Re: [WinMac] Half-duplex with built-in ethernet on G3/G4
Christopher Reid(christopher.reid[at]cce.ac.nz)
24 Nov 1999 17:31:22 +1300
John, at:
<http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11488>
you'll find the _unsupported_ "Apple Ethernet Speed & Duplex Tool" files to force your iMac, Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) or 1999 PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) to 10 Mbit or 100 Mbit and Full or Half duplex.
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On Wednesday, 24 November 1999, John Hanks <jbh@biology.usu.edu> wrote:
>> At 8:55 AM -0700 11/23/99, John Hanks wrote:
>> >I need to set the ethernet on couple of these machines to
>> half-duplex,
>>
>> Why?!?
>>
>> Doing that would cut your network speed in half...
>>
>>
>> LDR
>
>The local network gurus tell me that full duplex is marketing hype. Being
>the suspicious type I tried it both ways and they were right, at least for
>my setup, because I get *much* better throughput with things set to half
>duplex. I can go to them and get the technical details if you are interested
>in hearing them.
>
>Since the only two machine I have that are trying to use full duplex are a
>couple of Macs that don't communicate directly to each other, it is not
>critically important that I make them stop trying. But it hurts my pride to
>not be able to force them to use half duplex.
>
>jbh
>
>John Hanks
>System Administrator
>Dept. of Biology
>Utah State University
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