[tulip] Help forcing to 100M

[Donald Becker]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Dan Hollis wrote:

> For me the difference between half and full duplex 100baseT is the
> difference between 60mbit and 100mbit (tested using ttcp). It's a big
> difference for me.

A properly working network should show 11.0 MB/sec vs. 11.6 MB/sec (half
vs. full duplex).  You will never get the full 100Mb/sec due to headers
and and IFG (inter-frame gap).

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