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Date:      Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:22:04 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Mark <offworld@richnet.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Is BSD capable??
Message-ID:  <20010423212204.B32567@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <002001c0cc6d$be9aee20$8995efd1@quick>; from offworld@richnet.net on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:22:06PM -0400
References:  <002001c0cc6d$be9aee20$8995efd1@quick>

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:22:06PM -0400, Mark wrote:
> Is BSD capable of taking 2 half duplex NICs like with a coax (BNC) cabled
> network and having them work "send only" and "receive only" to form a full
> duplex link? For that matter, is any of the *nux OS's capable of doing th=
is?
> Or Cisco for that matter. I have a project that needs this type of soluti=
on,
> making a full duplex network out of 2 half duplex devices. Any hope for m=
e?
> Just a man or howto would be more than enough.

Full duplex communication on coax (a shared medium) isn't even a valid
concept.  If you're talking no one else can be, there's literaly only
one wire.  What do you actually want to do here?

-- Brooks

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