Slow transfer with 21140 card

[John Fulmer]

Keith Dart wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Hannu Krosing wrote:
> >
> > > You are probably right. But are the switches _always_ full-duplex ?
> 
> No, they don't have to be. Most modern switches can be either full or half
> duplex, and this is auto-negotiated via a protocol first developed by
> N-Way. Alas, interoperability has been poor with this feature, and it
> doesn't always work properly.

However, I have seen some switches that do auto-negotiation that forces
full-duplex as the default. Or at least some integrators that do it....

jf


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