Subject: Re: Strange network performance
To: None <Geir.I.Jensen@Runit.Sintef.No>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/16/1998 19:48:00
On Sep 16, Geir.I.Jensen@Runit.Sintef.No wrote
> Are there several drivers for the DEC based board? I am using the 'de'
> driver (current from late july).

As of now, there's only this driver.

> 
> I have thought of that. I don't know how to set (or check) the duplex
> option on the DEC board, but I have tested both modes on the Cisco end.
> I achieve best performance with it set to half duplex (all the tests
> are performed with this setup). This is my ifconfig output:
> 
> de0: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         media: autoselect (100baseTX) status: active
>         inet 128.39.221.130 netmask 0xffffff80 broadcast 128.39.221.255
> 

It's in 100baseTX HD mode. For full-duplex you would have got:
media: 100baseTX <full-duplex> status: active

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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