On Monday 01 October 2001 16:08, you wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 04:27:49PM -0400, Gan Uesli Starling wrote:
> > Getting back to a problem from before my other, bigger
> > problem (which prevented my documenting this problem)...
> >
> > I'm not even sure it really is a problem. I just want to
> > be sure that it is not related to my mgetty delay problem
> > noted in another thread. I just observe a big, big speed
> > difference between the ThinkPad and the Tower.
> >
> > We kinda went over this before. Then, however, ftp would
> > flat stall and die. Now it never stalls, thanks to the
> > "mtu 1500" arg suggested previously. I just want to know
> > if the speed asymetry is something to worry about.
> >
> > Putting ThinkPad -> Tower: 891.92 KB/s
> > Getting Tower -> ThinkPad: 41.11 KB/s
> >
> > Now, the ThinkPad is 266MHz PII, and the Tower is 800MHz Celeron.
> >
> > The LAN connection has been upgraded from X-Over cable to a
> > Netgear Fast Ethernet Switch. I have commercial, pre-terminated
> > cables.
> >
> > The Tower reports of its LAN card thus...
> >
> > gus# ifconfig fxp0
> > fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         address: 00:03:47:a0:49:27
> >         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
> >         status: active
> >         inet 192.168.1.11 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> >         inet6 fe80::203:47ff:fea0:4927%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> > gus#
> >
> > The ThinkPad reports of its LAN card thus...
> >
> > thinkpad# ifconfig ne2
> > ne2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
> > 1500 address: 00:04:5a:92:6e:ae
> >         media: Ethernet manual
> >         inet 192.168.1.7 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> >         inet6 fe80::204:5aff:fe92:6eae%ne2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x12
> > thinkpad#
>
> I suspect a half/full duplex mismatch somewhere. I'm not sure if this
> ne2 can do full-duplex. What does the switch says ?
>
> Also are you sure you have a switch and not a hub ? Hubs can't do
> full-duplex
>

Manuel,

Yes, quite certain that it is a switch. It is a "Netgear 5-port Fast Ethernet
Switch -- model FS105". Have green lights for 100M (no light for 10M) and also
green lights for FDX (no yellow for collision). I've been keeping one eye 
glued to those lights ever since I bought the thing. The only difference in 
the alternate ftp exchange is the rate at which they blink on/off (never 
yellow). And only the 100M lights ever blink. Never do the FDX lights blink.

Thanks,

Gan