From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 18 17:51:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13958 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 17:51:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA13942 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 17:51:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (gjp@localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA22734; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 20:50:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: stephen farrell cc: Tom , Vadim Belman , "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B network collisions In-reply-to: Your message of "18 Aug 1998 19:20:01 CDT." <87af51bz66.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 20:50:27 -0400 Message-ID: <22730.903487827@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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