> Why then do I notice better behaviour with EXACTLY the same equipment ?
> In fact nothing has changed except booting to a different disk and OS.

- In my experience, machines with fast networking stack are more
influenced by half/full-duplex misconfiguration than slower machines.
I get 5 KB/s TCP from very fast SGI server when I set the opposite mode
on its Fast Ethernet interface.
- Windows driver for the card can ignore user settings if they seem wrong
  to it.

> PS: As an electronic/electrical engineer, I find it very hard to believe
> hubs are half-duplex.

They create shared medium. Ethernet "hub" with isolated ports is normally
called switch or bridge.

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