From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 17 23:05:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA03705 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:05:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03594 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:01:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA24714; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:44:27 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603180714.RAA24714@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: hmm To: rdugaue@calweb.com (Robert Du Gaue) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:44:27 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Robert Du Gaue" at Mar 17, 96 10:19:42 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Robert Du Gaue stands accused of saying: > > Ok, I've seen the SIMPLEX thread. I'm getting this too: > > de0: flags=c863 > > 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 [[