we're getting 0 collisions with the new card plugged into the same hub -- I can't even get collisions using ping -f between a couple servers. Can it be that we're not getting any collisions, or is the 3Com card not reporting them? Thanks, Brian Scott brian@tierranet.com TierraNet Inc.