[ILUG] Excessive Collisions on eth?

[Roy White]

Howdy Folks,

	Whats the implications of excessive collisions on an eth interface?
here's the ifconfig output.
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lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:52:04:04:CB  
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Mask:255.255.255.240
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1293536 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:289646
          TX packets:855151 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6100 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:DF:E9:3D:F6  
          inet addr:192.168.27.7  Bcast:192.168.27.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:973081 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1285307 errors:34 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:68
          collisions:14019 
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0x6200 
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Any ideas or pointers? its is an ipchains masquerading box.

-Royster