Slow Performance; Excessive Collisions - Paradyne 8540 User Manual

Slow Performance

Excessive Collisions

8000-A2-GB20-20
PROBLEM: Performance is slow.
ACTION: 1. Verify that there are enough buffers on the System Info
screen (see Monitoring
2. Check the Ethernet Statistics screen for excessive Cycle
Redundancy Check (CRC) errors (see Monitoring
Physical Layer (B-B) in
PROBLEM: Excessive collisions on an Ethernet port.
ACTION: 1. Determine if your network is too large or long (single
Ethernet cable or end-to-end cable).
2. Check to see if there are too many repeaters.
3. Check to see if there are too many users on a single
Ethernet.
November 1997
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Card Status (B-A) in Chapter
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