----- Original Message -----
Herbert Graf:


>     I have been noticing something which has been annoying me more and
more
> recently. I have a very small home network with three computers, one of
them
> not on all the time. The network has a 5 port hub with a collision
detection
> light, and all the computers have the same ISA NIC. I have noticed that
> often when initiating a data transfer there are several collision light
> activations, usually around 3 or 4, sometimes as high as 10! I have
> confirmed that the collisions are real since no data transfers during
those
> times. Once the transfer is going there is usually no other collision. Now
> the problem is that these collisions usually take up at least a few
seconds,
> annoying when I have other things to do! :) I am not using the most
> expensive of hardware so that may be a factor. Does anybody know how one
> would reduce these collisions short of upgrading to more expensive
hardware?
> Is this common for cheaper NICs and hubs? Thanks for any info. TTYL

Hi,
I don't know if this is related to your situation, because I didn't verify
transfer
lag during the "collision state" . A small classroom network had this happen
after
I upgraded them from Win95 to Win98. They were using ISA SN-3200
compatibles.
I installed the older Win95 drivers, which took care of the problem.

-yui shin

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