[OLUG] Collisions?

[brian at cbiowa.com]

	The reason I even had the question is because I wanted to test out the
speed of my network.  I used an extremely big file and ftp.  I expected
somewhere around 10M/s and I got 6M/s.  This was what looked like an
obvious place to start looking .

Adam Lassek wrote:
> 
> Yeah, but unless it's a serious problem, it's not really worth it. The
> contention method ethernet uses was specifically designed to detect and work
> around collisions. My friends and I set up a LAN party on the weekends, and I
> know we have a buttload of collisions going on, just between four machines.  It
> doesn't seem to effect the bandwidth at all, though. We did it with a switch
> once, and I don't recall a difference.
> 
> Tim Russell wrote:
> 
> > It's easy to get rid of collisions!
> >
> > Just replace the hub with a switch, and make sure all your Ethernet adapters
> > are full-duplex.  You're done.
> >
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             Brian Weber
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