Home network tweak?

I have two computers running WIN98SE networked through a D-Link 604
router. One computer has a D-Link NIC, the other a Linksys NIC and
everything seems to be working fine.

A supposedly knowledgeable friend told me to get the best speed out of
my cable connection, I should change the speed\duplex setting on both
NICs. They're currenty set on Auto. He's telling me to set them to
10Mbps\half duplex. Does that sound right or should I just leave well
enough alone?

TIA

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:31:56 GMT, Max Power <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have two computers running WIN98SE networked through a D-Link 604
>router. One computer has a D-Link NIC, the other a Linksys NIC and
>everything seems to be working fine.
>
>A supposedly knowledgeable friend told me to get the best speed out of
>my cable connection, I should change the speed\duplex setting on both
>NICs. They're currenty set on Auto. He's telling me to set them to
>10Mbps\half duplex. Does that sound right or should I just leave well
>enough alone?

If your systems are all plugged directly into a router-switch, there's zero
reason to diddle with the Auto media configuration - unless (for some obscure
reason) either or both of the nics fail to negotiate any connection (in which
case I'd be looking for the real source of the problem 'cuz it's unlikely to
be the nics or the router at fault).

The switch side of the router can run at *any* speed/duplex mode and still
will outrun the WAN side into your broadband connection.

Leave well enough alone...

/daytripper

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:30:02 GMT, daytripper
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If your systems are all plugged directly into a router-switch, there's zero
>reason to diddle with the Auto media configuration - unless (for some obscure
>reason) either or both of the nics fail to negotiate any connection (in which
>case I'd be looking for the real source of the problem 'cuz it's unlikely to
>be the nics or the router at fault).
>
>The switch side of the router can run at *any* speed/duplex mode and still
>will outrun the WAN side into your broadband connection.
>
>Leave well enough alone...
>
>/daytripper

Thanks for the info. I try to adhere to the "If it ain't broke, don't
fix it" as much as possible. I shall let it be.