Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:05:05 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Cannon <tcannon@noops.org> To: "RAD2921 - RADIGAN, TIMOTHY " <RAD2921@cup.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Network Collisions Message-ID: <20020128140220.M53658-100000@stereophonic.noops.org> In-Reply-To: <E15296A58B2AD411A30F00508BCF3EA2900953@1cal-exch2.cup.edu>
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Sure. Use a crossover cable or plug the boxes into a switch and make sure each NIC is set to full-duplex. In a full duplex environment collisions are an impossibility. If you're getting a ton of them and it's just those two machines plugged into a hub, make sure neither is set to full-duplex. If it is, it'll transmit without listening to see if anything else is talking already, which'll cause that collision light to work overtime. Cheers, --thomas On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, RAD2921 - RADIGAN, TIMOTHY wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just wondering if there is a way to minimize the collisions I'm getting > when transferring data from my WinXP box to my FreeBSD box. The > collision light is flashing alot when transferring files. It seems a > little excessive. Any ideas? > > Tim > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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