Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: CRAP in 2.4.18-pre7 | Date | 27 Jan 2002 13:08:49 -0800 |
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Followup to: <3C543E86.7F0FA37A@gmx.net> By author: root <gunther.mayer@gmx.net> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > You don't need a hub to have collisions. > > Duplex mismatch (i.e. one card in full-duplex, the other in half-duplex) > would just show 10-50 KByte/sec transfer rates typically. > > The card's statistics about "collisions" and "late collisions" would > positively prove if this is the case. >
Not all cards correctly autoconfigure across a crossover cable (they should, but not all do). When autoconfigure is screwed up, as you indicate above, things will be *VERY* messed up.
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