why the network connection is so slow

[chuck goolsbee]

>On topic, I have a newly acquired, from e-bay(.au) of course, 2300c which
>I'm having fun integrating into my non-mac  based hame LAN - a great leaning
>experience and a cute machine - now if I can just work out why the network
>connection is so slow ....
>Merçi
>Doug

Maybe the 10Mhz bus between that CPU and the ethernet card? =)
(or was the enet on the 33?Mhz PDS bus? I can't remember... all my 
Duo spec knowledge popped off my stack.)


You may have a duplexing issue on the switch-side of the connection. 
The Duo pre-dates auto-sensing ethernet ports, which all modern 
networking gear has... a lot of them get into long, drawn-out 
one-sided "conversations" with older hardware trying to get them to 
auto-sense the network speed and duplex settings... which of course 
your Duo ignores... causing the switch to just ask more. =)

If the network gear is "managed" you can usually "force' the port to 
stay on 10base/T, half duplex... which will make the Duo happy and 
productive.



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