8:30 a.m.
I've searched through the list archives and have been unable to find
anything that can shed some light on this issue for me. I have a base
fedora install that once a week when the log rotate happens runs out of
memory for some reason. The only package not in the fedora install I have
on the system currently is Dans Guardian.
System has 192 MB of ram and 256 mb of swap.
If I manually run the log rotate everything works fine, there must be
something else happening that I don't realize that is causing the memory
problems. I'm fresh out of ideas so any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Tim
8:57 a.m.
On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 09:30, Tim wrote:
System has 192 MB of ram and 256 mb of swap.
If I manually run the log rotate everything works fine, there must be
something else happening that I don't realize that is causing the memory
problems. I'm fresh out of ideas so any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Time you could try changing when the log rotate happens. It is a
cronjob that runs daily and calls the program `logrotate`.
I think all the jobs in /etc/cron.daily look run at 4:02AM by default on
my system here. Check /etc/crontab to find out for yours.
You may wish to strip out /etc/cron.daily/logrotate and move it to the
root directory where you can set up r00ts `crontab` [man crontab for
more info] and have it run at say 3:00AM instead of firing with all the
other jobs in that directory.
HTH,
Chris
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10:07 a.m.
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Tim wrote:
I've searched through the list archives and have been unable to find
anything that can shed some light on this issue for me. I have a base
fedora install that once a week when the log rotate happens runs out of
memory for some reason. The only package not in the fedora install I have
on the system currently is Dans Guardian.
System has 192 MB of ram and 256 mb of swap.
If I manually run the log rotate everything works fine, there must be
something else happening that I don't realize that is causing the memory
problems. I'm fresh out of ideas so any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
Tim
Check the list of files in /var/log. Some buggy packages may use wildcard
specs in their logrotate directives. That can lead to a boatload of files
as backups get rotated, and then those get rotated, ad nauseum. If you
spot files like foo.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2, you'll know you've been bitten
and you can bugzilla the offending package.
--
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mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
10:18 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Hello all,
Subject says it all. Auto-detect is giving me full duplex, but it should
really be 1/2 duplex. Redhat-config-network* doesn't do anything for me
to solve this. I want this to be "hard-coded", if you will. Thanks for any
advice. Running FC1, fully patched...
*******************************************************************************
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E-mail: gilbert(a)niu.edu ***
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10:27 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Am Di, den 30.03.2004 schrieb Gilbert Sebenste um 18:18:
Hello all,
Subject says it all. Auto-detect is giving me full duplex, but it should
really be 1/2 duplex. Redhat-config-network* doesn't do anything for me
to solve this. I want this to be "hard-coded", if you will. Thanks for any
advice. Running FC1, fully patched...
Please do not hijack foreign threads. Posting a new subject mail to the
list please use an empty mail editor window and do not take a foreign
posting. Else the mail contains a misleading reference to an unrelated
topic - like your post now.
To you problem: use either ethtool or mii-tool to force half duplex
mode.
Alexander
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10:35 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Hi Gilbert,
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:18:13 -0600 (CST)
Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste(a)weather3.admin.niu.edu> wrote:
Hello all,
Subject says it all. Auto-detect is giving me full duplex, but it
should really be 1/2 duplex. Redhat-config-network* doesn't do
anything for me to solve this. I want this to be "hard-coded", if you
will. Thanks for any advice. Running FC1, fully patched...
First, you should provide at least some info about your network card...
anyway, what you probably need is some module parameters (assuming NIC
support is configured as a module on your system).
eg. here with my nForce2 chipset, nvnet allows the following parameters:
# modinfo nvnet
filename: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptlcustom/kernel/drivers/net/nvnet.o
description: "NVIDIA Corporation NVNET Ethernet Driver Version1.0.5 March 24,
2003"
author: "NVIDIA (linux-nforce-bugs(a)nvidia.com"
license: "NVIDIA"
parm: speed int, description "Control speed by setting 0 for auto, 1 for 10
Mbps and 2 for 100 Mbps"
parm: duplex int, description "Control duplex by setting 0 for auto, 1 for
half and 2 for full"
parm: optimization int, description "Control optimization by setting 0 for
Throughput, 1 for CPU"
You could then provide the above params (speed, duplex, optimization) on
the /etc/modules.conf file. Maybe something similar can be done for your
network card module.
