On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 07:15:56PM -0500, W. Paul Mills wrote: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D-Man) writes: | > | > Most cards (that I have/have seen) have LEDs near the RJ-45 jack. | > They usually tell you. The switch I have also indicates whether the | > connection is 10 or 100 and whether it is Full or half duplex. I | > don't know why, but the 2 ISA NE2000 clones that are supposedly | > full-duplex don't appear on the switch as full-duplex. | | As I understand it, the card and the switch look at each other and | determine what features they share. Some clones, esp. the older ones | do not always communicate their abilities correctly.
That could be, although these are brand new Netgear cards (EA201 or something like that). -D