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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Do I really need a 10/100 NIC?
From:       David Grove <pete () petes-place ! com>
Date:       2001-08-30 21:04:58
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On Thursday 30 August 2001 16:57, Tony White wrote:
> Hi Tor,
>
> Most 10/100 hubs these days are, in effect, two hubs and a 2-port
> switch.  Ports 'auto switch' to either the 10Mbps segment or the 100Mbps
> segment. Inter-segment traffic is decided by MAC address 'learning'
> So... if two 100Mbps devices are communicating - they are on the same
> segment, and will communicate at 100Mbps.  Similarly for two 10Mbps
> devices. The whole only drops to 10Mbps with cross-segment 10-100 traffic.

At least somebody believes me for a change.

> I hope that makes sense.
>
> And BTW - full duplex is 100Mbps TX AND 100Mbps RX simultaneously.

Like I can learn much from the side of a D-Link box. ;-)

Dave


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