Jared,
I meant the latter. I knew that there were switch to switch FDX
capabilities - I'd never seen a router interface or NIC though. Cool.
Know any vendors off the top of your head???
-Chris
Most 10/100M cards have FDX for both 10 and 100Mbps operation. Cisco
catalyst hubs support 10Mbps FDX. Intel EtherExpress PCI cards do 10M
FDX... BayNetworks hubs also..
I've used the 3com PCI cards (10/100 cards) at 10M FDX
That's it. I stick with them because they work well enough,
and aren't too expensive for the performance. I've had them pusshing
100M fdx traffic out an interface before.
- jared
I thought the catalyst line were switches only. Can hubs support
full-duplex? I didn't think they could for some reason.
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I dunno if Cisco calls the 1900 and 2900's switches, but as far as I can
tell they don't do anything more then my 10/100 Bay networks hubs!!
Smart, very manageable hubs.. The 10Mbps ports on the 1900 and Bay
networks 301 don't do FDX, but the 100Mbps on the 2900 and Bay networks
350/350T do 10M/FDX..
Your bay networks HUBS can do VLANS and brodcast storm control ?
-Chris
1900's and 2900's are switches, but don't read too much into the term
"hub." Cisco (and Bay for that matter) can be strange in its naming.
A bit of trivia. If you look on the copyright page of IOS 9.1
documentation, you will find Cisco trademarked the term "trouter." This was
going to be a term for a terminal server/router, until market research
suggested it didn't scale well, and customers were not lured to it because
it sounded fishy.
But progress continued. In the pocket-sized internetworking glossary, they
do mention two of the trademarks they registered while exploring the
pre-Bay joint venture with Synoptics, which would have joined "router" and
"hub" technologies. What were they going to call this? The "Rub" and the
"Rubsystem."
Someone seems to have avoided yet another changing of foot in mouth. There
are 2500 series routers with a small built-in hub. Officially, these are
"hublets." I had a student musing "hub? router? why didn't they call them
hooters?"
In article <c=US%a=_%p=BAIS%l=MERCURY-980918163103Z-10472@mercury.balink.com>,
I meant the latter. I knew that there were switch to switch FDX
capabilities - I'd never seen a router interface or NIC though. Cool.
For PC platforms, I've been happy with both Tulips and Intel
eepro100b's at fdx 10BT. Both cards are real cheap and have 100BT
support as well.
Catalyst 1900s do fdx 10BT, as do 3com 1000s (but you'll want current
firmware).
I don't think Cisco has fdx 10BT interfaces but the new-style
(VIP-type) FEIP2 will do fdx 100BT.
I'm not sure if hdx/fdx autonegotiation works at 10BT -- I don't trust
it anyway.
I don't think Cisco has fdx 10BT interfaces but the new-style
(VIP-type) FEIP2 will do fdx 100BT.
EtherSwitch Port Adapter for the Cisco 7200 Series.
I'm not sure if hdx/fdx autonegotiation works at 10BT -- I don't trust
it anyway.
It works as well as at 100BT. I lock down speed and duplex everywhere I can, any time I can. Makes troubleshooting easier.