Monitor Collision

vijaycujovijaycujo Banned Posts: 40 ■■□□□□□□□□
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Its there any software that i can use to monitor collisions on my network?

All the computers are connected to a hub but i still want to knoe how much collision is actually happening......before a move over to a switch. The switch it jus a temp thing.
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  • johnnynodoughjohnnynodough Member Posts: 634
    I suppose you could use EtherPeak or Ethereal and check for fragmented IP packets and jam signals.

    Hubs should just be abolished in my humble opinion, no need for them when compared to the price of an unmanaged switch.
    Go Hawks - 7 and 2

    2 games againts San Fran coming up, oh yeah baby, why even play? just put then in the win category and call it good :p
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  • darkuserdarkuser Member Posts: 620 ■■■□□□□□□□
    watch the little collision light flash red on your hub !!!
    then count the flashes
    rm -rf /
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