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From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>
To: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:20:34AM -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote:
> For the first time within the past few days, I've noticed collisions being
> reported on the public NIC for one of the servers. I'm not sure if it means
> the switch or the NIC is the culprit, so not sure which component may need
> to be replaced.
> 
> Name  Mtu   Network       Address            Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
> rl1   1500  <Link#2>    00:40:33:5b:bb:5f  6816063     0  7494432     0
> 66977
> 
> Best regards,
> Jack L. Stone,
> Administrator
> 
> SageOne Net
> http://www.sage-one.net
> jackstone@sage-one.net

I'm lazy, I would replace the cable first.  If that didn't work I'd suspect 
the $10 realtech card, and if that didn't work then I'd suspect a bad port on 
the switch.

Josh