From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 01:23:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA06866 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 01:23:52 -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 BAA06860 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 01:23:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA05158; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 19:54:12 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602260924.TAA05158@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: SIMPLEX??? To: melrobin@Jetson.UH.EDU (Melvin Deloyd Robinson) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 19:54:12 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <1.5.4b11.32.19960226074248.0069c6a8@jetson.uh.edu> from "Melvin Deloyd Robinson" at Feb 26, 96 01:42:48 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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. > > 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 [[