Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:50:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy <vince@venus.GAIANET.NET> To: Tim Walker <tim@cyberghost.org> Cc: Jeff Ito <jeffi@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 duplex... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907190049020.331-100000@venus.GAIANET.NET> In-Reply-To: <3791CD1A.C88129F0@cyberghost.org>
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On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, Tim Walker wrote: Tim, > Jeff, > > This may or may not be the problem, but some (3 Com comes to mind) > switches don't always recognize full duplex cards correctly. If you put a hub > between the Nic and the Switch you may be able to trick the Switch into > running correctly at full duplex. Hmmm, if there is a hub between the NIC and switch, isn't the link going to be half duplex since the hub will make it send to more than one device. I thought for Full Duplex to work, it has to be a dedicated device and the data isn't shared. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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