17 Feb
2002
17 Feb
'02
3:08 p.m.
A switch also allows you to use Full-Duplex communication on your ethernet cards. When using Full-Duplex, there are no collisions. This is most helpful when a lot of packets are being sent between the computers on the switch, such as when using NFS or X Window System traffic between computers on your LAN. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra@wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886