Re: Linux vs. Windows XP routing latency

Ronny Aasen
Mon, 07 Jun 2004 06:34:36 -0000

On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 15:06, Ed Wildgoose wrote:
> >What is a duplex mismatch?
> >
> >
>
> When the duplex setting of your connection aren''t matched....!
:-)
>
> Google is very useful for finding out about stuff.  Try links 2,3 and
> onwards
>
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=duplex+mismatch
>
> However, if you have even a budget "switch" in between these two
> machines then this would fix the problem.  Note that a "hub" will
not
> fix the problem though.


well technicaly then you can have duplex mismatch between the nic and
the switchport.. i have seen this several times using different
equipment.

one other things that i have noticed can impact your network is nic''s
that use software crc vs real Network cards (rtl8139 jumps to mind, dont
know about the rhino ones), software crc makes the bus/cpu work a lot
harder then a nick with incorperated crc, you will notice the difference
on your cpu usage.

would be nice to hear if you found your problem.

mvh
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Ronny Aasen <list@datapart-as.no>