Ethernet LAN

bed of nails question

I do a lot of tracing and probing trying to follow wires in private homes for Ethernet access. I recently got a bed of...

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posted by sheldon

5 comments posted 20yrs posted by sheldon

Ethernet Connectors (For Info Only)

Hi All A while ago I posted a question regarding alternative connectors suitable for Ethernet. I expected the options w...

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posted by noaddress

10 comments posted 20yrs posted by noaddress

ethernet switch book ??

"The Switch Book" by Rich Seifert " is very good. But there are a lot new features developed after that book published....

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posted by aaabbb16

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Auto-negotiation and traffic flow between different speed ports

I was recently told that if I had two switches connected to one another through an uplink port connected at gigabit spe...

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posted by tom

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Max. no. of stations on a LAN

Hi all, I have a basic question about LAN oerformance. Given a 1km 10Mbps bus lan using simple TDM with 100bits slots f...

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posted by parasiteslost

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Did ECS K8M800M2's onboard network die?

Recently, I was using the computer and surfing on the Web. Then, all the sudden Windows XP Professional SP2 (all update...

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posted by ANTant

21 comments posted 20yrs posted by ANTant

Internet not working with gigabit switch

Here is my current network setup: I have a Soundstream 5100 DSL modem connected to the WAN port on my Hawking HWR54G Wi...

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posted by blah

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100BASE-TX signal received by 10BASE-TX port

Hi, I have an interesting question for you all. When two 10/100 Ethernet devices are configured statically, but differe...

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posted by jaymkim

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Slow down of internet service

We have a network that consists of 300+ workstations, mostly win xp, 10 servers (file, email, antivirus, and sus) and a...

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posted by leroyd

5 comments posted 20yrs posted by leroyd

An interface on many VLANs

Hello. Is it possible to have the following configuration on a switch ? (ethernet only, no IP) computer 1 on port 1, VL...

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posted by bartol_78SPAMSUXXX

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Simplest hardware node

I'm looking for the simplest possible hardare implementation that I can connect via cat5 ethernet cable to my router th...

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posted by bmearns

18 comments posted 20yrs posted by bmearns

IEEE 1588 enabled Ethernet controller?

Have anybody heard an Ethernet controller with IEEE 1588 enabled?

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posted by digitalsignal999

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Why should the SPD be located at even byte in preamble?

In gigabit Ethernet specification, it requires that the SPD code-group always be located at an even byte position. Why t...

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posted by wismanyen

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LLC2

There used to be an access to lan layer using DLPI API; doest it exist on Linux, and is there a kind of man page? I hav...

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posted by gerard.lyonnaz

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badly in need of network advice

Hi, The back story: We have a building with 6 separate companies all using the same network to access the internet/prin...

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posted by matt

3 comments posted 20yrs posted by matt