Below are the current stats from five i386-based systems running 1.3.1,
all on the same network (i.e. all connected via 10baseT to the same hub).

Why do I see such a variation in collision rates WRT the one 3COM card?
Is it the case that the driver is not correctly reporting them or is this
card "just so much better" than the mainly SMC based cards we're using?

Thank you for any pointers!

-- Ken Wellsch

P.S. I feel the collision rates we are seeing is far too high, and I'm
hoping to convince the boss to buy us a switch to replace the hub we have.

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Name  Mtu   Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
ep0   1500  00:60:08:92:9a:8a   478098     0   438195     0     1

	ep0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: 3Com 3C905 Ethernet
	ep0: MAC address 00:60:08:92:9a:8a
	ep0: 8KB word-wide FIFO, (undefined) Rx:Tx split,
			mii default mii, autoselect
	ep0: interrupting at irq 10

Name  Mtu   Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
fxp0  1500  00:a0:c9:84:06:b7 13440481     0 13092912     0 4838650

	fxp0 at pci1 dev 8 function 0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+/100B Ethernet
	fxp0: interrupting at irq 14
	fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:84:06:b7

Name  Mtu   Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
de0   1500  00:00:c0:fb:af:f2   206920     0   275884     0 109691

	de0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0
	de0: interrupting at irq 9
	de0: SMC 21041 [10Mb/s] pass 1.1
	de0: address 00:00:c0:fb:af:f2

Name  Mtu   Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
de0   1500  00:00:c0:aa:3d:e7  1019312     1   869859    13 356992

	de0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0
	de0: interrupting at irq 9
	de0: SMC 9332DST 21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.2
	de0: address 00:00:c0:aa:3d:e7

Name  Mtu   Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
de0   1500  00:00:c0:0b:d2:f2  2184705     0  3564361     0 2532780

	de0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0
	de0: interrupting at irq 10
	de0: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
	de0: address 00:00:c0:0b:d2:f2