Cable Forum - View Single Post - new samsung boxes more trouble then they worth?

BBKing · 03-09-2004, 16:04

10Mb/half duplex is easily enough to handle full speed two-way transmissions at cable modem speeds. The half duplex bit happens a couple of layers below the actual protocols like TCP and UDP. In fact, TCP overheads are way more of a problem than any duplex settings.

The Samsung STB has a 100Mb ethernet port. The Paces all have 10Mb. It's possible that this would show up cabling issues if you suddenly started running at 100Mb on cabling that worked fine on 10. In any case, since 10/half is ample, you might as well set this and reduce the demands on your cabling.

(and yes, I know the box should work fine even at 100Mb on proper cable, that's what we're looking at).

03-09-2004, 16:04	#43
BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: new samsung boxes more trouble then they worth? 10Mb/half duplex is easily enough to handle full speed two-way transmissions at cable modem speeds. The half duplex bit happens a couple of layers below the actual protocols like TCP and UDP. In fact, TCP overheads are way more of a problem than any duplex settings. The Samsung STB has a 100Mb ethernet port. The Paces all have 10Mb. It's possible that this would show up cabling issues if you suddenly started running at 100Mb on cabling that worked fine on 10. In any case, since 10/half is ample, you might as well set this and reduce the demands on your cabling. (and yes, I know the box should work fine even at 100Mb on proper cable, that's what we're looking at).