Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:28:24 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, tlambert@primenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'fxp' driver/hardware lossage (was Re: Alexander B. Povol's mail) Message-ID: <199709272228.PAA14163@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199709271647.JAA20293@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Sep 27, 97 09:47:15 am
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> If you want something that really tries to ``prevent'' this you want > a switch and not a hub, and you want full-duplex non-simplex NIC cards > in every box connected to that switch, and no I'm not just talking > about 100Base stuff here, it applies to both 10 and 100Base ethernet > over TP. While you are in the process emptying your wallet into a fire, you may want to consider buying good cards instead, and avoiding the problem altogether... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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