Re: Networking/LAN woes!!

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From: 'Dungeon' Dave
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 00:00

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.. and it came to pass that Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.c
o.uk> uttered forth:
>For the record, I just tried full duplex on my new UTP network and the
>"collisions" light just flashed a lot when it was used.
>
>I changed 2 of the 5 connected machines to full duplex.
>
>Non duplex -> Non duplex - normal, as expected.
>Duplex -> Non duplex - more collisions, slight lowering of data rate.
>Duplex -> Duplex - Collisions by the bucketload, very slow data transfer.
>

ISTR something in the README of 3Com card software advising
that you should only use Full Duplex if ALL devices on your
network support it. If you've got a switched hub then there's some
protection, but it warned against flicking one card onto full unless
you were planning on taking the network down quickly.

Is it possible for you to try flicking ALL 5 connected machines to
full-D, or at least taking the non-F/D off the network and compare
the collisions? I'm interested in knowing what happens (don't feel
like a guinea-pig, do you Tom?)
-- 
 
"Dungeon" Dave, in anti-harvest mode...

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Subject: Re: Networking/LAN woes!!
Date: 1999/10/06
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