Re: collision on hub

Ian Northeast wrote:
> It's a problem if things get slow because there are too many collisions.
> If your network is not as fast as you think it should be, and your games
> get sluggish (it will mainly affect them), and the collision light is on
> a lot, consider upgrading to a switch.

Or a better hub. Is it working at 10MBit or 100MBit? If 10, then when
transferring a large file from one machine to another, you should be
getting about 7-8MBit of usable bandwidth.

- Iain.

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Iain Hallam

"Iain Hallam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ian Northeast wrote:
> > It's a problem if things get slow because there are too many collisions.
> > If your network is not as fast as you think it should be, and your games
> > get sluggish (it will mainly affect them), and the collision light is on
> > a lot, consider upgrading to a switch.
>
> Or a better hub. Is it working at 10MBit or 100MBit? If 10, then when
> transferring a large file from one machine to another, you should be
> getting about 7-8MBit of usable bandwidth.
>
> - Iain.
>
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its a Olicom oc-26-6, i belive 10mb a lot of the cards in the various
puters are only 10mb as i noticed some times its takes ages to shift large
files and other machines much quicker.

A switch is full duplex isnt it?
>

"Ian Northeast" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Julian Hales wrote:
> >
> > "Iain Hallam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> > > Or a better hub. Is it working at 10MBit or 100MBit? If 10, then when
> > > transferring a large file from one machine to another, you should be
> > > getting about 7-8MBit of usable bandwidth.
>
> I'd say there's not much point in upgrading to a better hub. Switches
> aren't expensive and there aren't even a lot of hubs around any more.
>
> > its a Olicom oc-26-6, i belive 10mb a lot of the cards in the various
> > puters are only 10mb as i noticed some times its takes ages to shift
large
> > files and other machines much quicker.
>
> That suggests that the upgrade is worthwhile. It's also probably
> worthwhile upgrading to 100Mb NICs, as these aren't very expensive
> either. You should pay less than 10UKP each. You seem to be putting a
> fair amount of traffic over your LAN and you mentioned gaming too.
>
> > A switch is full duplex isnt it?
>
> Yes.
>
> Regards, Ian

Thanks, i want to add another couple of PC's to the 3 LAN games puters, and
3 general slow pc's

The games seem to be ok and cant see any lag but i guess in future a better
nic isnt much dosh.

WHo sells switches?

In article <RjP6b.4441$(E-Mail Removed)>,
julianhales@spam says...
<snip>
> in simple terms what causes the collisions, and is it a problem? i cant see
> any lag.
>
http://www.linktionary.com/c/csma.html

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). com...
> In article <RjP6b.4441$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> julianhales@spam says...
> <snip>
> > in simple terms what causes the collisions, and is it a problem? i cant
see
> > any lag.
> >
> http://www.linktionary.com/c/csma.html


thanks.

i have just copied over a 147mb file from A to B(took a couple of min) now
going the same from A to C and its about 44 min, yeah i know the actual time
isnt correct but shows the diff.

I didnt see any probs while playing or lagging.

Is there any software i can set up on the server and monitor speeds/bottle
necks? 98 machine, looked on google but not found what i was looking for or
easy to use.