Re: 10 megabit half duplex causes lots of collisions?

"Rick Jones" <rick.jones2@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:O3LKf.3424$DX3.3375@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just "lots and lots of collisions" isn't in and of itself a bad thing.
That is just how CSMA/CD (true ethernet :) does its thing.

Back when HDX ethernet was still common, the rule of thumb I was taught was that under 1% was "normal" and anything over that needed investigation.

So, are the collisions being reported "excess," "late," or simply
large in number?

A very large number of collisions often indicates a duplex mismatch. Maybe those PCs aren't set to HDX after all?

S

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