Win98 Network Getting Massive Network Collisions

I have win98 peer to peer network setup and at the swich
im getting massive packet collisions for some reason. It
seems like the computers i have on the network are
constantly talking to the switch with no intervals as if
its downloading something on all them at once. I dont
know what is creating this issue but if you have any idea
of whats going on please email @ (E-Mail Removed) and
let me know

Thanx
Cody

I have problems with this too on odd days - sometimes the collision light is
permanently on during a transfer between two computers. Doesnt SEEM to
affect speed much but I'm sure it must.

If you find any solutions lemme know

James

"Cody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0f7001c38485$4d0780c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have win98 peer to peer network setup and at the swich
> im getting massive packet collisions for some reason. It
> seems like the computers i have on the network are
> constantly talking to the switch with no intervals as if
> its downloading something on all them at once. I dont
> know what is creating this issue but if you have any idea
> of whats going on please email @ (E-Mail Removed) and
> let me know
>
> Thanx
> Cody

Is the "collision" light on the switch constantly & excessively flashing?
If so, it might indicate faulty hardware. Try changing the switch or the
NICs or the cables (one at a time to see if it gets resolved). Collisions
on an ethernet network are OK since it's a shared media but excessive
collisions are not OK and should be investigated since it can cause network
performance issues.
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>> From: "Coyoteboy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.networking
>> Subject: Re: Win98 Network Getting Massive Network Collisions
>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:25:09 +0000 (UTC)
>>
>> I have problems with this too on odd days - sometimes the collision
light is
>> permanently on during a transfer between two computers. Doesnt SEEM to
>> affect speed much but I'm sure it must.
>>
>> If you find any solutions lemme know
>>
>> James
>>
>> "Cody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:0f7001c38485$4d0780c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I have win98 peer to peer network setup and at the swich
>> > im getting massive packet collisions for some reason. It
>> > seems like the computers i have on the network are
>> > constantly talking to the switch with no intervals as if
>> > its downloading something on all them at once. I dont
>> > know what is creating this issue but if you have any idea
>> > of whats going on please email @ (E-Mail Removed) and
>> > let me know
>> >
>> > Thanx
>> > Cody
>>
>>
>>

""Rakesh Chanana [MSFT]"" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is the "collision" light on the switch constantly & excessively flashing?
> If so, it might indicate faulty hardware. Try changing the switch or the
> NICs or the cables (one at a time to see if it gets resolved). Collisions
> on an ethernet network are OK since it's a shared media but excessive
> collisions are not OK and should be investigated since it can cause
network
> performance issues.

Its every so often that I get a sort of batch of collisions - every tenth
file transfer or so it sits on for 50% of the time the transfer is running.
Especially on large files. I dont have the finances to change all the NICs
yet so I'll make do for the time being!

Cheers
James