I'm responding to several people at once. References to material to read is fine in place of personal descriptions. However, you know, the 'personal touch' is always good :-)
The only thing better than FBSD is the mailing lists.
Thanks, folks.
Alex
On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 06:36 PM, Kevin Stevens wrote:
You're probably on the right track with a duplex problem. Most hubs
default to half-duplex, and it's probably the safest choice to use in any
case - most attempts at full-duplexed hubs I've seen have been poor.
Any recommendations on switches for home use? Equipment to stay away from?
First, pull the hub out of the middle and connect the G4 to the Xeon with
a straight-through Ethernet cable. (All G4 PBs should automatically
handle any crossover required). Repeat your ping tests, and observe your
duplex config on both machines (should be full duplex). You should see
practically no packet loss.
Of course. I didn't even think of this.
Now go back and reconnect each machine to the hub, and verify/confirm half
duplex for each device. Repeat tests. If you're still getting packet
loss, power cycle the hub. If you're STILL getting packet loss, throw the
hub out and buy an 8-port switch for $30, and set the machines to
full-duplex.
What does power cycling the hub do in this case (Netgear DS108)? Finally, what is the difference between half and full duplex?
Kevin, later on you write in response to Charles Swiger:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Charles Swiger wrote:
If the device works at both 10 and 100 speed, it's a switch, not a hub.
It is sold as a hub. Most of these "dual-speed" hubs are/were two hubs,
one of each speed, with a two-port internal switch connecting them. The
physical ports would auto-join to whichever side the connection speed
indicated. Infuriating to use as tap devices, if you ended up on the
wrong side of the switch from your target, you wouldn't see any broadcast
traffic. ;)
KeS
Interesting. I didn't know that. What is the difference between a switch and a hub? I thought I understood. Perhaps this is not the case. Thanks.
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