And you really shouldn't be seeing any FCS errors...at least on a regular
basis. These mean that the frames are getting corrupted on the wire,
typically the result of a cable problem.
Jamie Byrne
At 08:46 PM 5/16/00 +0200, ElephantChild wrote:
>On 16 May 2000, Kevin Welch wrote:
>
>> Could someone help me establish a baseline...
>>
>> What ratio of FCS errors should I expect on switched network?
>>
>> What ratio of collisions, including multiple and late collisions?
>
>If you have any late collisions, it means your cabling is out of specs
>for the Ethernet flavor you're using. Perhaps there are too many
>repeaters, or a patch cable or host-to-hub cable is too long, or a
>full-duplex NIC is connected to a half-duplex port. You should correct
>that problem and see what becomes of the others (my guess is that they
>will either go away or become negligible).
>
>> The reason I ask, is I am seeing a fair number of the above error types
on an
>> ethernet switch and I am attempting to find the source of the problem..
Any
>> information on the above or relating to the above is appreciated.
>
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