Subject: RE: full duplex ethernet trouble
To: Dave <dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu>
From: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 05/05/2004 19:04:42
On 06-May-2004 Dave wrote:
> I've finally upgraded to a 100baseTX switch and am having trouble getting
> full-duplex ethernet working correctly.
> 
> For right now, the network is composed of two machines, both with Netgear
> FA310TX NICs and a Netgear FS108 switch.

Worth noting.. I have an older netgear switch (8x10 + 2x100) and it has the
exact same problem.  Certain cards would fdx to it, others wouldn't.  Some of
them I could get into fdx mode, by setting the override switches on the back,
to force it to fdx, but not all of them.

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