Ethernet Settings: Full Duplex and Half Duplex
In 10.4.? we had to connect via ethernet using 100BaseTX, full duplex, standard (1500) as our settings. This gave us optimum speed.
In 10.5, we find that if we use these settings, the ethernet connection drops, and we get a message saying it is unplugged. We end up using the 100baseTX, half duplex setting--it's the only way it will connect. When we connect to the Windows shares using these settings, we get a very slow file transfer. The wheel turns and spins while the windows fill up---and even just viewing the files is almost at a standstill. From experience here in the past, we recognize this as a problem with the duplex settings.
The Mac is shutting off our ethernet connection at 100Base T, full duplex. We need it...is there a way to get this to work? Is it a bug?
In 10.5, we find that if we use these settings, the ethernet connection drops, and we get a message saying it is unplugged. We end up using the 100baseTX, half duplex setting--it's the only way it will connect. When we connect to the Windows shares using these settings, we get a very slow file transfer. The wheel turns and spins while the windows fill up---and even just viewing the files is almost at a standstill. From experience here in the past, we recognize this as a problem with the duplex settings.
The Mac is shutting off our ethernet connection at 100Base T, full duplex. We need it...is there a way to get this to work? Is it a bug?
G5 Macmini, Mac OS X (10.5), This is a test machine for Leopard