I had a similar problem once. Rebooting all the machines in the lan solved it, but I never figured it out. It hasn't recurred either. This also was with Realtek cards, interestingly enough (but 10base-2).
Bob On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 05:33:22PM -0700, POP3 for aphro.. wrote: > I'm having some minor problems with collisions on my 2-node network. Or > maybe it's major, depends on wether you think 482,653 collisions is a lot > for a 5 day period :/ > > My configuration -> > > (server) > Debian Linux 2.1 > Linux 2.2.6 > Realtek 8129 100B-TX > 32MB ram > 4GB 7200RPM UW Scsi HD > > > Hub > Netgear FE104 100MB 4-port hub(with handy little orange collision light) > > Client > Windows 95/98/NT4 > Realtek 8129 100B-TX > 128MB Ram > > I set both systems to half duplex, and that reduced the collisions some..i > have seen that interacting with samba causes a lot of collisions(many more > then using FTP) Also something that is strange. > > copying a 50MB file from Client(win95) to server(linux) via SAMBA results > in thousands of collisions > > copying a 50MB file from server(linux) to client(win95) via *SMBFS* > results in maybe 10-20 collisions(approx the same when using FTP) > > I cannot go to 10Bt as my hub is 100BT only. Any ideas ? I don't mind > the collisions..although it can cause problems with windows sometimes my > machine locks up..it seems windows can't handle so many collisions at > times..linux keeps chugging along :) I didn't notice this problem till I > got the hub and saw my collision light flashing like mad. > > if you can cc: this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] that would be MUCH apperciated > thanks!! > > btw, i run a linux-based ISP and i dont have this problem there(3 linux > servers, 10Mbit each) > > nate > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen