| Title: | FDDI - The Next Generation | 
| Moderator: | NETCAD::STEFANI | 
| Created: | Thu Apr 27 1989 | 
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 2259 | 
| Total number of notes: | 8590 | 
    After installing a defea-da on a compaq prolinia they power up and
    get the message "full duplex is supported only on point to point
    connections". Is this and informational message or is it an error
    message. Tehy are configured for full duplex and it is a point
    to point connection. After the system boots everything seems to
    work ok. The are running netware 4 not shure of the version.
    
    
    thanks 
    Jerry Whitmore
    Digital Customer Support
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| 2060.1 | Yes, message is informational | NETCAD::STEFANI | Mon Jun 10 1996 17:49 | 18 | |
|     >>After installing a defea-da on a compaq prolinia they power up and
    >>get the message "full duplex is supported only on point to point
    >>connections". Is this and informational message or is it an error
    >>message. Tehy are configured for full duplex and it is a point
    >>to point connection. After the system boots everything seems to
    >>work ok. The are running netware 4 not shure of the version.
    
    Yes, this is purely informational.  When you specify FULLDUPLEX=ON on
    your MSL driver load line, you're telling the driver to enable full
    duplex mode on the adapter.  If the MSL adapter is connected
    point-point with a similarly enabled MSL adapter, they'll negotiate and
    enter full-duplex state.
    Another (albeit more expensive) way to get full duplex is to connect
    each MSL adapter to a Digital GIGAswitch/FDDI which supports FDDI full
    duplex on its ports.
    - Larry
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| 2060.2 | Thanks Larry | CSC32::JERRY | Tue Jun 11 1996 08:13 | 4 | |
|     Thanks Larry, thats what I needed.
    
    Jerry Whitmore
    Digital Customer Support.
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