This read-only Counter32 counts late collisions, ones occurring late enough that the first 12 bytes of the frame have already been sent, recorded on the monitored segment as a whole during this 15-second short-term sample, with 4294967294 meaning unknown. An admin treats any nonzero LateCollisions count on the monitored segment as a whole as a red flag for a duplex mismatch or an excessively long cable run, since ordinary early collisions should not occur this late in frame transmission. For example, LateCollisions appearing on the monitored segment as a whole while ordinary Collisions stay low would point the admin toward a half or full duplex mismatch between two connected devices rather than ordinary medium contention.