Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:02:28 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org> Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patches for de driver (full-duplex packet loss problems) Message-ID: <38A78C64.A25639F6@softweyr.com> References: <20000211155948.D13211@reptiles.org> <20000213180555.I31722@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <20000213212914.F700@reptiles.org>
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Jim Mercer wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 06:05:55PM -0500, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > Just one question I always ask people trying to get things working at > > full-duplex, is the card plugged into a hub at the other end? > > actually, we started with cross over cables, and then suspecting them, tried > jacking into a number of 10mbp and 10/100mbps hubs. > > still getting various problems (from high packet loss to not being able to > sync up 100bps/fullduplex). Be warned that hubs don't play the full-duplex tune. You have have to use a crossover or a full-duplex switch. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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