Subject: Re: D-Link multiport Ethernet adapters.
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/01/2000 11:11:11
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On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:24:14AM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote:
> Itojun requested me, a while back, when I begged for some information,
> to report back or summarise my findings about such beasts.
>=20
> I eventually managed to get hold of a D-Link DFE-570TX 4-port Ethernet
> adapter (D-Link label it "Quad Channel Server Card") which exceeds my
> requirements considerably (10BaseT would have sufficed, 100BaseTX -
> the X is for full-duplex, is it not? - was overkill).

No... 100baseTX is a 100 encoding on 2 wire-pairs, 100baseT4 is an encoding
on 4 wire-pairs if I recall right, and there's 100base-Fsomethingorother
which uses fiber optic cables.

All 100 Mbit boards I know of can do full duplex.

Regards,
	-is

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