[c-nsp] half duplex question

[John Brown]

The issue you will have is that 10Mb/s Half duplex will only get about 3 to 4 Mb/s worth of traffic.  This is because you will start to see collisions on the line.  

Some is void of clue at the provider side.   Proper traffic policies should limit your bandwidth.  Not playing dumb duplex games.

I would strongly recommend that full-duplex be enabled on both ends

Cheers,

John Brown
CityLink Fiber Holdings, Inc.
Albuquerque's only Open Access Fiber provider
100Mb/s to the home
GigE to the business

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of james edwards
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:56 AM
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> Subject: [c-nsp] half duplex question
> 
> I have a metro Ethernet connection with a 5 mbs commit. Normally they
> shape the incoming and I shape the outgoing to the commit rate. This time
> they want me to go half duplex, 10 mbs. The end result is 5 mbs. Is this wise
> or are there any drawbacks to using half duplex here ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> James H. Edwards
> Network Systems Administrator
> Judicial Information Division
> jedwards at nmcourts.gov
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