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Date:      Sun, 10 Sep 2000 13:38:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Mike <mike@mikesweb.com>
Cc:        Peter Salvage <wizard@sybaweb.co.za>, FreeBSD List <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: NIC settings
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10009101337360.9637-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000910150718.00b3b530@mail.mikesweb.com>

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On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Mike wrote:

> Actually, switching to half duplex won't really help you a whole lot.. I 
> had a 10mb hub that had the collision light almost always on. If you want 
> to stop the collisions you'll want to replace your hub with a switch.
> 
> Mike

  Hubs are half-duplex by design.  Running full-duplex into a hub will
cause far worse problems than a few collisions.

Tom



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