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[DJLucky0ne]

I was wondering how to troubleshoot collisions on my Gigabyte ethernet cards.

My network setup is:
Cable Modem -> VOIP -> Wireless Router -> Gigabyte Switch

What am I doing wrong? Any thoughts? Need more info? :confused:

[Greenstead]

Why do you think you have collisions ?
What problems are you experiencing ?
What is VOIP in your setup - some router ?

[DJLucky0ne]

My Gigabyte Nic has Green and Red lights on the back, If I am directly connected both lights shine green, If I connect through the configuration listed above I get a green and a red light, I got no info on my nic card when I got them But I am assuming (I know I shouldn't ass-u-me) that this means collisions.
The VOIP is a voice over IP box, I have Lingo telephone service instead of a landline.
The only real problems that I have is with my VOIP service, it works great if directly attached, but if connected to everything else I get bad quality, even when attached at the front-end of the network. I have two PC's with the Gigabyte Nic cards, both show red and green.
When everything is setup as listed above, I can go online, go to all my networks etc, but I just want to get it "right" so my voip service works well with the network. =]

[cszeto]

Most NAT routers are paired with 10/100 switches. There are no collisions with switches. In most cases it is usually a mismatch in line settings (speed & duplex) that causes poor network performance when switches are already in use. A lot of the low-end switches do not allow manual line settings and are hardwired to autodetect, which is actually detecting incorrectly between the interfaces (switch port vs. device).