HTH
Andre
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10:51 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Andre Costa wrote:
Hi Gilbert,
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:18:13 -0600 (CST)
Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste(a)weather3.admin.niu.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Subject says it all. Auto-detect is giving me full duplex, but it
> should really be 1/2 duplex. Redhat-config-network* doesn't do
> anything for me to solve this. I want this to be "hard-coded", if you
> will. Thanks for any advice. Running FC1, fully patched...
First, you should provide at least some info about your network card...
Sorry, my bad. It is a Syskonnect SK-98xx (subvariant) Gigabit ethernet
card. It is currently running 100 MB full duplex.
anyway, what you probably need is some module parameters (assuming
NIC
support is configured as a module on your system).
eg. here with my nForce2 chipset, nvnet allows the following parameters:
# modinfo nvnet
filename: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptlcustom/kernel/drivers/net/nvnet.o
description: "NVIDIA Corporation NVNET Ethernet Driver Version1.0.5 March 24,
2003"
author: "NVIDIA (linux-nforce-bugs(a)nvidia.com"
license: "NVIDIA"
parm: speed int, description "Control speed by setting 0 for auto, 1 for 10
Mbps and 2 for 100 Mbps"
parm: duplex int, description "Control duplex by setting 0 for auto, 1 for
half and 2 for full"
parm: optimization int, description "Control optimization by setting 0 for
Throughput, 1 for CPU"
You could then provide the above params (speed, duplex, optimization) on
the /etc/modules.conf file. Maybe something similar can be done for your
network card module.
Hmmm. I'm scared to try this out since I frankly admit I have no idea what
I am doing.
Alexander Dolloz wrote:
Please do not hijack foreign threads. Posting a new subject mail to
the
list please use an empty mail editor window and do not take a foreign
posting. Else the mail contains a misleading reference to an unrelated
topic - like your post now.
How is this unrelated? I described the problem, and then went into detail.
To you problem: use either ethtool or mii-tool to force half duplex
mode.
Alexander
%ethtool -s eth1 duplex half
Cannot get current device settings: Operation not supported not setting
duplex
Hmmm. OK, what am I doing wrong here?
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11:06 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Am Di, den 30.03.2004 schrieb Gilbert Sebenste um 18:51:
> Please do not hijack foreign threads. Posting a new subject mail
to the
> list please use an empty mail editor window and do not take a foreign
> posting. Else the mail contains a misleading reference to an unrelated
> topic - like your post now.
How is this unrelated? I described the problem, and then went into detail
11:27 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:51:03 -0600 (CST)
Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste(a)weather3.admin.niu.edu> wrote:
Sorry, my bad. It is a Syskonnect SK-98xx (subvariant) Gigabit
ethernet card. It is currently running 100 MB full duplex.
> anyway, what you probably need is some module parameters (assuming
> NIC support is configured as a module on your system).
>
> eg. here with my nForce2 chipset, nvnet allows the following
> parameters:
[...]
> You could then provide the above params (speed, duplex,
> optimization) on the /etc/modules.conf file. Maybe something similar
> can be done for your network card module.
Hmmm. I'm scared to try this out since I frankly admit I have no idea
what I am doing.
Ok, no rush: linux kernel can have some of its components compiled as
modules, which means they're loaded on demand. If you type
lsmod
you will see which modules are currently loaded for your kernel. Modules
configuration stays on /etc/modules.conf (man is your friend). Modules
usually can tell how to configure them with the 'modinfo' command I
showed above. This means that if you run
modinfo [module-name]
you will be presented some basic description and the allowed parameters.
Combining all the above info, you can infer what this entry on my
/etc/modules.conf does:
options nvnet duplex=2
(answer: it is saying that nvnet modules should be loaded with
param 'duplex' set to 2, which means full-duplex on my case).
TIP: do a 'man modprobe'.
>To you problem: use either ethtool or mii-tool to force half
duplex
>mode.
