Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:39:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network trickles ...... Message-ID: <14819.17993.590268.201193@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20001010093543.R272@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <8049746@toto.iv> <14819.17289.859838.366697@guru.mired.org> <20001010093543.R272@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein writes: > * Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> [001010 09:28] wrote: > > Alfred Perlstein writes: > > > If you have a hub then you'll want to toggle it to half-duplex, if > > > you have a switch, most likely full duplex. > > Could you provide more information about that? Or a pointer to where I > > can educate myself? > The manual page for you ethernet driver "man rl" and ifconfig "man > ifconfig" Sorry, I wasn't quite clear. I know how to set these things if I need to. I'm curious about why I would want to use half duplex for a hub vs. full duplex for a switch vs. ??? for two machines talking via an X-over cable. Thanx, <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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