Could you please shed some light onto this? I have another notebook (Compaq Armada M700) with an integrated network card (non-pcmcia) and it works fine at full-duplex.
Where is it documented about these problems with hubs and networks? I have yet to find anything on the Internet about this problem. What I fail to understand is - Why does RedHat, Suse and Microsoft (Win2K and WinXP) all configure the Xircom card with full-duplex turned on? Also, last I checked - Mandrake 8.2 works fine with full-duplex. Why does the DrakX install also initialize the card with full duplex during install? I also disagree about not seeing a difference between half/full duplex. As we all know, duplex is better because both sides can communicate simultaneously! Thanks anyway, R.Fox On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 15:52, Igor Izyumin wrote: > On Wednesday 21 August 2002 02:11 am, Robert Fox wrote: > > I have mentioned this many times before (since 8.2) on Cooker. Nonody > > seems to care . . . > > > > The card works fine during installation in DrakX (full duplex), but > > after first reboot and every subsequent start it is only initialized in > > Half Duplex mode - I can see this because of the status lights on my > > Linksys Route/Switch . . . > > I don't think the half-duplex vs. full duplex matters. Try some benchmarks > (ftp a file to another LAN computer). You shouldn't see much of a difference > either way. Setting the card to full-duplex by default could cause problems > for some hubs and networks (IIRC). > -- > -- Igor >