>
>Alexander
%ethtool -s eth1 duplex half
Cannot get current device settings: Operation not supported not
setting duplex
Hmmm. OK, what am I doing wrong here?
Maybe it's not your fault. eththool doesn't work with my NIC either.
HTH,
Andre
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4:11 p.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Andre Costa wrote:
Ok, no rush: linux kernel can have some of its components compiled
as
modules, which means they're loaded on demand. If you type
lsmod
Even worse. Kudzu blew the identification. It is really a "3com940
1000base?". STill, ethtool -s eth0 duplex half doesn't work. So, back to
your idea we go...
you will see which modules are currently loaded for your kernel.
Modules
configuration stays on /etc/modules.conf (man is your friend). Modules
usually can tell how to configure them with the 'modinfo' command I
showed above. This means that if you run
modinfo [module-name]
you will be presented some basic description and the allowed parameters.
Combining all the above info, you can infer what this entry on my
/etc/modules.conf does:
OK, but as it turns out, there are no modules for this card. I do have a
second card in there, a 3com501, and Kudzu won't even recognize it. I
believe there's a big bug to swat for that one in bugzilla. Anyway...
options nvnet duplex=2 >
(answer: it is saying that nvnet modules should be loaded with
param 'duplex' set to 2, which means full-duplex on my case).
TIP: do a 'man modprobe'.
Yep. Unfortunately, I don't have any modules for it, and I don't know
where to get one.
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5:53 p.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Andre Costa wrote:
>Ok, no rush: linux kernel can have some of its components compiled as
>modules, which means they're loaded on demand. If you type
>
>lsmod
>
>
Even worse. Kudzu blew the identification. It is really a "3com940
1000base?". STill, ethtool -s eth0 duplex half doesn't work. So, back to
your idea we go...
>you will see which modules are currently loaded for your kernel. Modules
>configuration stays on /etc/modules.conf (man is your friend). Modules
>usually can tell how to configure them with the 'modinfo' command I
>showed above. This means that if you run
>
>modinfo [module-name]
>
>you will be presented some basic description and the allowed parameters.
>Combining all the above info, you can infer what this entry on my
>/etc/modules.conf does:
>
>
OK, but as it turns out, there are no modules for this card. I do have a
second card in there, a 3com501, and Kudzu won't even recognize it. I
believe there's a big bug to swat for that one in bugzilla. Anyway...
>options nvnet duplex=2 >
>(answer: it is saying that nvnet modules should be loaded with
>param 'duplex' set to 2, which means full-duplex on my case).
>
>TIP: do a 'man modprobe'.
>
>
Yep. Unfortunately, I don't have any modules for it, and I don't know
where to get one.
There is a module loaded for it, or it would not work.
Post the output of lsmod and we can help identify it for you.
9:58 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Jeff Vian wrote:
>>you will be presented some basic description and the allowed
parameters.
>>Combining all the above info, you can infer what this entry on my
>>/etc/modules.conf does:
>>
>>
>
>OK, but as it turns out, there are no modules for this card. I do have a
>second card in there, a 3com501, and Kudzu won't even recognize it. I
>believe there's a big bug to swat for that one in bugzilla. Anyway...
>
>
>
>>options nvnet duplex=2 >
>>(answer: it is saying that nvnet modules should be loaded with
>>param 'duplex' set to 2, which means full-duplex on my case).
>>
>>TIP: do a 'man modprobe'.
>>
>>
>
>Yep. Unfortunately, I don't have any modules for it, and I don't know
>where to get one.
>
>
There is a module loaded for it, or it would not work.
Post the output of lsmod and we can help identify it for you.
