Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 20:50:27 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org> Cc: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Vadim Belman <voland@plab.ku.dk>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B network collisions Message-ID: <22730.903487827@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "18 Aug 1998 19:20:01 CDT." <87af51bz66.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu>
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stephen farrell wrote in message ID <87af51bz66.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu>: > Note that full-duplex can also SLOW your network down. I don't > understand this, and am too looking for answers. However, I switched > a 100+ to full-duplex and went from 10Mbps -> 10bps transfer rates to > a sparc/sol2.5 box on 10baseT LAN (though connections off the LAN were > normal). Clearly some care needs to be taken in how to configure this > card. This normally only happens on poor (read: cheap, low quality) switches. In tests here, full duplex operation doesn't decrease performance. We use Catalyst and `Extreme' 100bTX switches. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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