It is realtek - I forget the number. Thanks, Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lars Gaarden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 4:05 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] NIC setting
> Roger Howard wrote: > > I have a customer who just bought a new PC. They asked me to set it up to > > access my fixed wireless service for them. OK, should be straight forward.. > > but when I set it up, the speed is very inconsistent. Pages sometimes take a > > while to load. It was strange because ping times were all excelent. > > > > Anyway, I tracked it down to the NIC. It was set to Auto, but when I set it > > to 10Mbit half duplex, the problems went away. > > > > So what is the ideal setting if you have to set this manually, when it's > > plugged directly into a smartBridge unit? I know the smartbridges have a 10 > > Mbit ethernet port, but is it half duplex or full duplex? > > It is full duplex. > > I have, however, experienced the same as you - for some reason full > duplex doesn't always work properly (packets just disappear in the > upstream direction, with no indication of lost packets in the > interface counters on the ethernet or wireless side), and if you set > the NIC to half duplex the problems go away. > > Is the NIC in this customer's PC a Realtek 8139, by the way? > > -- > LarsG > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
