choosing base addresses on NICs

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

The hub I had in my office at Raytheon supprted full and half duplex 
operation.
bhorne wrote:

> Not to rain on the parade, but I'll add a couple of caveats for those of us
> still in the dark ages of Ethernet:  these apply ONLY to twisted pair
> operation, since coax is always half-duplex.
> 
> 1. If your NIC is connected to other NICs through an Ethernet ** HUB **, use
> half-duplex.
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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