Re: switch flow control

2001-01-14 Thread Joel Studtmann
speak for any other cards. Joel ""Chuck Larrieu"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 000101c07c59$73636040$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:000101c07c59$73636040$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Guys, this "pause" frame does not appear to have anything whatsoever to do with flow

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-14 Thread Tony van Ree
e it isn't on the Lab any more :- ), and HDLC Lastly, the issue the original post raised - a switch. In the reading of the this thread, and the reading of some of the references, what I am determining is that if there is some kind of flow control mechanism, it comes probably in the form of

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-14 Thread Flem
of 'pause' frames . This is actually an annex to the gigabit spec that defines a means of flow control by using those pause frames . Like an send/no send mechanisme . Certainly not all hardware in the Cisco switches and available NIC's supports this mechanisme. This is gigabit , the original pause

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-14 Thread Flem
of 'pause' frames . This is actually an annex to the gigabit spec that defines a means of flow control by using those pause frames . Like an send/no send mechanisme . Certainly not all hardware in the Cisco switches and available NIC's supports this mechanisme. This is gigabit , the original pause

Re: Windows flow control any questions

2001-01-13 Thread Jaeheon Yoo
On 13 Jan 2001 02:12:04 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Park. My attempt is inline after my own research. Hi, everyone... I'm park... I really can't find a correct answer the following questions; if anybody have some idea, or answer or please guide me 1. In windows flow control

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-13 Thread Chuck Larrieu
I am a bit shaky on 100VG, X.25 ( like I care, since it isn't on the Lab any more :- ), and HDLC Lastly, the issue the original post raised - a switch. In the reading of the this thread, and the reading of some of the references, what I am determining is that if there is some kind of flow control

Re: Subject: RE: switch flow control

2001-01-12 Thread Paul Werner
I believe what everybody is trying to reference is actually the subspec contained in 802.3x, which is generally dealing with Full Duplex transmission. An optional subcomponent deals with flow control using "pause" frames. This appears in these links (watch wrap): http://ww

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-12 Thread Flem
--- Chuck Larrieu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides which. Isn't 802.3Z gigabit? Not relevant to most switches or switch ports? It is gigabit ethernet but there are annex that specify this kind of flow control . I would say that gigabit ethernet is *only* relevant for trunk ports on switches

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-12 Thread Christopher Larson
: switch flow control There is one thing that confuses me about switches. If you have a switch with a 100Mb port and 10Mb port and the 100 starts sending data to the 10 how does the sending station keep from overflowing the buffer on the switch since there in now flow control at layer 2

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-12 Thread Billy Monroe
As far as I know flow control is one of the functions of many data link layer protocols, besides framing, error correction, sync and control. ""Rick Holden"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 003001c07c37$b61d6880$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:003001c07c37$b61d6880$[EMAIL

Windows flow control any questions

2001-01-12 Thread y2k
Hi, everyone... I'm park... I really can't find a correct answer the following questions; if anybody have some idea, or answer or please guide me 1. In windows flow control, window size 512, ack 38177, sequence 90708, byte sent 1024(A hosts) window size 1024, ack 91732, sequence

switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Rick Holden
There is one thing that confuses me about switches. If you have a switch with a 100Mb port and 10Mb port and the 100 starts sending data to the 10 how does the sending station keep from overflowing the buffer on the switch since there in now flow control at layer 2

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Circusnuts
I believe there is a handshake going on with the switch NIC - Original Message - From: "Rick Holden" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: switch flow control There is one thing that confuses me about switches. I

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Chuck Larrieu
It doesn't. Layer 2 device buffers full = packets dropped. What should happen is that at the TCP level, the two end devices should through the TCP flow control mechanisms, agree to a reduced transmission on the part of the sender. UDP is another story - packets are bit-bucketed and no one

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Flem
: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: switch flow control There is one thing that confuses me about switches. If you have a switch with a 100Mb port and 10Mb port and the 100 starts sending data to the 10 how does the sending station keep from overflowing the buffer on the swit

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Tony van Ree
Message - From: "Rick Holden" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: switch flow control There is one thing that confuses me about switches. If you have a switch with a 100Mb port and 10Mb port and the 100 starts sending data

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Chris McCoy
- From: "Rick Holden" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: switch flow control There is one thing that confuses me about switches. If you have a switch with a 100Mb port and 10Mb port and the 100 starts se

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Flem
- From: "Rick Holden" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: switch flow control There is one thing that confuses me about switches. If you have a switch with a 100Mb port and 10Mb port and the 10

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Chris McCoy
This is true...sorry. I was reading a cisco document on the Cat 6000s where they explained flow control as being 802.3Z flow control. I screwed up...(see http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/sft_6_1/configgd/ether.htm#xtocid170110) Come to think of it...it's called

Re: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Flem
flow control as being 802.3Z flow control. I screwed up...(see http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/sft_6_1/configgd/ether.htm#xtocid170110) Come to think of it...it's called 802.1x (http://www.ieee802.org/1/pages/802.1x.html). Cisco supports it with some exceptions

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Chuck Larrieu
Guys, this "pause" frame does not appear to have anything whatsoever to do with flow control of data transmission. Unless I am blind as a bat I am reading the link below to be referencing auto negotiation of links between NIC and switch or any device on a port and switch.. Look, i

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Flem
One of us needs a pair of glasses ;-) I read ; minimal specification for asymetric flow control Has to do with flow control. If you say a device to pause , process the buffers and then release the pause is indeed a minimal form of flow control . I never played with set port flowcontrol so I

RE: switch flow control

2001-01-11 Thread Chuck Larrieu
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Flem Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:56 PM To: Chuck Larrieu Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: switch flow control One of us needs a pair of glasses ;-) I read ; minimal specification for asymetric flow

Bridge and flow control

2000-08-30 Thread Henrique Issamu Terada
Hi group From Cisco Website, there are sample questions for CCIE Qualification Exam. One of these questions is described below. I couldn't understand when the answer says : "Bridges cannot provide any form of flow control". Flow control is a function of Network Layer. Is this not

flow control

2000-08-03 Thread Donald B Johnson Jr
Both there are different kinds of flow control and they can operate at Data-link Transport and Session layers all performing different kind of flow control. In the context of that question the answer is dead on. Duck Bob Edmonds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 8ma2vf$u80$[EMAIL PROTECTED