(PM) please interpet PM2ER netstat

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Mon, 18 May 1998 0:07:18 -0700 (PDT)

PM2ER-30 3.7.2
show netstat
Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis ??? ???
ether0 5848642 22 5953236 0 11,241 0 0

so I rebooted at an oportune time, and a day later I got the following:

ether0 582279 1 496424 0 1,097 0 0

question:
What is and why are there "collisions"? Is the above rate average? Should
I investigate something?

My ether0 is 10B2.
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