On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
>> You also need equipment capable of handling it. In particular, you cannot
>> do FDX with a repeater. You need a switch.
>
> Correct, though, is there anything actually prohibiting a repeater from
> using FDX, or is it simply that the manufacturers wish
In a message dated: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 15:05:24 EDT
Benjamin Scott said:
> In theory, it will work that way. Personally, I want to move to Theory.
>Everything works in Theory. :-)
Good point :) Let me know when you get there, I'm curious if Theory
lives up to their marketing literature ;)
>>
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> Well, in theory, I think it depends upon the protocol, but I think in
> general, the cards will auto-negotiate with whatever network equipment
> they're connected to.
In theory, it will work that way. Personally, I want to move to Theory.
Everything wo
In a message dated: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 14:22:14 EDT
Brian Chabot said:
>I have an odd question related to network performance...
>
>In general, do most current Linux NIC drivers default to full-duplex or
>half-duplex?
Well, in theory, I think it depends upon the protocol, but I think in
general,
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Brian Chabot wrote:
> I have an odd question related to network performance...
>
> In general, do most current Linux NIC drivers default to full-duplex or
> half-duplex?
As usual 'it depends'. I know for example that the current eepro100 driver
has no auto-negotiation code a
I have an odd question related to network performance...
In general, do most current Linux NIC drivers default to full-duplex or
half-duplex?
I was asked this question at work and I couldn't give a definitive
answer
Thanks,
Brian
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