[Techtalk] Slow networking connection

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 07:39, Jeff Dike wrote:

> It turned out to be that the laptop driver was acting as if the network
> was full-duplex, when in fact it was half-duplex.  I (still) don't understand
> what that means, except that my desktop error log filled up with complaints
> when it saw the laptop trying to communicate with it.

Full duplex: like a proper telephone. Both sides can 'speak' 
simultaneously.
Half duplex: like most speakerphones. Only one side can speak at a time,
the others' data is lost.

For a more technical explanation, ask someone else. :) But this will do
for most people, I would imagine.



Jenn V.
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