From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sun Aug 07 2005 - 22:19:55 PDT
On Aug 7, 2005, at 9:49 PM, okto wrote:
>> else it tries to run as fast of a network connection as it can.
>
> Which is as fast as the slowest transceiver, which is the Newton. You
> don't need to tell the PowerBook to throttle the Ethernet speed; in
> fact, you can't.
Actually if you are using OSX in it's newer stripes, you can. You can
use Unixy command (like ifconfig) or GUI based utils like cocktail to
set it to 10base.
> Ethernet automatically throttles to whatever speed at which the other
> nodes are trying to link. If it didn't, you'd probably never be able
> to connect your PBook to anything, cos Gbe equipment hasn't gotten
> cheap enough for the common man yet.
Gigabit ethernet is cheap these days. Look around...
Here is an example for 8 USD :~)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?
EdpNo=1218763&CatId=1175
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