Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:44:27 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rdugaue@calweb.com (Robert Du Gaue) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hmm Message-ID: <199603180714.RAA24714@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960317221840.15251A-100000@mail.calweb.com> from "Robert Du Gaue" at Mar 17, 96 10:19:42 pm
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Robert Du Gaue stands accused of saying: > > Ok, I've seen the SIMPLEX thread. I'm getting this too: > > de0: flags=c863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,LINK2,MULTICAST> > > However, this is a PCI SMC ethernet. I thought these were more advanced! > Are they? Is something configured wrong? No! Nothing is wrong. Simplex is _normal_ for ethernets. It's possible to do full duplex on twisted pair, but it's a relatively uncommon abuse of the medium, and AFAIK none of the drivers in FreeBSD supports it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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