OK. Here it is:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
emu10k1 67368 0 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 16744 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
sound 72276 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
soundcore 6468 7 (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound]
parport_pc 18756 1 (autoclean)
lp 8580 0 (autoclean)
parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
ide-cd 34432 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 34592 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
autofs 12084 0 (autoclean) (unused)
e1000 71232 1
floppy 57308 0 (autoclean)
sg 35436 0 (autoclean)
microcode 4188 0 (autoclean)
ohci1394 28776 0 (unused)
ieee1394 203940 0 [ohci1394]
keybdev 2656 0 (unused)
mousedev 5268 1
hid 23908 0 (unused)
input 5888 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
ehci-hcd 20008 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 26124 0 (unused)
usbcore 78752 1 [hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
ext3 71716 6
jbd 51276 6 [ext3]
aacraid 35012 7
sd_mod 13388 14
scsi_mod 110248 3 [sg aacraid sd_mod]
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10:18 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:58:49 -0600 (CST)
Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste(a)weather3.admin.niu.edu> wrote:
OK. Here it is:
[snip]
And here you have it:
e1000 71232 1
your card is being identified as a Intel E1000 Gigabit Ethernet. From
kernel configuration docs:
-----------------------
Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support
CONFIG_E1000
This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of
adapters, which includes:
Controller Adapter Name Board IDs
---------- ------------ ---------
82542 PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter 700262-xxx,
717037-xxx
82543 PRO/1000 F Server Adapter 738640-xxx,
A38888-xxx
82543 PRO/1000 T Server Adapter A19845-xxx,
A33948-xxx
82544 PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter A51580-xxx
82544 PRO/1000 XF Server Adapter A50484-xxx
82544 PRO/1000 T Desktop Adapter A62947-xxx
82540 PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter A78408-xxx
82541 PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter C91016-xxx
82545 PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter A92165-xxx
82546 PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter A92111-xxx
82545 PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter A91622-xxx
82545 PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter(LX) A91624-xxx
82546 PRO/1000 MF Dual Port Server Adapter A91620-xxx
For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the
Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
<http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
For general information and support, go to the Intel support
website at:
<http://support.intel.com>
More specific information on configuring the driver is in
<file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module will be called e1000.o. If you want to compile it as a
module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt> as well
as <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>.
-----------------------
Basic question: has the kernel identified your network card correctly?
If so, try 'modinfo e1000' and you should be able to see what are the
options for this specific module.
Andre
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9:11 p.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Jeff Vian wrote:
>>>you will be presented some basic description and the allowed parameters.
>>>Combining all the above info, you can infer what this entry on my
>>>/etc/modules.conf does:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>OK, but as it turns out, there are no modules for this card. I do have a
>>second card in there, a 3com501, and Kudzu won't even recognize it. I
>>believe there's a big bug to swat for that one in bugzilla. Anyway...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>options nvnet duplex=2 >
>>>(answer: it is saying that nvnet modules should be loaded with
>>>param 'duplex' set to 2, which means full-duplex on my case).
>>>
>>>TIP: do a 'man modprobe'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Yep. Unfortunately, I don't have any modules for it, and I don't know
>>where to get one.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>There is a module loaded for it, or it would not work.
>
>Post the output of lsmod and we can help identify it for you.
>
>
OK. Here it is:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
emu10k1 67368 0 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 16744 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
sound 72276 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
soundcore 6468 7 (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound]
parport_pc 18756 1 (autoclean)
lp 8580 0 (autoclean)
parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
ide-cd 34432 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 34592 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
autofs 12084 0 (autoclean) (unused)
e1000 71232 1
^^^^^^^^
This is a driver for an
description: "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver"
author: "Intel Corporation, <linux.nics(a)intel.com>"
as shown by "modinfo e1000"
If that is your card, then work with that one to set the parameters you
need.
9:51 a.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:11:32 -0600 (CST)
Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste(a)weather3.admin.niu.edu> wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Andre Costa wrote:
> Ok, no rush: linux kernel can have some of its components compiled
> as modules, which means they're loaded on demand. If you type
>
> lsmod
Even worse. Kudzu blew the identification. It is really a "3com940
1000base?". STill, ethtool -s eth0 duplex half doesn't work. So, back
to your idea we go...
You could try watching dmesg output to see if you find something useful
there. Be advised that you might not find anything -- some drivers are
just more verbose than others. Again, this doesn't necessarily mean
trouble.
Also, run 'lspci -v' and see if something useful comes out of it.
OK, but as it turns out, there are no modules for this card. I do
have
a second card in there, a 3com501, and Kudzu won't even recognize it.
