On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Yaron Zabary wrote:

> > for example, lets say its a 16 port switch, just make the first 8 10MBit and
> > the last 8 100MBit, the switch then will use logic to transfer packets
> > between the two "subnets".
> 
> I am not sure I understand what you are trying to describe here.

He means using vlan tagging, or ils, or any protocol the switch knows in
order to create two subnets on the same switch.

Naturally, as you and I both know :))  this has nothing to do with the
link speed synchronization, vlan tagging is not at the link layer.

--Ariel
> 
> > another thing you should do while inside the interface ischeck the port
> > status, i belive you should see many collisions and packet timeouts which
> > were caused by the missconfiguration of the switch and they are the reason
> > your sessions broke up.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Aviram Jenik
> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:48 AM
> > To: Shaul Karl
> > Cc: linux ILUG
> > Subject: Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs
> >
> >
> >
> > > > My guess is that those machines are sending packets in 100mbps whereas
> > the
> > > > Linux machine uses a 10mbps card and loses packets, which results in a
> > > > broken connection.
> > >
> > > I was under the impression that a good dual-speed switch should handle
> > those speed differences by itself, transparently. What is the model of your
> > switch?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, I thought so too. Note that network communication is working, but
> > occasionally web pages are not displayedand e-mail download gets broken.
> >
> > The switch is a 3COMOfficeConnect Dual speed switch.
> >
> > - Aviram
> >
> >
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> -- Yaron.
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