Re: going full duplex

2000-10-15 Thread Igor Mozetic
> > The best is to buy a NIC that can autonegotiate with the switch (eg, Cisco > > and Intel EtherExpress Pro100). > > Will this really work? I mean I know about the workaround for the Vortex > cards > as we are also experiencing the same probs but I wonder if buying a Cisco or > Intel NIC would

Re: going full duplex

2000-10-14 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:27:44PM +0200 or thereabouts, Igor Mozetic wrote: > > The best is to buy a NIC that can autonegotiate with the switch (eg, Cisco > and Intel EtherExpress Pro100). Will this really work? I mean I know about the workaround for the Vortex cards as we are also experiencing

Re: going full duplex

2000-10-14 Thread Igor Mozetic
> Most of the time the ethernet card can detect full duplex vs half duplex > on the fly. You only need to fuss with the nic driver if the switch > you're using can't autodetect properly (cisco switches, for example). > > > If anybody has a good way of going about this please let me know. I fear >

Re: going full duplex

2000-10-11 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hello, > > I'd really like to go full duplex but I don't know how to go about this > aside from: "reinstalling my nic's driver but set it for full duplex > this time". Most of the time the

going full duplex

2000-10-11 Thread Kevin Krafthefer
Hello, I'd really like to go full duplex but I don't know how to go about this aside from: "reinstalling my nic's driver but set it for full duplex this time". If anybody has a good way of going about this please let me know. I fear that it is all very dependent on what type of nic I'm using; but