Should be easy enough to troubleshoot with a sniffer. Search the archives
here and you'll find a number of references to free/trial versions.
The solution is to segment with switches if it's not a misbehaving device
(and even still, switches are so cheap these days). How many nodes and how
many hubs?
As much as I'd like to recommend a Cisco product, for those that have a
bottom line, there is always the Linksys product line. Even a single switch
with the server(s) plugged into it running 100/full-duplex and the hubs all
connected to it would solve a lot of the collision problems for a while.
The best solution, IMHO, would be to get the cheapest Cisco switch that
supports Fast Etherchannel and a multi-port NIC that supports Fast
Etherchannel for your server(s) (Adaptec and Intel make them).
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> G'day all where ever you may be.
>
> I have been watching my network here in my office and I have noticed that
> over
> the last week, that the network is slowing down. Due to financial
> constraints,
> we are using 10/100 16 port hubs (2) {just thought I would point that out}
I
> have noticed that the collision LED's are on a fair bit these days. I
checked
> to see if the errors where due to cable problems or broken ports on the
hub,
> but this was not the case. I made sure all the PC's were using the same
> protocol and still I have an abnormal amount of collisions. I understand
that
> I will have collisons but for a 11 user network that is centerd around a
> WIN2k
> Server/Exchange server I have about a 40% collision rate.
> Does any one have any idea's (besides the obvious of buying a switch) on
how
> I
> can troubleshoot this or fix the problem.......
>
> Thanks gang
>
> John Brandis
> Network Engineer
> GoWireless Communications
> 155 George Street Sydney
> +61 2 9251 5000
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