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Date:      Thu, 24 Feb 2000 23:18:42 +0100
From:      Pascal Hofstee <daeron@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dc0 wierdness with Compex Freedomline
Message-ID:  <20000224231842.B74208@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200002241907.OAA27437@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu on Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 02:07:40PM -0500
References:  <20000224120438.A24299@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl> <20000224102131.A1796@area51.v-wave.com> <200002241907.OAA27437@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>

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On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 02:07:40PM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:21:31 -0700, Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com> said:
> Assuming you mean ``100BASE-T (half duplex)'' here... This is not
> quite right.  In a CSMA/CD medium access protocol, like that used by
> Ethernet, the actual capacity of the link is always(*) somewhat less than
> 100%; the exact value depends on the precise parameters of the
> transmissions at both ends.(**)

Ok ... we all know what exactly should be theoretical maximum and all ...
but that wasn't exactly my question ... I have having weird problems with
the network performance permanently dropping to below 100 kB/s (while still
in 100 Mbps/FDX). Is there anybody that could give a plausible explanation
for this break-down ?

-- 
  Pascal Hofstee      < daeron @ shadowmere . student . utwente . nl >
  Managers know it must be good because the programmers hate it so much.


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