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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:33:16 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman), cwasser@v-wave.com (Chris Wasser), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dc0 wierdness with Compex Freedomline
Message-ID:  <200002251833.NAA31071@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200002251828.KAA71012@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <200002251808.NAA30934@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200002251828.KAA71012@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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<<On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:28:15 -0800 (PST), "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> said:

>> I answered SPECIFICALLY about half-duplex.

> The duplex does not in any way effect the maximal link layer transmission
> data rate.  You seem to keep forgetting the maximal part...

The maximum for full-duplex is utterly irrelevant, since the bounds on
performance for half-duplex Ethernet networks come from CSMA/CD.

-GAWollman

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