Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 19:06:31 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'fxp' driver/hardware lossage (was Re: Alexander B. Povol's mail) Message-ID: <18024.875379991@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:16:17 -0400 (EDT)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970927091018.16019C-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
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> > Nope. A hub doesn't do anything with collisions - it just propagates > > them bit by bit. The NICs sense the collision. > > Technically this is not even a colission situation. Many new NICs and > Hubs (both must support it to work) support full-duplex 10BaseT, allowing > 20MBits/sec. I am not sure what happens when it gets into the hub and > needs to be propogated to other ports though *shrug*. If a "hub" supports full duplex then it is by definition a switch - at least in my language. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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