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To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu
From: jimo@expansion.com (Jim Owen)
Subject: Re: Network Help
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Thanks for the clarification.  We DID get the card working okay which was a
relief.

- Jim

At 04:10 PM 3/16/96 -0500, Garrett A. Wollman wrote:
><<On Fri, 15 Mar 1996 17:30:07 -0800, Jim Owen <jimo@expansion.com> said:
>
>> ep0: flags=8e3<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
>>         inet 204.250.54.151 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 204.250.54.255
>>         ether 00:a0:24:3e:03:e0
>
>>     We don't understand the "SIMPLEX" value that is showing up nor do we 
>> know how to change it.
>
>It indicates that the hardware in incapable of receiving its own
>broadcasts (true of most NICs these days because they use the same
>memory hardware when receiving and transmitting).  You can't change
>it.
>
>-GAWollman
>
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