From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 25 10:33:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D0DA37BD6D for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:33:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA31071; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:33:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:33:16 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200002251833.NAA31071@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman), cwasser@v-wave.com (Chris Wasser), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dc0 wierdness with Compex Freedomline In-Reply-To: <200002251828.KAA71012@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <200002251808.NAA30934@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200002251828.KAA71012@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < said: >> I answered SPECIFICALLY about half-duplex. > The duplex does not in any way effect the maximal link layer transmission > data rate. You seem to keep forgetting the maximal part... The maximum for full-duplex is utterly irrelevant, since the bounds on performance for half-duplex Ethernet networks come from CSMA/CD. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message