On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Martin Visser <martinvisser99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Using a hub that runs with ports at half-duplex and a having a PC with a
> port set at full-duplex *will* cause packet loss. A PC configured to
> full-duplex has collision detection disabled, so if a collision does occur,
> the PC will not know about it and not retransmit the lost frame.
> This used to be a common problem but is increasingly rarely seen in the wild
> (because of auth-negotiate being the default on switches, and gigabit NICs
> which are recommended to be configrued as auto).
> Regards, Martin
>
> MartinVisser99@xxxxxxxxx
Martin, I assumed someone using a true hub would know that hosts
connected to it should be configured to use half duplex and not suffer
from duplex mismatches.
Sincerely,
Richard
