Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 19:54:12 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: melrobin@Jetson.UH.EDU (Melvin Deloyd Robinson) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SIMPLEX??? Message-ID: <199602260924.TAA05158@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4b11.32.19960226074248.0069c6a8@jetson.uh.edu> from "Melvin Deloyd Robinson" at Feb 26, 96 01:42:48 am
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Melvin Deloyd Robinson stands accused of saying: > > Hello, > > > I have a 3C509 Ethernet adapter which works fine, but an ifconfig -a of it shows > ep0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX>. > > My question is what is SIMPLEX? Would this have anything to do with my > routing tables showing something like LINK#2 in the Gateway column? Simplex means that it can't transmit and receive at the same time (that's what the word means; it's the opposite of Duplex 8) The 'LINK#2' entry just refers to the second interface in your system. > Melvin -- ]] 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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