[olug] Re: A non network network?

[Bill Brush]

No, that's not the term, although it sounds probable.

For those who don't know what duplexing means, here's a brief rundown
from someone who's old enough to remember when it was introduced.

Duplex refers to how a card is communicating.

Half-duplex:  The original mode of talking.  The card can only send or
receive at a given time.

Full-duplex:  The high speed mode.  The card can send and receive at
the same time.  This "doubles" the card's speed, so that with Fast
Ethernet it can send 100 Mb/s and receive 100 Mb/s at the same time.

The duplex settings are only important on 10Bast-T and 100Base-T as
Gig Ethernet only does full duplex.

Bill

On 10/19/05, Jake Churchill <jachurchill at cox.net> wrote:
> I think the term is duplexing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Rob
> Townley
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:36 AM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: [olug] Re: A non network network?
>
> Actually, you may not need a crossover ethernet card if you make sure
> purchase nics that support autodetection of the signal path (not quite
> sure of the terminology used).  A regular Cat5 patch cable and NICs
> that support it is all you may need.