[tulip-bug] Capture Effect - a value-added feature and options=14

Junjiro Okajima j-okajim@nskli014.nsk.nis.nec.co.jp
Wed, 04 Oct 2000 14:31:56 +0900


Donald Becker:
> What makes you think that your hub supports full duplex?
> 
> "Hub" usually means "repeater", which is a half duplex device.
> The device is usually called a "switch" if it supports full duplex.

I misunderstood those names, "hub" and "switch".
What I mentioned is "switch".


> Forcing full duplex is almost always a bad idea.  If you have an old switch
> which doesn't support autonegotiation it's best to just leave it in half
> duplex mode.  You'll never notice the performance difference , but you will
> notice the performance drop with a duplex mismatch.

Thank you.
The switch is not old, but cannot auto-negotiate as full duplex. I
will try some other method or switch. Anyway thank you very much.


Junjiro Okajima