I believe there's a big bug to swat for that one in bugzilla.
Anyway...
Hold your horses, it might not really be a bug. Although not likely,
network support for your specific card could have been compiled builtin
(and not as a module), which would explain it missing from lsmod output.
Yep. Unfortunately, I don't have any modules for it, and I
don't know
where to get one.
Ok, you might need to compile your own kernel version to make sure it
fits your hardware just fine (again, this shouldn't be necessary as the
default kernel usually has all possible drivers compiled as modules).
It's not something to be affraid of, but you do need to take some
precautions and know what you're doing so that you don't end up with an
unbootable system, for example.
There are a couple of resources about kernel customization and
compilation out there, try to find some. If you need any further help
with this, contact me offlist and I will be glad to help you.
HTH
Andre
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12:14 p.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
[ previous reply got eaten by mailman bug ]
Am Di, den 30.03.2004 schrieb Gilbert Sebenste um 18:51:
> Please do not hijack foreign threads. Posting a new subject mail
to
the
> list please use an empty mail editor window and do not take a
foreign
> posting. Else the mail contains a misleading reference to an
unrelated
> topic - like your post now.
How is this unrelated? I described the problem, and then went into
detail.
Your initial posting has in mail header:
In-reply-to:
<Pine.GSO.4.58.0403301104530.6721(a)orchard-hays.ces.clemson.edu>
References: <20040330142339.M41150(a)mtlsd.ca>
<Pine.GSO.4.58.0403301104530.6721(a)orchard-hays.ces.clemson.edu>
As it is the first mail with subject "I want to force 1/2 duplex from my
network card. How?" why should it be a reply to "Re: kernel: Out of
Memory"?
Again: use an empty new mail editor window and do not take a foreign
posting, do not erase subject and body and do not then fill in your own
content.
It just makes mailing list handling easier for those with threaded view.
Thank you
Alexander
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4:02 p.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Hi Alexander,
Your initial posting has in mail header:
In-reply-to:
<Pine.GSO.4.58.0403301104530.6721(a)orchard-hays.ces.clemson.edu>
References: <20040330142339.M41150(a)mtlsd.ca>
<Pine.GSO.4.58.0403301104530.6721(a)orchard-hays.ces.clemson.edu>
As it is the first mail with subject "I want to force 1/2 duplex from my
network card. How?" why should it be a reply to "Re: kernel: Out of
Memory"?
Again: use an empty new mail editor window and do not take a foreign
posting, do not erase subject and body and do not then fill in your own
content.
D'oh! Stupid Pine. Sorry about that! I am usually very careful not to do
that. I hit "reply" but then deleted the subject header. I forgot, Pine
still carries over the mesage headers. My bad!
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web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
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4:18 p.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
D'oh! Stupid Pine. Sorry about that! I am usually very careful not
to do
that. I hit "reply" but then deleted the subject header. I forgot, Pine
still carries over the mesage headers. My bad!
As does virtually every mail program that has a "Reply" option....
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8:15 p.m.
New subject: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?
On Tue March 30 2004 11:18, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
Subject says it all. Auto-detect is giving me full duplex, but it
should
really be 1/2 duplex. Redhat-config-network* doesn't do anything for me
to solve this. I want this to be "hard-coded", if you will. Thanks for any
advice. Running FC1, fully patched...
Some background information on auto duplex. In order for auto detect duplex,
both sides have to be set to auto duplex. If not the default is half duplex
for the side with auto duplex set as it cannot negotiate the duplex setting.
Auto duplex requires that both side agree on a setting.
That being said, if you know that your card is set to auto duplex and it's
coming up in full that would tell me that the other side is also running auto
and this should be the correct setting and there is no reason to touch it.
Now if you card is hard coded to full and the other side is set to half or
auto then you are going to have a problem. Because half or auto will be set
to half causing a ton of collisions and re-transmissions. If you are looking
for performance then I would suggest that you have both sides setup for full
duplex. You'll do away with all collisions and re-transmissions due to the
duplex settings as there is no collisions in full duplex mode.
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Robert
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