Collisions

[Peter Hicks]

Ernest,

The underlying cause of Ethernet collisions is not the application, it is the
physical network.

I agree, move to a switched environment at full duplex, but also check your
cables and that all clients on a hub are working at half duplex.


Peter.


On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Correale, Ernest wrote:

> The collisions are probably caused by the client sending ACKs to confirm
> receipt of data.  Collisions are a normal part of Ethernet communication, I
> wouldn't worry about it unless they are very severe.
>
> A solution would be to use a switch rather than a hub.  A switch will allow
> two-way (Full-Duplex) communication between your server and client,
> eliminating the collision problem.
>
> Ernie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Carter [mailto:Steve.Carter at tradepartners.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:17 AM
> To: Samba List (E-mail)
> Subject: Collisions
>
>
> We're using samba across a 10MBit ethernet and seem to get collisions on the
> hub when reading files, no matter how quiet the traffic.  I can only think
> that the smbd is beginning its reply before the request is fully finished.
> Anyone know whether this is the case and whther I can tune anything to stop
> it happening?
>
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