- Jun 24, 2001
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I know that you can only get full-duplex with a switch/multi-NIC router, but what exactly is going on?
Some say you effectively get 200Mbps, 100Mbps upstream and 100Mbps downstream. Why can't two cards and a crossover cable achieve this? Do they not have dedicated transmit and receive wires which is why you must cross a crossover cable? Does it work and improve performance between any two computers on a switch or does it require three+? ie, one PC (PC1) uploads to the server PC (PC2) at 100Mbps while another PC (PC3) downloads from the server PC (PC2) at 100Mbps
Thnx!
Some say you effectively get 200Mbps, 100Mbps upstream and 100Mbps downstream. Why can't two cards and a crossover cable achieve this? Do they not have dedicated transmit and receive wires which is why you must cross a crossover cable? Does it work and improve performance between any two computers on a switch or does it require three+? ie, one PC (PC1) uploads to the server PC (PC2) at 100Mbps while another PC (PC3) downloads from the server PC (PC2) at 100Mbps
Thnx!
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