it's possible linux still is not in half duplex mode(or maybe windows isn't) is there a way to check wether i'm in full/half duplex? I've seen utilites on nasa's site for other cards but didn't see any for my card(rt8129). i think the problem may only be on one end? i set both card's to half duplex via the dos utility and wrote it to the card's ROM. but maybe there is a way for the OS to ovveride this? i guess this is what i get for buying crap hardware(the cards were $14 each, new) everything else of mine is of relativly high quality.
hmm, wonder how much 3com cards cost.. thanks again nate On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 05:33:22PM -0700, POP3 for aphro.. wrote: > > I'm having some minor problems with collisions on my 2-node network. > > > Hub > > Netgear FE104 100MB 4-port hub(with handy little orange collision light) > > > > I set both systems to half duplex, and that reduced the collisions some > You *must* do this. For full duplex you need a switch, a hub won't be > sufficient. > > What performance (in MB/s) are you getting? If that appears to be ok, don't > worry about the collisions. > > What if you just connect the two computers with a crossover cable. This will > even allow full duplex (I believe, correct me someone if I'm wrong) > > Nils > > -- > Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. > To be specific the "Plug" almost always works. --unknown source >